A Shadowed Love by Fred M. White
The story follows the life of young, beautiful, and wealthy Lady Mary Lister, who is the daughter of a wealthy baronet. She is in love with her childhood friend, the handsome and dashing Lord Charles Deringham. However, her father disapproves of the match and forbids them from seeing each other. When Charles is sent away to India, Mary is heartbroken and decides to marry the wealthy and powerful Lord Robert Deringham, Charles' older brother. But when Charles returns from India, Mary finds herself torn between her duty to her husband and her love for Charles. The novel follows Mary as she struggles to choose between her duty and her love, and as she discovers the secrets of her husband's past. In the end, Mary must make a difficult decision that will determine the course of her life.
By Fred M. White · First published 1905 · Genre: Romance, Mystery, Thriller · 59 chapters
Contents
- Chapter 1: Hard Up
- Chapter 2: An Adventure in the Square
- Chapter 3: A Vanished Memory
- Chapter 4: "i Know Her
- Chapter 5: The Moth Catcher
- Chapter 6: The Restored Photograph
- Chapter 7: Greigstein
- Chapter 8: One of the Stately Homes of England
- Chapter 9: "the Tiger Moth
- Chapter 10: Policy of Silence
- Chapter 11: White Heather
- Chapter 12: Mr
- Chapter 13: Blackmail
- Chapter 14: A Discovery
- Chapter 15: A Lighted Match
- Chapter 16: A Counterfeit Presentment
- Chapter 17: A Friend in Need
- Chapter 18: A Visitor
- Chapter 19: Fencing
- Chapter 20: A Perfect Confidence
- Chapter 21: Under the Stars
- Chapter 22: Halcyon
- Chapter 23: A Ray of Hope
- Chapter 24: Anxious Moments
- Chapter 25: Lawyer and Client
- Chapter 26: Lost
- Chapter 27: Mary Takes a Walk
- Chapter 28: Lady Stanmere Sees a Ghost
- Chapter 29: Another Visitor
- Chapter 30: The Prodigal
- Chapter 31: "if I Could Only See
- Chapter 32: A Whited Sepulchre
- Chapter 33: A Russian Cigarette
- Chapter 34: Venner in London
- Chapter 35: The Writing on the Tablet
- Chapter 36: More Blind Than One
- Chapter 37: Face to Face
- Chapter 38: After the Storm
- Chapter 39: "is This Thing True?"
- Chapter 40: "not Yet
- Chapter 41: Von Wrangel Captures Another Specimen
- Chapter 42: One Way Out
- Chapter 43: On the Terrace
- Chapter 44: Seymour Sees a Face
- Chapter 45: A Failure
- Chapter 46: In Trouble
- Chapter 47: Not Quite a Failure After All
- Chapter 48: Retaliation
- Chapter 49: The First Blow
- Chapter 50: Fixing the Time
- Chapter 51: An Eye-witness
- Chapter 52: Scotched
- Chapter 53: Cause Celebre
- Chapter 54: Cross Purposes
- Chapter 55: Free!
- Chapter 56: Cleared
- Chapter 57: Mary Sees at Last
- Chapter 58: "eyes Clearer Grown
- Chapter 59: L'envol
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