The Mistress

Her Haunting Beauty Drew Men To Her--Her Twisted Desires Consumed Them. Who Was Marsha Coomb? To Haakim Rakis: she was an object of desire, a creature worthy of conquest. To Pan, Haakim's son: Marsha was the key that would unlock the secrets of his young, untried body--open the door to the wonderful, terrible world that lay just beyond the threshold of his manhood. To Rudi Nuss: she was the reflected image of his own distorted genius. He had found her, fashioned her, possessed her. Her beauty had made him famous--now she was slipping from his grasp and he could not afford to let her go. To little Cendri, Haakim's crippled but beautiful daughter: she was the loveliest being in all the world. Cendri worshipped her and wanted only to be like her. But the real Marsha Coomb remained unknown to everyone--even to herself. It was only her shadow that fell across their lives and covered them like a dark and deadly stain.