A story of dark love and passionate obsession that was considered "too sensational" to be published in the author's lifetime, A Long Fatal Love Chase was written for magazine serialization in 1866, two years before the publication of Little Women. Buried among Louisa May Alcott's papers for more than a century, its publication is a literary landmark--a novel that is bold, timeless, and mesmerizing.

"I'D GLADLY SELL MY SOUL TO SATAN FOR A YEAR OF FREEDOM."

cries impetuous Rosamond Vivian to her callous grandfather. Then, one stormy night, a brooding stranger appears in her remote island home, ready to take Rosamond at her word. Spellbound by the mysterious Philip Tempest, Rosamond is seduced with promises of love and freedom, then spirited away on Tempest's sumptuous yacht. But she soon finds herself trapped in a web of intrigue, cruelty, and deceit. Desperate to escape, she flees to Italy, France, and Germany, from Parisian garret to mental asylum, from convent to chateau, as Tempest stalks every step of the fiery beauty who has become his obsession.

Fair Rosamond

The Circe

A Companion

Rose in Bloom

Cholera

A Hidden Grave

A Woman's Shadow

Into the Night

The Chase Begins

Mademoiselle Honorine

One More Unfortunate

Behind the Grating

Flee Temptation

A Glimpse of Happiness

Madame la Comtesse

Mad

Torment

One Friend

"My Daughter"

T.F

Mrs. Tempest

Twice Conquered

Retribution

The Vision Verified