Escape from Purgatory — Scarlet Darkwood

The unthinkable can happen. Claire Wright learns this nightmarish truth when life comes tumbling down around her. In her world, men still rule, and that includes what they do with their wives. Abandoned at the local asylum, Claire frantically tries to unravel the reason she's in this predicament. Tormented by staff, struggling daily for survival, she believes she's doomed. One day, she's faced with an opportunity that changes everything. The problem: a dead body is involved. Can Claire make a clean break and leave her hellish existence forever, or does the past catch up with her?