Workhouse girl Scilla Brown wants only one thing: a peach. Orphaned, with no prospects and family, she longs for the taste of the sweet fruit. When she climbs the Earl of Havermore’s garden wall to steal one, she’s caught but mistaken for a boy. Seizing the chance to avoid further trouble, Scilla keeps up the facade.
Scilla, now nicknamed “Brownie”, must maintain the lie to ensure her survival, as well as the camaraderie between herself and Phineas Blake, the most charming garden boy she has a crush on. As her affection for Phineas grows, so do Scilla’s potential and ambitions. When Mr. Layton, the head gardener, takes her under his wing and offers lessons in horticulture, Scilla begins to imagine a future beyond mere survival. A brighter horizon in which she might be allowed to grow, even in a world where lasses like her were never meant to bloom.
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