Obsession
by Katherine Sutcliffe

USA Today bestselling author Katherine Sutcliffe sweeps fans away to the passionate affair she began in Devotion, as one man's search for his lost love leads him to the heights of OBSESSION. Trey Hawthorne, the Duke of Salterdon, once had a reputation that would humble the Marquis de Sade. Then he found his heart's desire in gentle, innocent Maria Ashton, whose healing touch ignited a forbidden passion between the noble duke and the lowborn vicar's daughter. Defying his family, Hawthorne intended to wed Maria -- but she mysteriously vanished before he could take her as his bride. After tirelessly searching for her for months, Trey gave up hope and reverted to his former wicked ways. Now, chance has led Trey to his beloved at last -- but the devastating truth behind her disappearance might prove more than he can bear. As he fights to rescue his beautiful Maria from a life of torment, Trey wonders if in saving her, he will also finally save himself -- or if the fight will cost him everything....

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Katherine Sutcliffe's Bio

Katherine Sutcliffe is a multi-award winning USA Today National and International Bestselling author of twenty two historical and contemporary suspense novels from Avon Books, Signet Books, Berkley/Jove Books, Kensington Publishers, and Pocket Books. Katherine has worked as Consultant Head Writer for the daytime dramas As The World Turns and Another World, playing herself in Another World. She has been featured in numerous genre magazines, major newspapers, TV Guide, and The Jenny Jones Show. Katherine¹s November, 2000 national bestseller, Notorious, was featured on iVillage.com, The Women's Network as one of the 7 BEST romances of the year and won the RWA Write Touch Readers Award for Best Historical of the Year. She recently won the RT Career Achievement Award for Storyteller of the Year and her September release, DARKLING I LISTEN (contemp romantic suspense/thriller) has been optioned for film. DARKLING is recipient of the Reviewers¹ International Organization¹s Dorothy Parker Award for Best Romantic Suspense and Best Long Contemporary of 2001, the Francis Reader¹s Award for Best Romantic Suspense of the 2001, and RWA Rita finalist for Best Romantic Suspense of the 2001 ,GDRWA Booksellers Best Finalist for Best RS of 2001, RWAKOD Daphne du Maurier finalist for Best Single Title RS of 2001 Sutcliffe is a native Texan and lives near Dallas. She is currently working on her next suspense: BAD MOON RISING, out in March, 2003