Columbella Contributor(s): Whitney, Phyllis a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1504044002 ISBN-13: 9781504044004 Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Suspense - Fiction | Gothic - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
Dewey: 813.52 |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.83 lbs) 326 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A governess becomes entangled with a dysfunctional and dangerous family in this novel by a New York Times-bestselling "master of suspense" (Mary Higgins Clark). Finally liberated from her cruel and domineering mother, twenty-eight-year-old schoolteacher Jessica Abbott has accepted a position as governess in Hampden House, a crumbling plantation on the cliffs of St. Croix. Her charge is Leila Drew, the oppressed teenage daughter of a pathologically punishing mother. But the vulnerable girl is not Catherine Drew's only victim. For years, Catherine's desperate husband, King, a man to whom Jessica is irresistibly drawn, has been searching for the means to a safe escape--for himself and Leila--from this ruin of a family. As Jessica becomes further entwined in the violent dynamics of the Drew family, she realizes Catherine's wretched power may be grounded in a secret that has trapped not only King and Leila, but herself as well. A recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, Phyllis A. Whitney was hailed by Mary Higgins Clark as "a superb and gifted story teller, and a master of suspense." This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney including rare images from the author's estate. |