Best of
Gothic-Romance

1979

Six Gothic Tales


Daphne du Maurier - 1979
    Whitney, and Tregaron's Daughter by Melanie Brent.

The Capricorn Stone


Madeleine Brent - 1979
    But suddenly, their father was dead--and worse--revealed as a notorious jewel thief.Forced from their home, shamed, and virtually penniless, they began their lives again in London, unaware that they held the secret to a fabulous fortune...

Dark at Noon


Jill Tattersall - 1979
    But Someone else does not want her to remain alive. So they call her Rose and wair for the day she can unlock her memory--and the past she fears...

Affinity


Katherine Hale - 1979
    The ancient oaks of Marwood dropped their dark leaves the day Allegra arrived...and the night spoke of sorrow as she lay beside her husband that first eve.Richard's cruel moods broke her heart and the fires of passion fled her eyes until she saw Edmund — the man few women denied, the man who had never known love.The two were brothers, and caught between the savage wickedness of one and the tender yearnings of the other, stood Allegra — a wisp of a woman's pain and beauty, searching for the dawn of her love.

Night Shadow


Dorothy Daniels - 1979
    

Island of Evil


Caroline Farr - 1979
    An inheritance from an uncle she had never known brought lovely Paula Forbury on an unexpected journey to beautiful Hawaii, land of sun, surf, and romance. And the island magic seemed to cast its spell on Paula from the moment handsome attorney Stephen Bradford picked her up at the airport and whisked her away to the isolated plantation that now belonged to her. But if Stephen was everything she could have wished for in a man, her uncle's estate was the exact opposite of all her fanciful dreams. Dark and decaying, the mansion seemed shrouded by an oppressive evil. If not for Stephen's reassuring presence, Paula wouldn't have spent even one night in the old house. Yet she stayed on, ignoring her fear, telling herself there were no such things as devil spirits -- until, cut off from the outside world and her last hope of safety, she could no longer deny the frightening, deadly truth...!

The Coach to Hell


Rachel Cosgrove Payes - 1979
    But she was caught between her arrogant benefactor and his rakehell coachman brother -- and their fierce obsession threatened to shatter everything. Each man claimed to be the rightful heir to a noble title. Each man thought Georgina knew the secret location of the missing proof. And though each man already possessed Georgina's body -- each demanded more...