One of the most popular mass-market fiction writers of the late nineteenth century, American author Alexander McVeigh Miller (who often used her husband's name as a pen name) became well-known for her mastery of shocking plot twists. The two tales collected in the double feature Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily are chock-full of Miller's trademark motifs: family secrets, deathbed confessions, mysterious letters, and intricate clues.