Mary Jane Holmes 
Homestead on the Hillside 

In ‘Homestead on the Hillside’ by Mary Jane Holmes, Luella Carter, a bitter and vengeful woman from Ernest Hamilton’s past, plots revenge against him by insinuating herself into his life. Luella’s daughter, Lenora, shares her mother’s bitterness and also seeks to hurt the Hamilton family. As the plot unfolds, readers are drawn into the story and kept in suspense about the Carters’ evil scheme and the fate of the Hamilton children.