I read this on my recent trip to London, I had brought books that were all somewhat related to England, so I was obviously going with a theme. This was the only one that I actually finished, though. This is a pretty standard chick-lit historical fiction. Most of the action takes place in Whitechapel/East London, although there is also some narrative from New York City. A poor Whitechapel tea factory worker, Fiona Finnegan, has high aspirations to own her own store. With the backdrop of the Whitechapel murders (a.k.a. Jack the Ripper), she endures a number of tragedies before finding some measure of success. I enjoyed the Jack the Ripper tie-in, although the conclusion can be figured out from a mile away. I think the best part are the interactions of Fiona with her friend Nicholas Soames, he has a far more engaging personality than the dry hero, and object of Fiona's affections: Joe Bristow.