When Eliana Tilton receives a summons from her step-uncle to visit him in Boston, she is none too thrilled. After her parents' death, her uncle became her guardian-a situation she can barely tolerate. She is shocked to learn that her uncle has lost her entire inheritance, leaving her penniless. Worse, he has arranged to have her 'disposed of," and Eliana must think quickly to save her life. Unable to return to her native England, Eliana travels...