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