The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson Photography having missed her chance at

having missed her chance at real love and passed up an offer of marriage from an unsuitable man

Perhaps if she wins the tree-climbing at the Bush Olympics her mother might notice her again

Financial pressures are building

Apart from the company of her flying pet ferret Fernando and her auntie Carla

stunning in its subtlety

The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson Photography having missed her chance atPaperback Thats the trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you think they've ended, when they've barely begun . . . London, 1749. Following the murder of her husband in a violent street robbery, Hannah Cole is struggling to keep her head above water. The Punchbowl and Pineapple, her confectionary shop on Piccadilly, is barely turning a profit, and her suppliers are conspiring to put her out of business. So when she