"Marvellous new saga to delight Ms Court’s growing legion of fans who will love her feisty and independent heroine, Tilly. Despite being unfairly dismissed as a housemaid, Tilly is determined to make something of her life and escape her family’s grinding poverty. Her quest is packed with incident and emotion."

    - Peterborough Evening Telegraph ( Rated Tilly True 8 out of 10 )

"The heroine of this Victorian saga is what my grandmother would have called a bit of a romancer.  But she meets her match in upper class Barney  Palgrave, an attractive rogue whose penchant for gilding the lily is even greater than her own.  Set in the mean streets of the East End of London and in colonial India, this story has an element of the Eliza Dolittle about it"

    - Sue McNab ( Nottingham Evening Post )

"It's always recommended that novels open with a crisis, and 'Tilly True' does that to perfection." 

    - Sue Fairhead ( thebookbag.co.uk )

"Drawing on a broad canvas, Court creates believeable characters, all class and moral standing. This is a bodice ripper with a twist. "

    - Nottingham Evening Post

"An easy and intelligent read that has resonances on the socal inequalities that give concern and the value of the family ties that still bind us today."

    - Watford Observer

"This gripping debut saga set in turn-of-the-century London is one that fans of Meg Hutchinson and Josephine Cox won't be able to put down!"

    - World Books ( Editors Choice December 2005 )

"Brilliant! The only thing I could find wrong with this is that the ending was slightly hurried - I'd have preferred it to spill over into another book, a sequel. Enthralling. I had to wait a while to find out exactly what era it was set in, but that didn't matter. A great debut." 

    - GatewayMonthly.com ( Rated Mermaids Singing 4.5 out of 5 )

"Brilliant, absorbing, great first book"   "This is a wonderful book from a brilliant new writer" 

    - Daphne Curtis