Go out of doors, put some color back in those cheeks.” “This is no life for a young lady such as you. “With all due respect to your bereaved state, Miss, the staff is beginning to talk,” Cora scolded. Liza blinked and held up a hand to shade her eyes. It’s not like you.” With a quick motion, she deposited the tray and jerked the blinds open.

“Miss Liza, you mustn’t shut yourself away like this. A maid in a black dress with a white apron entered, carrying a meal on a tray. The blinds were drawn against the morning’s winter light. Despite the fire, she couldn’t seem to get warm. Liza huddled in the armchair near the window, her mother’s shawl wrapped tightly around her shoulders. In Which Liza Gives Up Her Heart’s Desire for Her Heart’s Desire In Which Liza Curtsies to the New Queen of England In Which Liza Dons a Peculiar Outfit to Rescue the Princess In Which Liza Finds Flash Patter a Useful Language to Know In Which Liza Learns to Not Underestimate Sir John In Which Liza Witnesses a Fall from Grace In Which Liza Receives an Intriguing Offer In Which Liza and Will Have a Private Quarrel in a Public House In Which Liza and Victoria Wish for the Same Thing In Which Liza Attracts the Notice of a Prince In Which Liza Is Fitted for a Suitable Ball Gown In Which Liza Insists on the Privacy of Her Thoughts In Which Liza Confronts a Newspaperman and a Fallen Woman In Which Liza Goes Outside with Inside Boy In Which Liza Sees Both the Carrot and the Stick In Which Liza Tries to Win the Affection of the Princess In Which Liza’s Circumstances Change for the Worse

Secrets in the Snow by Michaela MacColl