The Winter Rose is the fantastic sequel to The Tea Rose. While Fiona is followed through the novel, it is more the story of India Selwyn Jones and notorious ‘businessman’ in Whitechapel, Sid Malone. India is a doctor whose dream is to own a free clinic for the people of Whitechapel, this being in the time where female doctors were very rare and in some circumstances discriminated upon. Donnelly has once again combined history with fiction in the gloomy setting of poverty stricken London. The plot is filled with twists and sub plots and is never boring. I may even admit that I enjoyed The Winter Rose even more than The Tea Rose! This book will always have a place on my bookshelf, where i can re-read it again and again!