Ethel M. Dell

The Rocks of Valpre

A framed captain breaks jail and saves his ex-fiancée from blackmail.

The Rose of Paris

A French orphan who grew up in a convent sets out to see Paris. It turns out that she is the heir to a fortune but doesn't know it, and has been lured to Paris by one of the heirs who does know who she is; he plans to swindle her out of her inheritance so he can have everything.

A Debt of Honour

In India an engineer blackmails a girl over her gambling brother.

The Eleventh Hour

A colonel's daughter marries a farmer in name only, but returns to him when her lover threatens suicide.

The Experiment

A rich girl's fiancé poses as a chauffeur to stop her eloping with a major.

The Prey of the Dragon

In Australia a drunkard hires a gang to kill his ex-fiancée's husband.

The Swindler

A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.

The Rocks of Valpre

A romantic melodrama about a young woman, Christine, who falls in love with a glamorous French soldier. Bertrand is involved in secret work with the French army but when he gets falsely accused of stealing army plans, she marries the sensible, rich and older Trevor Mordaunt.

The Safety Curtain

Puck is a music hall dancer, married to an abusive husband. One night the music hall catches fire. Puck is rescued by an army officer and her husband perishes. Puck marries the officer and they begin a new life in India, until a man from her past finds her and makes demands.