Welcome back! I am on the tour for The Bad Penny by Lindsey Hutchinson. Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Bools for my gifted Ebook to write my honest review.
If you’re born with nothing you have to make your own luck.
When Jared Johnson first meets Clarice Connaught he saves her from the hands of her father, who is brutally beating her in the street. Never one to walk past someone in distress, Jared doesn’t hesitate to help. But who is this girl and what is her story?
Jared Johnson started with nothing. At just twelve-years-old he was orphaned and homeless, but eight years later, Jared is a success. Running McGuire’s Rag & Bone Yard and surrounded by friends, all Jared needs now is to find the perfect girl to settle down with.
Nothing has come easy for Clarice but still she has dreams of a grander life and the finer things. And if her father isn’t willing to provide them then Clarice will do anything to find someone who is.
Jared and Clarice have one thing in common – they are survivors – and in Queen Victoria’s Birmingham you need your wits about you to keep the wolf from the door. But Clarice isn’t everything she seems, and like a bad penny that always shows up, she brings more trouble for Jared and his friends than they could ever have imagined…
Lindsey Hutchinson, the top 10 bestseller, Queen of the Black Country Saga, is back with a page-turning and heart-warming story perfect fans of Katie Flynn, Val Wood and Lyn Andrews.
A historical saga from Lindsey Hutchinson is always a great read for me. I have read numerous books by her and can say with a hand on my heart that she hasn’t let me down. Because of this, I was happy when I got this on my Kindle to read.
This is the second book in a series, but I can say it is 100% fine to read as a standalone. Set in 1894, Birmingham in a rag-and-bone yard. Jared Johnson is the manager of said yard and he saves Clarice Connaught from her father’s beating. He is immediately head over heels for Clarice…but is Jared enough for her? He is about to find out.
I am always awed by historical fiction, of any type. I always appreciate the research that has gone into them. Every time I read a Lindsey Hutchinson novel I am amazed at how easily I am immersed in whichever era Lindsey is writing about. The Bad Penny is such a book. I could picture the rag and bone yard and Birmingham of the time.
The characters were very realistic
and I was easily invested in Jared. Clarice is a woman who wants more than just love and she means to get what she wants. I wasn’t too sure of her. The fact that she isn’t a woman to be crossed and expects no retaliation, made me wonder more about her. I wanted her to be nicer, but it wasn’t to be.
The Bad Penny is an excellent addition to this author’s books. Gripping and emotional, I just loved to be in Jared and Clarice’s world. I think Lindsey Hutchinson just keeps upping the ante with every book I read. I would say this is my new favourite book from this author. I highly recommend The Bad Penny.
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Author Bio
Lindsey Hutchinson is a bestselling saga author whose novels include The Workhouse Children. She was born and raised in Wednesbury, and was always destined to follow in the footsteps of her mother, the multi-million selling Meg Hutchinson.
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