A potent love story, a dark psychological thriller, an opulent family drama set amid the sensual abandon of Edwardian England Dark Angel is all of these. And at its center is Constance, whose every loving impulse turns to destruction. A sullen waif grown to dazzling womanhood, Constance Shawcross becomes the protégée of the wealthy Cavendish famil at their great estate, Winterscombe. There she learns to love privilege and to weave deceptions. She discovers the allure of her own seductiveness, and she makes a glittering marriage to the one man who loves her in spite of her lies-or perhaps because of them. But always Constance harbors doubts and fantasies about the Cavendishes, going back to an April night in 1910 and an "accider Constance calls murder. Finally, it is her goddaughter, Victoria, the last Cavendish, with whom Constance shares this, her most secret obsession. She gives Victoria her diaries to discover in them if she can-the truth of that shocking death. But are the diaries a gift of love-or a final malicious tease, holding the power to destroy all Victoria holds dear? Dark Angel is a spellbinder, and Constance Shawcross is one of the most fascinating women you will ever meet.