"Women liked the young psychiatrist, Dr. Carlisle. It was hardly surprising, then, that he should become enmeshed in a tangle of emotions with certain women...But he never dreamt that Christine's love would finally become a prison house; that he would be enslaved by the twin ropes of her dependence and his conscience...It was in the arms of another woman that he found, at long last, a high release and rich happiness--but a happiness, he was sure, that could never be fulfilled..."--Page [4] of cover.