title: Misery's Chalice
author: Bennett, Antonia
description: Richard Calloway, a young software heir, finds the love of his life-Ms. Alexis Steinbauch. Neither one of them ever thought love could be so hard to obtain. Then again not everyone had a ruthless father, as Alexis did. He was willing to do whatever it took to keep his only child glued to his side and living his misery. The sharp-witted business-savvy heiress was one, or was it several, steps in front of her father. She was a woman who would not be stopped by the likes of her father or anyone for that matter when it came to getting what she wanted, and Richard was what she wanted. The spiraling lies, which Alexis herself had no idea of, which centered around her family, which got thorough exposure, were not enough to stop Alexis and Richard from seeking their dreams within each other. Richard never realized he would pay the ultimate price when it came to Alexis. The road to perfect usually finds a way to strip those claiming to have the love of a lifetime. The bottom line is life's fate in many ways is never fair; those that love like Richard Calloway never expect to have the unthinkable happen. How much would he lose? What would he lose? Those are all the hidden within Misery's Chalice, with a sequel entitled Misery's Shattered Black Onyx.