The Beckoning // The Beckoning from Moura — Virginia Coffman

Hatred and Peril were her nearest neighbors, beckoning with false smiles from turbulent sea on one side and the treacherous bogs on the other…

Beautiful, widowed Anne Wicklow thought she was fortunate to find employment in the ancient, isolated castle high on an Irish cliff.

Once inside the gloomy castle, Anne discovered that evil walked beside her in the drafty halls -- for someone in that strange household was determined to destroy her charge, lovely young Maurie, who stood between a murderer and a fortune.

By protecting the girl, Anne put herself in mortal danger. To save her own life she had to uncover a ghastly secret -- even if it meant betraying the man she loved.