Charles ReadeVerified

A novel opening at a hotel in Homburg, where the singer Ina Klosking is searching for her absent lover, estranged by jealousy and gambling. Theatrical agent Joseph Ashmead, hunting for a replacement singer, recognizes her and offers help.

A novel about Richard Bassett, disinherited and resentful toward his cousin Sir Charles, and Bella Bruce, who is drawn between the two men. It deals with love, betrayal, wealth and inheritance in England.