The Lily of Mordaunt

This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design. The Lily of Mordaunt promises the kind of vivid, emotionally charged romance that made the Eagle Series a publishing sensation. Set among beautiful estates, glittering society, and shifting fortunes, it brings together love, jealousy, inheritance, and social ambition in a tale of sentimental fiction with real dramatic force. At Hazelmere, Wil Hamilton is openly devoted to the dazzling Lady Elaine Warburton, while his friend Philip Paxton, a successful young barrister, arrives skeptical and amused—until Elaine's beauty and grace unsettle him completely. The household's lively circle also includes Arley Wentworth, a brilliant and resilient orphan whose tragic past, unexpected inheritance, and sharp intelligence make her as compelling as she is vulnerable. With Annie Hamilton, Fred Vane, and others adding tenderness and contrast, rivalries and attractions quickly begin to sharpen. As the story widens to Madrid, the Alps, and then London, grief and suspicion deepen after Wil's presumed death. Lady Elaine, now supporting the bereaved Hamilton family, grows uneasy over Arley's troubled marriage to Philip. When Philip later claims Arley abandoned him in poverty and disgrace, Elaine fiercely defends her friend, convinced that Philip's version of events conceals a deeper betrayal.