The Devil's Mistress

To Christie Deeth, desperate to forget a broken marriage, a humiliating lover, and the agonizing loss of her self-respect, Lucifer Cove seemed as good a place as any to start a new life. The spa was everything she had been told—beautifully verdant, sunny, nestled below a breathtaking cliff. But for reasons she couldn't explain, she sensed something wrong—a dark, otherworldly ambiance, an evil she couldn't define.

And then she met Marc Meriden, the handsome, soft-voiced director of the spa. At first it bothered her when he seemed to know her secret thoughts, when he had answers before she asked questions. But soon none of this mattered, for Christie was falling in love with Marc and, wonder of wonders, he wanted her, too.

As the days passed in a golden haze of Jove, Christie started meeting the other guests at Lucifer Cove—other lonely or troubled women, each of whom had her own special relationship with Marc. Then, ever so slowly, Christie began hearing things, noticing things—and realized with horror that rather than the lover of a mortal man, she might well become the mistress of Satan…