'Ever found yourself in the wrong place at the wrong time? Sarah glances out of a window in time to see her employer, Edmund Starke, emerge from the shadows covered in blood. When he attacks her, only her mistress’s brave actions allow Sarah to escape with her life. With only a small bag and her diaries, she needs to leave England, but can she gain passage on a ship bound for America without Edmund’s henchmen catching and dragging her back?'
Source : publisher's blurb