Belle - Lesley Pearse

It's 1910, and young Belle has grown up in a brothel run by her mother but she has led a sheltered and innocent life until one night changes everything. After being in the wrong place at the wrong time and witnessing the murder of one of the girls at the hands of a brutal client, she is abducted and sold into prostitution abroad. Terrified and alone, Belle wonders if she will ever be able to return home and escape the sex trade. Right from the very start, this book is dark. From my brief synopsis, you can tell that it covers some grim subjects. Belle has grown up surrounded by prostitution but ... more

An outstanding novel by a great author. I won't reveal too much of the story but this is the blurb: 15-year-old Belle's life is about to change forever. Not only is she about to realise that the house she's grown up in is a brothel, but when trouble breaks out and Belle finds herself the only witness to the murder of one of the girls, things take a turn for the sinister I am a real fan of Lesley Pearse and have read most of her books, so when her latest book came out I just had to buy it. I paid full price for this book as it had only just come out, it was £6.99 The book didn't disappoint ... more