Cruel as the Grave

A romantic and dramatic novel set in a mountain valley in Virginia in the nineteenth century. Sybil Berners, a wealthy heiress with a passionate nature, has just married Lyon, a young lawyer without fortune whom she adores. On their way home from their honeymoon, the couple take in Rosa Blondelle, a young Scottish mother ruined and abandoned by her husband, and bring her to Black Hall. Little by little, the guest’s charm awakens Sybil’s jealousy. One evening Rosa is found dying and accuses Sybil in front of everyone. A story of passion, suspicion and justice that shows how jealousy can destroy a happy home.