The castle of fear

the long version

During a state ball at Buckingham palace, the lovelly half-Russian Tatika Lynch meets Lord Crowley, a wealthy member of Edwardian society. Tatika's exotic good looks first aroused the- attentions of the lecherous Lord Crowley. Later, her wit and intelligence, captivated him. He would possess her --at any cost. But Tatika did not love him and would not marry him. Desperate to escape his unwelcome attentions, Tatika runs away to Scotland to become a paid companion to the Dowager Duchess of Strathcraig. There she took refuge in Castle Craig with the Dowager Duchess and her son, Magnus. The Duke was young and extraordinarily handsome. There she is drawn to the enigmatic Duke, even though there was something hidden in his past, a terrible secret. One so terrible that people only whispered about. How could anyone love such a man?, Tatika wondered. Yet there was a strange magnetic quality about the Duke. Tatika found herself drawn to him more and more....