Caroline Lea
Paperback
448 pages
It's the 1920s, a time of unparalleled excess.
But for the rich to party, the poor must starve . . .
Into the city arrives pregnant runaway Lily di Marco. She has nothing – and expects nothing. But soon she will find herself in a towering mansion just streets away.
Confidante to, and best friends with, its glamorous owner Mae Thebolt. Until the competition. A childless millionaire leaves his fortune to the womanwho will have the most babies over ten years.
Is it an eccentric contest?Or a horrible joke played by a rich man on the poorest women of the city?Either way, it will tear Lily and Mae’s friendship - and their lives - to pieces . . .
