Lesley Pearse 
Never Look Back 

Take a journey across America with a poor Victorian flower girl in her epic journey to a better life, from the internationally bestselling author Lesley Pearse
As voted by readers as their favourite Lesley Pearse novel
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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 minister »s daughter. Welcomed into Tabitha »s family, Matilda is offered the chance of a lifetime.
She leaves behind London »s slums and enters the darkest corners of New York. Traveling across the vast plains to the Wild West, she finds herself in San Francisco, a city in the grip of the gold rush.
Streetwise and strong-willed, Matilda forges a new life for herself and 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 and those she loves brave separation and carry on, never looking back?
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 »With characters it is impossible not to care about . . . this is storytelling at its very best » Daily Mail

 »Heart-warming and evocative . . . a real delight to read » Sun

 »Lose yourself in this epic saga » Bella

 »Utterly riveting, brilliant » Closer
 »An emotional and moving epic you won »t forget in a hurry » Woman »s Weekly