Two women from different worlds. And a secret that will change everything… London, 1754. Six years after giving up her newborn to London s Foundling Hospital, young Bess Bright returns to reclaim the illegitimate daughter she has never known. Dreading the worst—that  her daughter has died in care—the last thing she expects to hear is that she has already been reclaimed years ago. Suddenly her life is turned upside down as she searches to find out who has taken her little girl—and why. Less than a mile from Bess s rough lodgings, Alexandra, a wealthy widow, barely ventures outside her well-appointed townhouse. When her close friend—an ambitious doctor at the Foundling Hospital—persuades her to hire a nursemaid for her young daughter, she is hesitant to invite a stranger into her home. The secret in her past is about to explode her carefully constructed world. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Georgian London,