A Terrible Beauty Author:Nancy Baker A past betrayal returns to haunt Simon Donovan, a frail and dying scholar of antiquities, when the woman he wronged summons him to come to her secluded northern home. — To spare his father, Matthew Donovan, a struggling painter, undertakes the journey instead. — In the fantastic mansion Matthew meets the mysterious Sidonie Moreau, whose secrets ru... more »n deeper than those of the ancient mountains that surround them. Simultaneously fascinated and disturbed by her he tries to discover what she hides...and what she wants from him.
Then in a night of terrible revelation he learns the answer -- nothing less then his lifes blood, given willingly. Every night she will ask for his blood and every night he must answer. Trapped, Matthew submits to her terms.
He vows he will never surrender to her. But as the nights pass he comes to realize there are more dangerous things then her inhuman appearance and deadly need. There is the sorrow in her eyes, the strange curve of her smile, and her complex compelling charm.« less