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Charity

By: Lesley Pearse
Narrated by: Julia Franklin
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 Charity Stratton's bleak childhood is changed forever when both her parents are killed in a fire. Separated by the authorities from her younger brothers and sister, Charity is sent out to work as a skivvy in a boys' boarding school. Her loneliness and misery are eased when she falls deeply in love with the dashing but fickle sixth-former Hugh Mainwaring, but when she discovers she is pregnant with Hugh's baby, she soon realises just how alone she really is.

Determined to be reunited with her siblings and to make something of herself, Charity runs away to 1960s London and begins to forge a new life.

©1995 Lesley Pearse (P)2007 Isis Publishing Fiction Historical Fiction Scary

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Loved this from Lesley Pearse. This story has absolutely everything thrown into it - romance, crime and family drama. The characters are well thought out and you can't help feeling for all of them individually. The romance side of things is very erotic compared to other Lesley Pearse books and some of it was a bit distasteful but perhaps that was because I had the audiobook version of this book. This book only lost a star from me because I found some of the scenes too graphic and were hard bits to read/listen to but overall another cracking read from Lesley Pearse.

4.5 Stars!

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and I was hoping Daniel would turn up . It was excellent I needed a few loose end tied up.

I was hoping two characters would get caught

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Another gripping book from Lesley Pearse, unfortunately the narrator slightly let it down for me. Very monotone.

Lesley Pearse at her best

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If you want a book with loads of variety, action and interest with love thrown in, and just the right amount of eroticism thrown in this book will meet your criteria.

So exciting

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As Charity’s hair is always described as blonde what a shame that the book cover didn’t echo this!

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