She was the most despised of creatures, a Poor Relation. Ellen Kellaway had been taken in by wealthy cousins, raised as a companion to their daughter, never once allowed to forget that her every advantage was owed to the charity of others. But her life changed when the son of a powerful London family asked for her hand in marriage. This is a magnificient tale of romance, suspense, and terror, set in the turn-of-the-century London and the sea isles of Cornwall.