Following her father's death, a teenage British heiress goes to live with her guardian uncle--who is broke and schemes to murder her for her inheritance.
Caroline Ruthyn is the teenage niece of Silas Ruthyn, a sickly and at one time unbalanced man who becomes her guardian upon her father's death. The fact that Silas is broke and greedy and young Caroline is the heiress to her father's great fortune is reason enough for Caroline to be wary, but her fears escalate after she meets Silas' perverted son and discovers that her fearsome former governess, Madame de la Rougierre, is in league with her uncle.—Jim Beaver <[email protected]>
In the Nineteenth Century, In England, Caroline Ruthyn is the sixteen-year-old daughter of the wealthy good man Austin Ruthyn and they live at the Knowl Manor. After a heart attack, Austin visits his brother Silas Ruthyn and returns very happy with Silas' behavior. He hires a new governess to Caroline recommended by Silas, Madame de la Rougierre, but the teenager does not like the strange woman. Soon she finds that Madame de la Rougierre is an alcoholic woman, and a friend of her hits on Caroline, but her father does not believe in her. When the governess snoops Austin's wardrobe looking for his will, Caroline tells her father, and he learns that Madame de la Rougierre is working for Silas. Austin tries to change his will but has another heart attack and dies. When the lawyer reads the will, Caroline inherits her father's fortune, but Silas is nominated as her guardian until she gets married or reaches twenty-one years old. Dr. Bryerly), who is a family friend, tries to convince the naive Caroline not to accept Silas as her tutor and stay at the Knowl Manor, but she believes it was her father's wish that she stays with Uncle Silas. The first days with Silas are wonderful for Caroline, but soon she meets her despicable cousin Dudley Ruthyn and she recognizes him as the man that hit on her. Soon she meets Madame de la Rougierre and she learns the real intentions of Uncle Silas. But now she is prisoner of hie castle.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
