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A young woman faces men who mean her harm—and secrets that make survival a dangerous struggle.
In Saved from Herself, Adelaide Stirling places a young woman at the heart of a Victorian thriller filled with danger and hidden pasts. Her fight is for survival. The threat comes from men who mean her harm, while secrets give the reader reasons to question what lies beneath the surface.
The story brings together mystery, crime and romance within the Victorian tradition of popular suspense. Its appeal lies in peril, uncertainty and a heroine who must rely on her wits. For readers who like to guess, the hidden past offers a reason to keep looking beyond the danger in plain sight.
What you’ll discover
- A heroine under pressure Follow a young woman whose struggle to survive gives the danger a human center.
- Secrets beneath the surface Let hidden pasts draw you into a story that invites questions and close attention.
- Men who threaten harm Feel the suspense of a heroine facing dangerous men in a fight for survival.
- Victorian suspense and melodrama Enter a world of heightened peril, where uncertainty is part of the pleasure.
- Mystery meets romance Explore a novel that brings romantic fiction into the threatening world of a Victorian thriller.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you like Victorian crime, scheming heroines, haunted houses, and romances where one misread glance changes everything. It suits listeners who love a clever, dangerous girl.
What’s inside
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- A hungry girl slips into a music hall
- A lord is found dead among the flowers
- Marcus Wray names his price
- A dying baronet needs a guardian
- A forged will and a wrecked train
- Ismay takes her place at Marchant's Hold
- Ismay listens at the library door
- A ghost, a spinet, and a plan
- Love at the stile and a beetle of gold
- What the story is really about, and how it is told
Who’s who
- Ismay TrelaneA pale, green-eyed girl of seventeen raised in poverty, who learns to scheme and to love and must choose whom to protect.
- Mrs. Helen TrelaneIsmay's mother, a clever and vain adventuress who lives on charm and borrowed money and fears being found out.
- Marcus WrayA cold, ugly barrister who deals in secrets and blackmail and wants the Le Marchant fortune and Ismay herself.
- Miles CylmerA handsome, kind neighbor and friend of the dead lord, who is helping a detective hunt for the killer.
- Cristiane le MarchantA spoiled, red-haired young heiress who has lost her beloved father and trusts the wrong people.
- Sir Gaspard le MarchantCristiane's father, a dying baronet who wants to leave his daughter safe and chooses a guardian too trustingly.
- ThomasThe old butler of Marchant's Hold, who guards the house's secrets and the story of its ghost.
- Lord AbbotsfordA dissipated young nobleman whose sudden death in a pink room sets the whole mystery going.
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Salvada de sí misma
A hungry seventeen-year-old slips into a London music hall and meets a man she vows to find again.
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Imagine being seventeen, hungry, and sent out of your own mother's sitting room so a lord can eat dinner in peace. With ten shillings in your pocket, you climb onto a London omnibus and ride toward the lights.
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A hungry girl slips into a music hall
The story opens in a bedroom in Brompton Square. Mrs. Trelane is dressing for Lord Abbotsford, and she wants her grown daughter out of sight, because a daughter that age gives away how old her mother really is. The room smells so strongly of almonds that Ismay feels sick.
Ismay refuses the dry tea and bread the maid brings. Proud and hungry, she goes out into the November dark, rides an omnibus to Piccadilly, and buys a ticket at the Palace Theatre with most of her ten shillings. A man speaks to her rudely, and she storms off to an upper gallery. A tall, gray-eyed stranger overhears, keeps a second man away, and guesses that she has not had dinner.
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Stirling, Adelaide. Saved from Herself. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/saved-from-herself.
Stirling, A. (2026). Saved from herself. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/saved-from-herself
Stirling, Adelaide. Saved from Herself. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/saved-from-herself.
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What is Saved from Herself about?
It follows Ismay Trelane, a poor girl with a scheming mother, as a lord's murder, a blackmailing lawyer, and a forged will draw her into a fight to protect a young heiress and win the man she loves.
Who is Marcus Wray?
Marcus Wray is a London barrister who deals in secrets. He knows what Ismay's mother did on the day of Lord Abbotsford's death, uses it to control her, and plans to gain the Le Marchant fortune.
Is Saved from Herself a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction by Adelaide Stirling, written in the Victorian sensation tradition. Its London streets, theatres, and country houses are real kinds of places, but the characters and plot are invented.
The author
Adelaide Stirling
Novelist
Adelaide Stirling wrote popular Victorian fiction in the tradition of the sensation novel. Her work leans on secrets, poisonings, forged papers, and heroines who live by their wits. This book shows the world she wrote for, with its London music halls, country houses, detectives, and strict rules about reputation and marriage.
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