Melissa

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...