A Fair Maiden by Joyce Carol Oates

A young, sheltered woman becomes entangled with a wealthy, reclusive older man whose intense fascination slowly reveals a web of manipulation, secrecy, and moral danger; their unequal relationship exposes shifting power, obsession, and the consequences of desire as both characters confront violence, betrayal, and the darker impulses that lurk beneath genteel surfaces.

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