[Windemere Hall Trilogy 02] • Betrayed

## Clara Hamilton discovers her cousin Branson’s secret and it nearly kills her. When he insists the attack was all in her mind, she escapes Windemere Hall only to be snared by another man she has reason to distrust—Captain Strachan. After throwing her over four months before, the captain reveals his secret love for her. Meanwhile, in an attempt to win his cousin back and execute his plan of revenge, Branson corners Clara at her father’s house in London, in the middle of a glittering party. His revelation has disastrous consequences for them both.

Betrayed is the second episode in Windemere Hall Trilogy, Catherine Lloyd’s Victorian Villains Gothic Romance Serials. Steamy gothic romance in the tradition of Phyllis A. Whitney and Victoria Holt set in 1867 Victorian England. The novellas will be released in instalments like the “penny dreadfuls” of the Age. Each episode ends in a cliff-hanger. These spicy romances contain scenes, language and themes written for a mature audience.