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Columbella by Whitney, Phyllis A. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A governess becomes entangled with a dysfunctional and dangerous family in this novel by a New York Times–bestselling “master of suspense” (Mary Higgins Clark).   Finally liberated from her cruel and domineering mother, twenty-eight-year-old schoolteacher Jessica Abbott has accepted a position as governess in Hampden House, a crumbling plantation on the cliffs of St. Croix. Her charge is Leila Drew, the oppressed teenage daughter of a pathologically punishing mother. But the vulnerable girl is not Catherine Drew’s only victim.   For years, Catherine’s desperate husband, King, a man to whom Jessica is irresistibly drawn, has been searching for the means to a safe escape—for himself and Leila—from this ruin of a family. As Jessica becomes further entwined in the violent dynamics of the Drew family, she realizes Catherine’s wretched power may be grounded in a secret that has trapped not only King and Leila, but herself as well.   A recipient of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, Phyllis A. Whitney was hailed by Mary Higgins Clark as “a superb and gifted story teller, and a master of suspense.”   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Phyllis A. Whitney includi

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Author
Whitney, Phyllis A.
Publisher
Open Road Media Romance
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781504043854
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Fiction
Rating
3.84 / 5 (525 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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