After struggling for so long to make ends meet as a music teacher, Emily Woodstock was astonished to learn that she was the closest living relative of Sir Ralph Woodstock. Suddenly, poor and lonely Emily was a member of a wealthy family, with Edgecliff Manor as her new home. It was all she had ever dreamed, and upon first meeting her handsome cousin Richard, she wondered if she might find riches of the heart as well. But when the death of her uncle left Emily the sole heir to his vast fortune, her dream was shattered for she was certain that someone was out to kill her.Surely it wasn't her charming cousin Charles or their lovely, yet aloof, neighbor Evonne DeVere. And even the grim-faced housekeeper did not seem capable of murder. That left only Richard, of dark mind and brooding spirit, the man to whom Emily had given her heart. Would he take her life, as well?(Out of Print)

    But when she learned that she would be staying at Aspenwood Abbey, a frightening place, built into the mountains and surrounded by dark forests of spruce and pine, her worries began. The wind howled around the eaves, and strange scratchings at her door warned her that odd doings were afoot. Never had Elizabeth felt so alone. Even the protective embrace of the sleek-haired, golden-eyed master of Aspenwood couldn't allay her fears, for nothing was as it seemed in the snowbound, windswept abbey... nothing except the certainty that she had been chosen as the next victim of the ancient Aspenwood curse, and must fight for her life.. before she lost her heart.

    But when a sudden storm came up over dark Crannoch Loch, her beloved aunt and uncle lost their lives in a boating accident. Only Della was saved by handsome, dark-eyed Sir Robert MacCrannoch who pulled her from the icy depths and carried her to his castle. Alone now, and weak from her brush with death, all Della wanted was to leave the grim turreted castle and return to England, but the brooding, imperious laird had not only saved her life, he had awakened her passions. The castle's scheming, cruel chatelaine, Lady Fiona MacCrannoch, had reasons of her own for wanting Della to leave, and other, darker reasons for forcing her to stay. For Crannoch Castle was not only a maze of underground tunnels, ruined towers, and desolate moors, it was also a place of centuries-old, closely guarded secrets. Secrets that Della had overheard and must not be allowed to repeat, or even remember.

    Katherine will go to London and a theater career, while India will take Katherine's place at her ancestral home. But someone at Hathaway Manor is planning a little reunion for Katherine--by silencing her forever.

    Avenge me so that I may rest in peace." — Orphaned in a train wreck as a little girl and raised by a family of poor coal miners, "Jane" spent her girlhood toiling in the mines near Newcastle, plagued by flashes of forgotten memories. Who was she and where did she belong? Only after fleeing the mines and traveling across England with a band of gypsies did she meet the man who had haunted her dreams...and who took her home at last to Wyndcliffe Manor.But the arrival of Jane -- now Jennifer Hardwicke and the heiress of Wyndcliffe -- fanned the flames of intrigue and desperate blackmail that had been smoldering for years among the jealous heirs. Finally understanding her past, unafraid of the future, and determined to avenge her grandfather's murder and claim her rightful dominion. Jennifer managed to avoid the first furtive attempts on her life. Yet when she took her seat at the head of the huge baronial table and lifted her wine goblet, she realized that only doom awaited her in the shadowy mist-filled courtyard of Wyndcliffe Manor.

    SHE'S STILL HERE, YOU KNOW." — Yearning for a few days' respite from her work as assistant to an austere New York physician, delicate Violet Grayson accepted the invitation to a weekend houseparty at Brambledene. But even as her carriage rumbled up the long drive to the looming Tudor mansion high in the snowy Berkshires, Violet's heart grew cold with dread. Just two years ago, a similar weekend party had ended in the unexplained death of her dearest friend.Despite the warm welcome of her old companions and the flattering attentions of a newcomer, darkly handsome architect Rafael Taliaferro, Violet's apprehension grew. Tension throbbed the air, and the housekeeper's whispered warnings of danger fueled Violet's mounting terror. A game of charades, a masked ball, a moonlight walk under a cold February sky -- each time, some small accident befell Violet...and then was quickly explained away. And when the door of the dark conservatory locked behind her, Violet knew she was not alone...and that she was in deadly peril.