New York Times bestseller

This is a darkly riveting portrait of the thin line between love and hate—a “magnificent” tale of romantic intrigue in the gothic tradition of Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre (The New York Times)...In the eyes of his daughter Melissa, Charles Upjohn can do no wrong. Where others see a minor novelist whose ego far outweighs his talent, Melissa sees a brilliant artist. Where her sister and brother see a cold and inattentive parent who can’t provide for his family, Melissa sees a doting father whose intentions are beyond reproach. On his deathbed, Charles puts his eldest daughter in charge of her mother and siblings. Melissa will do anything she can to please him—even if it means marrying a man she hates.

Four acclaimed works by the New York Times bestselling author

Three New York Times bestsellers plus a collection of sixty-three stories that include such iconic works as “The Eighty-Yard Run” and “The Girls in Their Summer Dresses.” This volume includes the iconic novel The Young Lions, which was called a “masterpiece” by The Boston Globe; along with The Troubled Air and Bread Upon the Waters.

“The most important of American novelists.” —New York Herald Tribune