Bessie's Fortune

A fortune erased and a name stolen. A child abandoned. A lie that festered for decades. Bessie grows up in poverty while her aristocratic father refuses to work and her mother chases fortunes at European gaming tables. Her wealthy relatives look down their noses from their estates, offering nothing but contempt. Yet when a murder is covered up and the truth of Bessie's inheritance emerges decades later, she finds herself at the center of a mystery that spans generations. Three men want her hand, but the real prize is something far more precious: the restoration of her stolen name and birthright. Mary Jane Holmes writes with sharp understanding of how money and love collide in a society that measures a woman's worth by her connections. This is Victorian romance with teeth beneath its silk gloves, a story about what happens when the overlooked daughter refuses to stay invisible.