The Household

THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL, SET AGAINST CHARLES DICKENS` - HOME FOR FALLEN WOMEN `Absorbing . . . Halls weaves together the elements of her story with great skill` - Sunday Times `Acutely observed and beautifully written` - Daily Mail `Compelling and richly detailed` - Good Housekeeping `Captivating` - Woman `Meticulously researched and compelling` - Red `Keeps the reader enthralled` - Prima `Exquisitely written . . . full of heart and hope` - Fabulous NOT ALL WHO ARE FALLEN WANT TO BE SAVED London, 1847. In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in common: they are fallen. Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life - but how badly do they want it? Meanwhile, a few miles away in a Piccadilly mansion, millionairess Angela Burdett-Coutts, one of the benefactors of Urania Cottage, makes a discovery that leaves her cold. Her stalker of ten years has been released from prison, and she knows it`s only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more. As the women`s worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . . The Household is the new novel from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars, The Foundling and Mrs England. Set against Charles Dickens` - home for fallen women and inspired by real figures from history, it is Stacey Halls` - most ambitious and captivating novel yet.