When literary scholar Karen Holloway happens upon a volume of verse dating from the early 19th century and signed only "Ismene", she becomes interested and starts her own investigation. She begins to decipher the manuscript, which she realizes is a memoir. But who was Ismene?
Continuing the story of the characters introduced in "Ammie Come Home" and "Shattered Silk," ever-popular author Michaels follows Rachel, a graduate student studying women's crafts--weaving, spinning, quilting, embroidery--and the superstitions connected with them. Linking all important rites of passage to the garments created as markers of these ...
For the guests at Ruth Bennet's fashionable Georgetwon home, the seance was just a playful diversion . . . until Ruth's niece Sara spoke in a deep guttural voice not her own . . . and the game became frighteningly real.. The New York Times calls Miss Michaels a specialist, saying, "When the seances get going and the ghosts walk (and talk), even ...
During a trip to Britain, Heather Tradescant gets involved in the Karim family's strange world when she sneaks into the gardens of Troytan House while the father and son are eating breakfast. Believing Heather to be an expert horticulturalist, they welcome her into their strange circle of friends, several of whom become enamored with the ...
From the New York Times bestselling author, Barbara Michaels, comes this tale of riveting suspense, chilling dreams, and unexpected romance. Carla Tregellas inherits the pride of her family name--a huge mansion on the cliffs of Cornwall. But when she arrives, the eccentric housekeeper advises Carla to leave at once, to deter a tragic and ...
From the sparkle of priceless antique jewels to the terrifying shadows of murderous madness, this story weaves an intricate web of romance, suspense and intrigue. The setting is a small country town in the United States. The author's other novels include "Smoke and Mirrors" and "Shattered Silk".
An orphan with psychic abilities is persuaded by a duchess to summon the spirit of the orphan's father, whom the duchess believes is someone she once loved.
To Lucy Cartwright, the dashing Baron Clare is the man of her dreams--kind, compassionate, with clear, warm eyes she can easily get lost in. That's why she ignores the strange whisperings of his mysterious past and accepts his hand in marriage. But once at his magnificent estate, Greygallows, the honeymoon transforms into a nightmare of treachery. ...
On a foggy evening, the most famous crime specialists in the world--Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, psychoanalyst Nandor Fodor, and a writer who rivals them all with her sleuthing talent--meet in an exclusive club to battle wits over two tantalizing, unsolved cases of ghostly terror.
By the light of a gilded moon, a mysterious black rainbow framed the huddled towers of Grayhaven Manor, a vision of ominous beauty that seemed to warn Megan O'Neill of a darkness within. As the estate's new governess, her apprehensions were banished by the welcome of the Mandeville family. But Megan's growing obsession for her handsome employer ...
Anne and Kevin had planned to spend their vacation writing a book at a summer retreat. But something lured them away from their work . . . something elusive, powerful, and unreal--a ghostly presence that threatened more than their work. A chilling novel from the bestselling author of Search the Shadows.
Chilling suspense from the New York Times bestselling author of Into the Darkness. The day the Friedrichses moved in next door, Mark Robbins fell in love with his new neighbor Kathy. But Kathy's father made his message clear: stay away. Even the house seemed to be warning them of the deadly secrets among its shadows--and the evil within its heart.
Here I Stay is another example of the spine-tingling yet charming talent of Barbara Michaels--released to coincide with the November publication of Michaels' Search the Shadows. "Subtle, comprehensive, and breathtakingly, terrifyingly real. I loved it".--Romantic Times.
A haunting novel of a woman caught in the dreams and desires of the past, by the New York Times bestselling author of Vanish with the Rose. Jan decides to spend her much-needed vacation in Williamsburg, Virginia, but her dreams reveal the truth about a powerful love that beckons to her from history.
In an isolated mansion known as the Black Tower of Dunnoch, Damaris Gordon meets her benefactor, Gavin Hamilton, a cruel and bitter man tortured by disfigurement. In spite of a past that hints at his involvement in his wife's death, Damaris falls victim to an overpowering love that will either lead to the truth--or push her over the edge.
Meg's doctor told her the hallucinations were a result of the accident, that they would stop once she got some peace and quiet. So she took some time off at the old country house, but the visions didn't stop. Instead, they got worse. And now Meg is terrified because Andy, the caretaker, sees them too. Reissue.
Diana Reed arrives at the Nicholsons' 18th-century mansion posing as a landscape architect and determined to uncover the mystery of her brother's disappearance. After a series of increasingly threatening events, she can only conclude that the person she seeks is not her brother, but his murderer.
From the moment she arrived on King's Island, Joanne McMullen knew that her sister's grief over losing her child had driven her dangerously close to madness. But when Joanne heard the same child's voice that her sister had heard wailing in the woods, she knew something terrible was happening!
Abandoning her carefully planned future, Haskell Maloney seeks the truth behind her past: Who is her real father? Was her mother's fatal car crash really an accident? Her search leads her to the study of Egyptology, where watching from the shadows of a cold museum, a ruthless killer waits to strike.
With gorgeous, fresh covers reflecting gothic imagery, three classic novels of romantic suspense, originally written by Elizabeth Peters under the pen name Barbara Michaels, are reissued.
The New York Times bestselling author of Stitches in Time delivers her latest tale of intrigue. Karen Nevitt's vintage clothing buoutique in quaint Georgetown seems innocent enough. The dresses she sells, all vintage, valuable designer originals from decades past, are harmless enough--until Karen unwittingly discovers something more lethal than ...
The house talked; Linda Randolph could hear it. The objects in it talked, too, but the house's voice was loudest. Linda was afraid that, as her husband suggested, she was losing her mind. Either that, or her husband was involved with dark, brutal forces beyond the limits of human sanity.
Sandy had been lured to the Greek island of Thera by a father she had never known, an archaeologist scorned for his obsession with Atlantis. Now, as the island's slumbering volcano came back to life, a terrifying power drew Sandy deep into the fathomless waters of her heritage, destiny and doom.
A suspense thriller by the author of Sons of the Wolf, in which strange things start to happen to a young woman staying with the Italian family of her dead mother, including the appearance of a mysterious horseman known only as 'The Falcon'.
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