Bella McBride and her timid sister Lally had been innocently caught in a notorious scandal that shook all of Victorian England. Orphaned and poor they were forced to seek their fortunes in London, but instead had sadly fallen into the clutches of an infamous pair …who turned out to be criminals engaged in the exploitation of young women! ... more »
Guy Raven, a dynamic politician saved them from that fate, and took the two girls in. To retrieve his own reputation, he proposed marriage to Bella.

Even though Bella and Lally were now ladies of fashion living in a spacious country home called Ravenscroft and Bella was expecting her first child, things were still not “right.” Every room of the manor … and indeed Guy himself … was haunted by the memory of Guy’s first wife … but worst of all, the criminals who had tormented Bella and had been exposed by Guy … now lay diabolical plans for revenge…