'An outstanding storyteller' WOMAN'S WEEKLY Jessica Brennan is just nineteen years old when her world falls apart. The deaths of her parents, the ruin of the family business, and her brother Patrick's gambling combine to lead them into penury. Suddenly a young woman who has known only comfort and security finds herself alone, but Jess is a fighter. She establishes a business and rescues a little girl, Tilly, from the streets. Then the dark truth of her brother's entanglement with the sinister Terence Shay emerges, and tragedy is once again just around the corner. Will Jess ever be free?