Publisher's Synopsis
A passionate and page-turning saga set in turn-of-the century Newcastle. When Thea Richardson's father discovers she has entered the 1905 "Blondes and Brunettes" beauty competition at Newcastle's Olympia Theatre, his reaction is far more extreme than Thea had expected. Ousted from her family home in Jesmond, she is sent in disgrace to live with her Aunt Marjorie. As the days go by, what was intended as a punishment brings Thea a contentment she has never known before. In Marjorie she finds companionship and fulfilment. But a dark force is about to shatter her new-found security and take Thea to a dangerous new world she never dreamt existed...
