Prince Charming

Margie Danielsen, a divorcee and mother of three, had fantasies of finding the perfect man. Then one night, in a smoky country and western club, she found him. Sean Paul Lanier was charming, handsome, and kind-everything Margie had dreamed of.

A romance-with reservations

Soon after, their whirlwind romance took flight. Sean showered Margie with flowers, jewelry, expensive gifts, and his intense-sometimes scary-devotion. And just months after their courtship began, she agreed to marry man.

A nightmare marriage

But the honeymoon was soon over. One day Margie turned the TV on to America's Most Wanted and saw the face of her husband, whose real name was Paul Mack-a fugitive with a lengthy arrest record who was now wanted...for rape and murder.

America's Most Wanted

In Tainted Roses, Margie Danielsen tells her harrowing story in riveting, detail-from her courtship with Mack to her shocking discovery; from her brave trip to the police station to turn in her husband, to its terrifying aftermath...