A vengeful and treacherous banker weaves a web of deception, which traps a noble family - naval captain Harley Westford, his wife, son and daughter. A rejected admirer stops at nothing - forgery, theft, pimping, murder - and all in order to hurt the one he has loved for many years. What crazy passion will lead to, who will become its victim - you will learn from the book by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, author of the world bestseller “The Secret of Lady Audley.”