Book description
Emmy Carter's mother is a prostitute - and her life has made Emmy
determined to avoid the same fate. But Emmy is beautiful, so attracts
unwanted attention; her mother's protector has his eye on her, as does
evil Marcus Armistead, her employer's nephew. Marcus is excited by
Emmy's virginity and has her kidnapped, but Emmy hits him over the head
and escapes. Marcus, futher enraged, kills her mother and becomes even
more determined to rape Emmy, but the combined efforts of the local
parson and Emmy's young suitor manage to keep her safe from harm.
Finally Emmy sees Marcus get his just desserts, finds out who her father
was, and attains the respectability she has so longed for.
