A Candle for the Dragon — Mary Shura Craig

She was afraid of the danger around her, and the passion within her.

The Arms Of Fear.

Lovely young Julie Shelton fled the memory of the hellish marriage from which only her husband's accidental death had released her. In the sleepy Southern town of Westover, Julie sought a refuge to repair her damaged self-confidence and strength.

But there was no rest, no peace, for Julie. From the moment she met handsome, aristocratic August Baron, she felt a familiar and fearful longing stir within her. She knew that this man was cold and arrogant, that his proud family was shadowed by a deadly curse, that loving him was foolish, but still Julie felt herself yielding to a passion that could lead only to peril . . .