Black Lily by Philippa Stockley

In late seventeenth century London, two women, one white, one black, stake everything to prevent a manipulative mogul from destroying them. Zenobia, born into poverty, grasps that her only hope of controlling her own life is to capitalize on her looks; Lily, brought to London on a sugar and slave ship as a "toy," educated alongside her mistress but used by her master, lives as a kept woman. As their story weaves and folds through a murky and merc...