Never Look Back" is the latest from bestselling author Lesley Pearse. One good deed takes her into another world... Sixteen-year-old Matilda is a poor Covent Garden flower girl until the day she saves the life of Tabitha a ministers daughter. Welcomed into Tabithas family Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime. She leaves behind Londons slums & enters the darkest corners of New York. & she travels across the plains to the Wild West where San Francisco is in the grip of the gold rush. Streetwise & strong-willed Matilda forges a new life for herself & Tabitha among pioneers like Captain James Russell
- a man to whom she is deeply attracted. Yet a civil war will soon rip apart this new nation. Can Matilda & those she loves brave separation & carry on never looking back? Lesley Pearse is the author of bestsellers " Gypsy" & " Remember Me". " Never Look Back" is a historical novel of love & survival at the time of the American Civil War. Fans of Susan Lewis will love the way Lesley Pearse weaves her plots & characters together. Praise for Lesley Pearse: " With characters it is impossible not to care about.. .this is storytelling at its very best". (" Daily Mail"). " Lose yourself in this epic saga". (" Bella"). " An emotional & moving epic you wont forget in a hurry". (" Womans Weekly"). With her gripping & moving storylines best-selling author Lesley Pearse has captured the imaginations of millions in the UK & abroad. Her other titles " The Promise" "A Lesser Evil" " Till We Meet Again" " Secrets" " Charlie " Father Unknown" " Gypsy" " Trust Me" " Faith" " Never Look Back" " Remember Me" & " Hope" are also available as Penguin paperbacks. Lesley lives near Bristol & has three daughters & two grandchildren."