The Shadow Wife (Black Dagger Crime Series)

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Summary: Classic Gothic !Synopsis
Review: Luise Amberley has been scarred by love, and she was not looking for romance when she left London for a brief stay in Majorca. But then neither had she reckoned on meeting Otto Winther, a tall , resplendent Dane, whose masculine force and charm prove irresistible. There is something vague and elusive about his circumstances but caught up in the overwhelming passion of their sudden love, Luise agrees to marry him at the small and remote seaside resort in Denmark where he has taken her.During their honeymoon Luise makes discoveries about her handsome and ardent Dane, but her concern turns to deep bewilderment when they arrive at Maanborg- Moon Castle, the Winthers' ancestral estate- and Otto insists that she conceal their marriage until she has won over the various members of his family.In the tense hours that follow , as Luise roams the stately gardens and gloomy passageways of the huge and lonely castle, she begins to sense the family's strange and growing hostility toward her. And then comes the accident and the terror....