The Illegitimate Flame: Bride of Ashes

Shewastheillegitimatedaughterofawealthyfamily—abandonedbyherfather,oppressedbyhislegalwife,andhumiliatedbytheso-calledsister.Shewatchedhermotherperishinaragingfireandwasthrownintotheflamesherself.HernamewasJanice.Andshediedinthatfire.Tenyearslater,underanewidentityandthename“Janet,”shesurvivesinsilence.Forcedbyherstepmothertomarryawealthyheirrumoredtobe“paralyzedanddisabled,”shebecomesentangledinaviciousstruggleoffamilybetrayalandruthlesspowergames.Withcoldeyes,shewatchesthehypocriteswhooncetrampledherintothemud—onebyone,theywillbecomepreyonherroadtorevenge.Herwheelchair-bound“husband”Philip,thefeudingbrothersCharlesandAugust…Butwhatshedidn'texpectwasthattheboywhooncequietlyhandedherahandkerchiefallthoseyearsagowouldbecomethemostunpredictablepieceinhergameoffate.Shehasreturned—notforhatred,buttopersonallyendthepastthatwasoncecrushedbeneaththeirfeet.