Farramonde — Katherine Troy

They told Lisa she should not marry the man who called himself Marius Delraven. The past of this strong and handsome man was darkened by mystery -- a strange and terrible secret barely glimpsed in the sudden tightenings of his mouth, or the fleeting glint of private agony in his eyes.

But how could Lisa, so young, so lovely, so inexperienced, resist Marius' charm, his worldly wisdom, his clear adoration? Then he brought her as his bride to the ancient and isolated manor called Farramonde. And slowly another side of Marius Delraven began to appear -- and with it a monstrous suspicion that turned a dream of love into a never-ending nightmare