For Rowan, escape from an institution meant moving into a Bohemian world of artists and actors in Brunei's Bristol of the 1800's.
Her saviour is Daniel, warm-hearted, emotional, who paints flamboyant pictures of her and loves her passionately. But she has glimpsed another world across the river dividing the city, and handsome James Mitchell, aloof as the towering Avon cliffs.
His ambitions continually frustrated, Daniel schemes to help Rowan act the lady she longs to be, and achieve personal success, during the violent Bristol riots. Too late, she realises how he tricked her, but her own desires are being realised in Brackendale Hall, as governess to James Mitchell’s niece.
When Daniel returns from London, prosperous and demanding, he cannot believe Rowan still rejects him for James. After a daring robbery at a masked ball and a dramatic accident at the Avon Gorge, Rowan’s future is decided in the unexpected climax.
For Rowan, escape from an institution meant moving into a Bohemian world of artists and actors in Brunei's Bristol of the 1800's.
Her saviour is Daniel, warm-hearted, emotional, who paints flamboyant pictures of her and loves her passionately. But she has glimpsed another world across the river dividing the city, and handsome James Mitchell, aloof as the towering Avon cliffs.
His ambitions continually frustrated, Daniel schemes to help Rowan act the lady she longs to be, and achieve personal success, during the violent Bristol riots. Too late, she realises how he tricked her, but her own desires are being realised in Brackendale Hall, as governess to James Mitchell’s niece.
When Daniel returns from London, prosperous and demanding, he cannot believe Rowan still rejects him for James. After a daring robbery at a masked ball and a dramatic accident at the Avon Gorge, Rowan’s future is decided in the unexpected climax.