Author Description

The Only Beautiful Thing In Ivy's Drab Life Is Her Glorious Red Hair. At A Young Age, Her Locks Made Her The Target Of Carroty Kate, A 'skinner'. She Recruited Ivy To Help Her Coax Wealthy Children Away From Their Nannies So That She Could Strip Them Of Their Clothes - Clothes Worth A Fortune In The Markets Of Petticoat Lane. It Is Years Before Ivy Escapes And Finds Her Way Back To Her In-laws. Once There, She Finds Respite In Laudanum. But Before She Can Settle Into A Stupor And Forget The Terrible Things She Has Done, Ivy Is Spotted By A Wealthy Pre-raphaelite Painter. Oscar Fosdick Needs A Muse (until Now He Has Had To Use His Domineering Mother As A Model, Something Not Conducive To Producing His Best Work, He Finds). To Him, Ivy Is Perfect, A Stunner. Realising Quickly That This Painter Has More Money Than Sense, Ivy's In-laws Order Her To Sit For Him, And To Do Anything Else He Demands. But Not Everyone Is Happy. Oscar's Mother Is Determined To Get Rid Of Ivy.