Connie, who is a typist working for Daltons, isn't ready yet to settle down and have kids. She wants to work her way up the career ladder and avoid poverty. Everything changes one day when she's helping younger brother Billy cover his mess and she hears a noise. She sticks to her instincts and helps and she ends up with a little boy, Lucky, in her care. Engaged and also becoming attached to Lucky, will she have her happy ending of Vic, her fiancé, coming back alive whilst also being able to enjoy watching Lucky grow up?

This was a brilliant book, it was well written as well as being gripping and a page turner.

All of the characters felt real and you are able to make a connection with them. I loved Ada, to me she wasn't mentioned enough, she was fun, lively, humorous and had something about her that the other characters just didn't have. I also thought the young GI, Clint Hershey, was absolutely wonderful. I was hoping something would happen between him and Connie, after all he adored her or so it seemed. I, however, didn't like Lucky's maternal grandfather and didn't from the first time he was mentioned. He's what you'd want in a somewhat villain character - sinister with a hidden agenda.

The scenes were well written and descriptive enough so you can imagine being there without being drained from being overwhelmed. You're definitely left wondering about what is going to happen next.

This book was later republished under the title of 'Cockney orphan.' ( )