Whispers from the Past — Mary Haskell

Californian Vicki Addison is finally ready to claim her ancestral New England home. But foxy Mark Rogers has bought it out from under her! Worse, the unscrupulous developer plans to sully the building's feminine grace with macho innovations. Though inexplicably smitten with Mark, Vicki will do anything to stop him...

...which is exactly what Mark suspects. Burned once by a scheming female, he fights his consuming desire for Vicki, fearing she's bartering her delectable body for the spooky old house. Yet so potent is their emotional bond, their sensual urgency, that it seems to echo from the rafters... and from centuries past ...But will today's wrenching doubts destroy their timeless passion?