Heed the Wind — Jean Rogers

She lost her entire family, he destroyed his. Now the battle for redemption begins.

After her family and friends have all been lost, 18-year-old Staletta Burns struggles to survive on the streets of Victorian London. Her violin is her only tether to a world that has failed her. She finds work in a textile factory under the ownership of a cruel man known for beating his workers to the very brink of death. Upon first sight of him, she knows she has met this man before, and if he recognizes her, he will surely kill her. Fighting her fear of him, she must confront him. But when she does so, she realizes they are not so different. Both have fallen farther than they would have liked. Can either find redemption in this unforgiving world?