Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. a Romance of Passion

A storm of extraordinary violence tears through the village of Learmont, and in its wake comes murder. The Old Smithy burns while villagers swear they saw a man fleeing the flames with a child in his arms. But the true darkness predates the catastrophe: Ada, a young woman of pure heart, has been betrayed by a calculating aristocrat who stole her birthright and trapped her in a web of passion and deception. As the conspiracy unravels through the chaos, characters emerge from the shadows: the brutish smith Andrew Britton, the mysterious Jacob Gray, and the madwoman Mad Maud, each harboring secrets that could unmask a killer. This is Victorian sensation fiction at its mostAUDACIOUS: a novel where love becomes a weapon, betrayal is a lifestyle, and the line between madness and truth blurs in the storm's aftermath. Rymer builds each chapter like a clenched fist, delivering psychological tension and Gothic atmosphere in equal measure. For readers who crave melodrama with real teeth, who want their romances dark and their mysteries deadly.