The Shadow of Her Smile (Paperback)

At the outbreak of World War I, Abraham Helmsworth, a young man of wealth and privilege, finds himself torn between two women: Agatha Fenton, his intended bride, who represents the life of duty prescribed for him since birth, and Lucilla Deauville, a bewitching young actress who invites him to join her in a bohemian world of sensual delights, free from the suffocating mores of society. Nearly certain of his own impending death, Abraham chooses the latter, only to discover that his decision has far more serious consequences than he could ever have imagined. Before long, he is dragged into the depths of depravity by the woman he has become ensnared by, now revealed to him as the unholy creature that she is. But when, in a fit of jealously, Lucilla decides to destroy Abraham's fiance, he rallies to defend her, and a race back to England ensues, with Agatha Fenton's life, and perhaps Abraham's very soul, hanging in the balance."