A vengeful, cunning banker weaves a web of lies in which a noble family ends up—captain of the sea service Garley Westford, his wife, their son, and daughter. A rejected admirer stops at nothing—fakes, theft, matchmaking, murders—all to hurt the woman he loved for years. What will the mad passion bring, who will become her victim—you’ll find out in Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s book, the author of the worldwide bestseller “The Mystery of Lady Audley.”