Xenie Carroll has had her heart broken by her one true love. In the aftermath of that romance's failure, she decides to give up on love and marry for money. But when even her new-found fortune proves to be insufficient to take her mind off her pain, Xenie cooks up a nefarious plot to get back at the man who rejected her.
Although it's hard to tell by her pen name, this popular writer of mystery novels was a woman, and she was enormously successful in her era. Miller is best known for a series of high-drama mysteries imbued with action-adventure plot twists and memorable characters. In Dainty's Cruel Rivals, a pair of bitter young ladies tirelessly bully the innocent beauty Dainty Chase. Will she get her comeuppance?
One of the most popular mass-market fiction writers of the late nineteenth century, American author Alexander McVeigh Miller (who often used her husband's name as a pen name) became well-known for her mastery of shocking plot twists. The two tales collected in the double feature Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily are chock-full of Miller's trademark motifs: family secrets, deathbed confessions, mysterious letters, and intricate clues.
If you're looking for non-stop action paired with over-the-top melodrama, dive into the pair of potboilers collected in The Bride of the Tomb and Queenie's Terrible Secret. In the first story, hours before her wedding, lovely Lily Lawrence takes her own life. But through a series of unusual clues, it soon becomes clear that all is not as it seems. The mystery veers into fantastical territory that will surprise even the most attentive reader. Queenie's Terrible Secret offers a glimpse into the inner world of Queenie, who is much more than the spoiled debutante she appears to be.
Desperately impoverished and nearing the end of her rope, Nita makes a rash promise to marry a strange but wealthy old man she meets in a chance encounter. Before the nuptials are to take place, Nita is given one full year to sow her wild oats. Will she make good on her promise and live a life of loveless luxury as a kept woman?
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