|summary=An exciting and realistic debut novel set in the era of the bubonic plague in London. An apothecary's daughter learns about life and love, and the reader gains a great deal of knowledge, quite painlessly, about the privations of the 17th century.
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[[To Defy A King by Elizabeth Chadwick]]<br>
[[The Tinner's Daughter by Rosemary Aitken]]<br>[[The Sky's Dark Labyrinth by Stuart Clark]]<br>[[Revenge by Mitchell & Mitchell]]<br>[[The House in Quill Court by Charlotte Betts]]
{{toptentext|list=Romantic Novel of the Year 2013}}