Camilla was married at fifteen to a man she didn't love and lived the life of a dutiful and faithful wife for seven years. She watched as he behaved in unspeakable ways knowing that to ask her father for a divorce from him would embarrass the family and she would be locked away for the rest of her life.

Camilla was ok living quietly and away from her husband, being separate from him even when together. She spent most of her time living in the villa she loved. Until one day she saw a man diving from the cliff. Camilla then went out every day to watch him until one day due to shocking events she meets him and her life is never the same.

Now she must fight the feeling she has for him because she sees no way out of her marriage. As their love grows her husband becomes dangerous and she becomes a liability.

Marcus and Camilla have a beautiful and touching love story surrounded by danger, and old Roma intrigue. Reading about life back then and the backstabbing ways politics work, feels like reading about modern politics without showers and cars, its fascinating. The lifestyle and treatment of women is accurate in the historical ways we know occurred back then. Carolyn Hart is accurate and writes a wonderful story with CLIFF'S EDGE that keeps you guessing how it will end right up to the last page.