The Mourning Trees — Velda Johnston

Wed To Terror

To newlywed Paula Garbraith, her husband Wayne was the perfect mate. He was devastatingly handsome, wonderfully warm and attentive -- and she willingly put her life and love in this strong, capable hands.

Then Wayne vanished, and took with him every penny they owned. Paula followed his trail to a small desert town where a reclusive millionaire held sway in a fortress-like mansion, and there her whole world began to crumble. But try as she might, Paula could not stop loving the man who seemed to be using her as an instrument of evil -- to be callously destroyed when her fearful task was done…