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The Countess

by Catherine Coulter · 1979

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Catherine Coulter's revamped first novel—a gothic regency romance.

The #1 New York Timesbestselling author's very first novel, rewritten as a Gothic. A woman who makes the wrong choice for a husband may not live to marry the man of her dreams...

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Setting
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Mood
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 391 pages

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