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Pride before a fall...
Lovely Margaret Stewart was a proud and spirited young lady - too proud to accept the unwilling hospitality of her only living relative. But in strait-laced New Orleans early in the 19th century, there were few means for a respectable young woman to make her own way in the world - and that was why Margaret came, as governess to the forbiding Villars mansion. In her charge was a child who seem possessed by satanic evil.
Invading her dreams was the darlky handsome, fierce-tempered man who employed her. And closing in on her were hate and fear and mystery, as the dark abyss of the sinister past opened to receive her....
Genre: Historical
Lovely Margaret Stewart was a proud and spirited young lady - too proud to accept the unwilling hospitality of her only living relative. But in strait-laced New Orleans early in the 19th century, there were few means for a respectable young woman to make her own way in the world - and that was why Margaret came, as governess to the forbiding Villars mansion. In her charge was a child who seem possessed by satanic evil.
Invading her dreams was the darlky handsome, fierce-tempered man who employed her. And closing in on her were hate and fear and mystery, as the dark abyss of the sinister past opened to receive her....
Genre: Historical
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