by KateManning (Author)
`In the end, they celebrated. They bragged. They got me finally, was their feeling. They said I would take my secrets to the grave. They should be so lucky.' Defiant and daring, Axie Muldoon claws her way from the streets up to the dizzying heights of New York society. But as her fame grows and her name hits the headlines, her reputation as the most scandalous midwife of her time begins to threaten everything she holds dear. And one crusading official will not rest until he has brought about the downfall of `Madame X'. It will take all of Axie's cunning to save both herself and those she loves from ruin...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Published: 13 Mar 2014
ISBN 10: 1408835673
ISBN 13: 9781408835678
Book Overview: A stunning tale of sex, freedom, family and the many faces of love, set in nineteenth-century New York