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In this exuberantly quirky debut novel, Jane Harris introduces us to a most engaging heroine. Bessy Buckley is a rough but spirited 19th century Irish girl, who falls into employment as a servant while trying to escape her shady past in Glasgow. But as the requests from her beautiful mistress become increasingly bizarre, she finds herself entangled in a web of intrigue she had not bargained for.