Molly — Teresa Crane

SHE VOWED SHE WOULD BECOME A WOMAN OF POWER AND MEANS

When beautiful young Molly O'Dowd arrived penniless from Ireland, she discovered a far different London from the proper Victorian one she expected. She had fled the tyranny of her fanatical father only to fall into the clutches of swaggering John Cribben -- and, almost too late, she learned that he was the lord of London vice and crime.

Blessed with an unshakable faith in herself, Molly swore that never again would she be the slave to any man's desires, never again would she allow herself to be ruthlessly exploited. But no matter how high she rose in business, how much she gained in money and status, or how many men adored her, she could not escape the aching emptiness of her heart. Then she met Adam Jefferson, the tantalizing American business man, who dared her to let him prove he had the passion and power to fill it...