Countess

Viola's Story #2

by Josephine Edgar

VIOLA, the ENCHANTRESS, the COUNTESSViola is loved by all men, but four very different men live their every moment for-- the powerful Count Eugene Ehrmann, her sophisticated husband, the selfless leader of a people who seek to destroy him...-- Prince Friedrich Schausenhardt, whose lust for domination will stop at nothing...-- the grand Lord James Staffray, who wrecks his marriage for her memory and for her child...-- James-Carlo, her illegitimate son, torn from the Countess by the Great War, cherishing her memory and seeking always to be worthy of her love.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Mary Edgar Mussi (aka Mary Howard)

Mary Edgar was born on 27 December 1907 in London, England, UK, daughter of Jenny (Howard) and George Edgar, an author. She was educated privately. On 6 March 1934, she married Rudolph F. Mussi, they had one son, Max, and one daughter, Susan Jane. She was a past chairwoman of Society of Women Writers and Journalists. She started writing contemporary romance novels as Mary Howard in 1930, later she used the penname of Josephine Edgar to sign her gothic historical romances. She was the recipient of the Romantic Novelists' Association award in 1960, 1979, 1980, and Elinor Glyn award in 1961. She passed away on 02 March 1991.