Victoria Holt

Bevil is the husband Harriet has always dreamed of and she should be content but in spite of herself, she becomes intensely jealous

From the moment that beautiful eighteen-year-old Minella Maddox saw Charles-Augueste, the haughty, arrogant Comte Fontaine Delibes, his satanic looks thrilled her with a sense of danger and excitement. The Comte, too, liked what he saw. He decided that he would marry Minella, and nothing would be allowed to stand in …