Deborah — Elsie Mack

Many girls are handicapped by poverty, but beautiful Deborah Proctor was cursed by wealth. In the business world of Manhattan, she had to prove herself twice-over to show she was sincere in wanting a career. In the field of romance, she had to be terribly wary of attractive, but poor, young men.

When handsome, red-haired Gerry Meadows came into her life, Deborah's defenses were swept aside. But after a whirlwind courtship made her Gerry's bride, the clouds of doubt began to gather. Suddenly Gerry needed money, lots of it. Had he married Deborah for herself or for her fortune? The answer lay hidden in the recesses of her mysterious husband's secret past -- and Deborah had to learn the truth that could save her love…or else break her heart…

It was at one of Kay Crispin's many parties that wealthy Deborah Proctor met the dashing, fascinating Gerald Meadows. The red-haired Canadian made no secret of the fact that he was in New York to raise money, nor did he attempt to conceal his admiration for wealth and the things that money can buy. But Deborah only knew in her heart, at her first glimpse of Gerry across Kay's drawing room, that Gerry was the one man in all the world for her...

Gerry and Deborah spent a deliriously happy honeymoon at Gaspe, an then returned to New York to close Deborah's apartment before going to Gerry's home, The Meadows, in Ontario.

But before they could leave for his home, Gerry was killed in a traffic accident--and Deborah discovered that he was deeply and hopelessly in debt. She resolved to visit The Meadows in an effort to solve the enigma that was Gerry, and found the answer in the crumbling century-and-a-half-old mansion that had been the center of Gerry's world--and which, to his mother, meant security...

It was then that Timothy Pollard, a writer and Gerry's friend, recognizing heartbreak, set out to prove to Deborah that Gerry Meadows had really loved her.

Hero: Timothy Pollard
Heroine: Deborah Proctor