copyright 1948; Charles Scribner's Sons publishers, New York; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket quite good with minimal edge wear.
 
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In an atmosphere charged with suspense, and a conflict of wills, a struggle between three vivid and unforgettable people emerges. The most riveting portrait of a woman's passion since the Brontes' demon-haunted lovers. Taylor Caldwell enters the stark, brooding manse of nineteenth-century blue bloods to chronicle a compelling tale of treacherous loves.

Melissa--beautiful, obsessive, pledged to a terrifying devotion...

Geoffrey--her husband, who raged and fought for her love...

Charles--her father, who manacled her life to his own raging needs...