title: The Magnolia Curse
author: Murfi, Lidie
description: HOUSE OF HATRED
  
  Lovely Victoria O'Conner had begun to despair of not finding love -- but that was before she met Godfrey McBride, the dashing new master of Magnolia, his family's ancestral home. She was drawn to his muscular good looks, his quick easy smile, and the shadow of tragedy that seemed to hover over all who lived in Magnolia. One day, during a hunt, she yielded to her feelings and gave herself to him.
  
  
  After that, sin bred sin, hatred bred hatred, and all the ties of blood and marriage were not enough to prevent a death by poisoning and a terrible aftermath of revenge.
  