Gladys Lockwood was not a timid person, and at nineteen she could already take care of herself. But when her father died, the owner of the cottage in which they lived asked her to urgently vacate the house. Gladys went to look for a better life in London. The girl had no doubt that she would find a good job and suitable housing in the capital. But as a result, she found herself in a terrible hole and completely without a livelihood. Gladys was given a helping hand by her old acquaintance Larson Redgrave, with whom she was in love as a child...

Note 2020. Published under the pseudonym Helga Norton. Most likely to copy A Suitable Mistress by Katie Williams.