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What happens when love is treated as worthless, and a daughter refuses to let a wrong stand?
In Slighted Love, Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller brings together scorned affection, family secrets, and a young woman's search for justice. At its heart is a daughter who will not accept the wrong before her. Her struggle gives this romance its emotional pull: she must prove her worth while holding on to the hope of truth.
This is the world of Victorian sentimental fiction, where love faces painful tests and goodness matters. Miller's romance invites you into domestic drama shaped by betrayal and misunderstanding. The appeal lies in strong feeling and clear moral stakes: the hurt of being slighted, the burden of secrets, and the wish to see a wrong set right.
What you’ll discover
- Love under strain Explore the hurt at the heart of affection treated as something of little value.
- A daughter's resolve Follow a young woman whose search for justice gives the romance its central purpose.
- Secrets close to home Enter a family drama where hidden truths make love and trust feel uncertain.
- Feeling without apology Find the strong emotions and clear moral lines that define the sentimental tradition.
- The hope of truth Share the longing for a wrong to be acknowledged and a heroine's worth recognized.
Who will love it
You will love this book if you enjoy Victorian melodrama, seaside mansions, family secrets and a brave young heroine. It suits readers who like romance and detection together.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Italy sets out to clear her mother
- A friendly offer becomes a trap
- Italy must judge competing friends
- An accusation wounds a rejected lover
- Love emerges before the sea turns
- Italy refuses an unsupported confession
- Faith looks for facts
- The sea and objects carry clues
- Loyalty must think for itself
Who’s who
- Italy ValeA dark-eyed, proud young woman raised abroad who vows to find her father's murderer and clear her mother's name.
- Francis MurrayThe grave, scholarly master of The Lodge, who inherited the Vale fortune and watches Italy closely.
- Mrs. ValeItaly's golden-haired mother, tried for her husband's murder and shunned by the world though the jury freed her.
- Mrs. MurrayFrancis's proud mother, who first accepts Italy out of duty and then turns against her.
- Percy SeabrightA witty, charming friend of Ronald Vale, who offers Italy friendship and help in her search.
- Emmett HarlowA kind, wealthy young man who loves Italy and wants only her happiness.
- Alys AudenreidA pretty, jealous guest who hopes to marry Francis Murray and resents Italy.
- Mr. GardnerThe Boston lawyer who defended Mrs. Vale and urges Italy to leave the past alone.
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Slighted Love
Italy Vale enters a seaside mansion to hunt her father's killer, and her chief suspect offers her a home.
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“Leave the past alone, I implore you.”
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What would you do if the whole world had judged your mother a murderess, though a jury had found her not guilty? Italy Vale, seventeen and raised in exile, decides to find the real killer of her father.
Slighted Love at a glance
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- 66,000 words
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A mother's confession sends Italy to Winthrop
Italy Vale, seventeen and dark-eyed, asks her mother why they live such lonely lives. Why do people avoid them, and why does a shadow follow them from town to town?
Her mother at last tells the truth. Italy's father, Ronald Vale, was murdered at the family's seaside home in Winthrop. His wife was tried for the crime and found not guilty, yet the crowd hissed her anyway. His fortune passed to a distant cousin, Francis Murray, who now lives in the old house, called The Lodge.
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Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs. Slighted Love. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/slighted-love.
Miller, A. M., Mrs. (2026). Slighted love. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/slighted-love
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What is Slighted Love about?
It tells of Italy Vale, who goes to the Massachusetts seaside to find her father's murderer and clear her mother's name. She suspects the cousin who inherited his wealth, and a web of friends and rivals surrounds her.
Who is Italy Vale?
Italy is a seventeen-year-old American girl raised in Europe and named for her birthplace. She is brave, proud and loyal, and her vow to prove her mother innocent drives the whole story.
What is the diary with the gold clasp?
It is Ronald Vale's private diary, which his wife believes holds the clue to his death. Italy searches for it during her early days at The Lodge, and it stays missing for most of the book.
The author
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
1850–1937 · American dime novelist
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller was the pen name of Mittie Frances Clarke Point Miller, an American novelist born in 1850. She lived in the United States and died in 1937. She wrote dime novels in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Slighted Love and Little Golden’s Daughter.
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