“Orphaned and alone, Ada Marney worked as a salesgirl until the exotic Helene Dupre revealed to her and finally convinced her that she was really Alene Dupre, the long-lost daughter of the fabulously wealthy Armand Dupre, and the mistress of Willow Oaks.

Ada expected her new life to be one of peace and plenty. But from the beginning, she became the victim of the hostile, greedy inhabitants of Willow Oaks.

At first she had only to deal with doubts about her identity. Then suddenly she had to cope with much more -for someone in that evil mansion was putting Ada's life in danger.”