Jackson Forge is a likable, but rather naïve young man. A newly minted police constable, he dreams of cleaning up the criminal elements of Victorian London. On his first day on the job, he suffers a sham robbery used to get money from him. First rob the mark than return the purse for a reward.
Kit Turner is the ringleader of the gang. She’s an orphan who tries to help her neighbors with her ruse to get money. She’s a complex character. Lonely and vulnerable, she tries to hide it beneath a brave and feisty front.
Jackson, who is in some trouble with his superiors for being late to his first briefings as a constable, is given the job of finding a missing cabby. The cabby is Kit’s foster father. Although unwillingly at first they team up to find him. This leads them into a dangerous underworld of cutthroats and thieves.
The background is Victorian England and there is a definitely Dickensian aura. I thought the author did an excellent job of capturing the mood of the time. She obviously did a great deal of research to achieve the effect.
Jackson and Kit are likable characters. Both are strong and have much to learn. Together they make a great team and romance follows.
I received this book from Barbour Publishing for this review.
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