Marianne and the Masked Prince — Juliette Benzoni

Beautiful darkhaired Marianne d'Asselnat had fled England, running away from a cruel husband who had gambled away both Marianne's fortune and her virginity on their wedding night.

In France, Marianne's beauty and wit won the heart of the Emperor himself. But on the very night of her greatest happiness in Paris, she saw the vengeful face of her husband in a crowd, and knew she was no longer safe, even under the great Napoleon's protection.

So Marianne knew she must once more venture into the unknown: to Italy and the magnificent villa of a Tuscan prince whose face no one had ever seen; a villa haunted by some strange, nameless evil...