Night's Dark Secrets/The Golden Violet — Margaret Campbell

Island of Despair --
Lovely, sheltered, writer of romances, Angelica Cowley had thought widower Thomas Thicknesse the most dashing and masterful of men when he asked her to become his bride. He promised her and island paradise, and a beautiful mansion on his large plantation where they could live in peace and happiness.

But the marriage vows were hardly spoken when Angelica found herself cut off from family, friends, and everything she held dear. She became a virtual prisoner of Thomas Thicknesse, powerless to escape the tyranny of this husband whose very presence now filled her with fear.

And it was then she met John Gordon -- handsome, mysterious, offering her the love and protection she so desperately longed for. Yet could even John rescue her from the dangerous Thomas Thicknesse, and the nightmare of deadly terror her marriage had become…?

Original Title: The Golden Violet