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'An absolute page-turner' Mail on Sunday Dear Mr. M, I'd like to start by telling you that I'm doing better now. I do so because you probably have no idea that I was ever doing worse. Much worse, in fact, but I'll get to that later on. Mr. M is being watched. As a famous writer, he is no...

Parker, I never meant for any of this to happen, to fall for you. It doesn't matter that we're both adults, or how much we want this to work. The college policy is clear. I can't see a way around this without one of us getting hurt. If I would've known who you were when we met online, I would have never pursued a relationship. I'm new to all of this, and besides my daughter, getting to know you has been the best thing to ever happen to me. But I can't make you hide again. I won't. It's not fair to either of us. Deepest regrets, Donovan.

Sybil Foxglove has always been quiet. As a girl, she fled the drunken rages of her father; as a wife, she endures the stifling cruelty of railway investor Johnny Arthur Lee —whose outward charm lured her into marriage, only to find her terrorized behind closed doors. In the confines of Johnny’s home, Thistle Grove, Sybil’s tortured silence morphs into something darker —and indistinguishable from madness. Yet, even as she spirals into her undoing, one thing is abundantly clear: as long as her husband controls the trajectory of her existence, she is doomed to a life of misery and mistreatment.