In early Victorian England, the world of the stage offers freedom, excitement and romance to this bored shoemaker’s daughter.  Her decision will change her life in many ways, but will it bring her all the happiness she desires?

Life as an actress will give her more freedom for most women of the age, but it also comes with dangers and difficult choices.  Love is a far more complicated matter than she had thought, and before long she will also find that the line between fortune and poverty is a fragile one, and she will need to use her wits to survive.

What she thought would bring happiness now threatens to bring her disaster.  Can she find the strength to turn her life around?  One person might stand in her way.

Isobel Brite is a historical novel set in the world of early Victorian theatre.  If you love your historical fiction with strong female leads, interesting characters from history, and a sprinkling of dilemmas, both emotional and professional, then you will love this page-turning, dramatic and thoroughly researched novel.