Marilyn Ross

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  • Bibliography:
    113 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1965
  • Latest Book:
    December 2017
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About the Author

William Edward Daniel Ross was born on November 16, 1912 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, son of Laura (Brooks) and William Edward Ross. In 1930, while he studied, he began his career as the manager of an acting company with which he also acted. Very early in his professional life, he was awarded the Dominion Drama Festival Prize for Playwriting. During the Second World War, he served with British Entertainment Services.

He married Charlotte McCormack, who died in 1959, and remarried in 1960, with the nurse Marilyn Ann Clark. He began writing short-stories in 1950s, and novels after his second marriage. Her wife was the first reader of his works. He wrote popular romances and gothic fiction as W. E. D. Ross and Dan Ross and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms such as Jane Rossiter, Leslie Ames, Ellen Randolph, Ann Gilmer, Rose Williams, Rose Dana, Clarissa Ross, Marilyn Ross, Jan Daniels, Charlotte McCormack, Ruth Dorset, Miriam Leslie, Amber Ross, Dana Ross, Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Diana Randall, and Marilyn Carter. He started writing erotic novels as Olin Ross, and Western novels as Dan Roberts and Tex Steele. He died on November 1, 1995 in his native Saint John, at 82, survived by his wife.

Full Series List in Order

Dark Shadows

1 - Dark Shadows (Dec-1966)
2 - Victoria Winters (Mar-1967)
3 - Strangers at Collins House (Sep-1967)
4 - The Mystery of Collinwood (Dec-2003)
5 - The Curse of Collinwood (May-1968)
6 - Barnabas Collins (Nov-1968)
7 - The Secret of Barnabas Collins (Jan-1969)
8 - The Demon of Barnabas Collins (Apr-1969)
9 - The Foe of Barnabas Collins (Jul-1969)
10 - The Phantom and Barnabas Collins (Dec-2004)
11 - Barnabas Collins Versus the Warlock (Feb-2001)
12 - The Peril of Barnabas Collins (Nov-1969)
13 - Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost (Jan-1970)
14 - Barnabas Collins and Quentin's Demon (Feb-1970)
15 - Barnabas Collins and the Gypsy Witch (Mar-1970)
16 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse (Apr-1970)
17 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost (May-1970)
18 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin (Jun-1970)
19 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin (Jul-1970)
20 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Witch's Curse (Aug-1970)
21 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Haunted Cave (Sep-1970)
22 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Frightened Bride (Oct-1970)
23 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse (Nov-1970)
24 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Serpent (Dec-1970)
25 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Magic Potion (Jan-1971)
26 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers (Feb-1971)
27 - Barnabas, Quentin and Dr. Jekyll's Son (Apr-1971)
28 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Grave Robbers (Jun-1971)
29 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost (Aug-1971)
30 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Mad Magician (Oct-1971)
31 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Hidden Tomb (Dec-1971)
32 - Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty (Mar-1972)

Fog Island

1 - Haunting of Fog Island (Jan-1965)
2 - Fog Island (Jan-1965)
3 - Phantom of Fog Island (Jan-1971)
Fog Island Secret (Jan-1975)
Ghost Ship of Fog Island (Jan-1975)
Fog Island Horror (Jan-1978)
Dark Towers of Fog Island (Jan-1995)

The Stewarts of Stormhaven

1 - Curse of Black Charlie (Jan-1976)
2 - Cellars of the Dead (Jan-1976)
3 - Waiting in the Shadows (1976)
4 - Death's Dark Music (Jan-1977)
5 - Cauldron of Evil (Jan-1977)
6 - This Evil Village (Jan-1977)
7 - Phantom of the Snow (1977)
8 - Mask of Evil (Sep-1999)
9 - This Frightened Lady (1977)
10 - The Twice Dead (1978)
11 - Awake to Terror (1978)
12 - Dead of Winter (Jan-1978)

Multi-Author Series List

Birthstone Gothic

1 - The Ghost and the Garnet (1975)
2 - The Amethyst Tears (Jan-1975)
5 - Shadow Over Emerald Castle (Jan-1975)

Zodiac Gothic

Temple of Darkness (Mar-1976)

Book List in Order: 113 titles

  • Beware My Love!

    Was the tormenting fear Marie Forrestel lived with as soon as she came to Arundel, her new husband's forbiding ancestral home. -- Arundel was cursed with a still unexplained secret from its sinister past. And when a series of strange, near-fatal ac...

  • Fog Island

    Fog Island - 2

    Island of Evil Through the mist young Stella Craig could see ever clearer the forbidding bulk of Trent Towers as she approached this ancestral home she had never seen before. But when the maid opened the great front door and stared with startled ...

  • Haunting of Fog Island

    Fog Island - 1

    SEASON OF FEAR It was Christmastime -- but unlike any other Dorothy Samson had ever known. The year 1850 was drawing to a close, and Dorothy and her sister, Amy had come to Fog Island to celebrate the holiday season at the great house of Falconcre...

  • The Locked Corridor

    Emily sought peace and safety at Shelton Manor -- What she found instead was the threat of Madness and Death! Emily had no sooner recovered from the shock of her twin sister’s murder when she married Tony Shelton and went to live at his forbiddi...

  • The Mystery of Fury Castle

    FIVE SINISTER SECRETS THREATEN ELLEN CROSBY AT MYSTERIOUS FURY CASTLE **Why does Ashley Wilcox, her fiance, refuse to allow Ellen to leave the castle, despite her overwhelming fear? **Who is the mysterious "L.S." that leaves terrifying tokens o...

  • Dark Legend

    THE DARK LEGEND OF DUNBAR MANOR TERRIFIED ANN RANDALL. HOW LONG COULD SHE ENDURE ITS HORRIFYING ATTACKS ON HER SANITY - AND HER LIFE? Dunbar Manor had always been a place of fear for Ann Randall. Years ago her mother had been killed there by a b...

  • Desperate Heiress

    NIGHT HOLDS A THOUSAND TERRORS FOR HESTER MARSH as a horrifying apparition pursues her through the dark, deserted Agnes K., the showboat she inherited from her great-uncle, Diablo the Great. Years before, Diablo accidentally beheaded his wife, ...

  • A Gathering of Evil

    Was a noose tightening around a horrified Deborah Foster? It was the night of evil ritual. The worshippers of the devil danced around the ruined abbey, now transformed into a temple of terror. Deborah had come there hoping to unmask her sister’...

  • Memory of Evil

    WOULD ANNA BECOME ANOTHER VICTIM OF THE EERIE MENACE - OR WAS SHE THE MENACE ITSELF? Anna Percival drifted through the shadowy rooms of the old dark house in a sleepwalker's trance. And wherever she went a strange death was sure to follow. Man...



  • Phantom Manor

    THE GRUESOME LEGEND OF PHANTOM MANOR "When the ghost appears in the sinister monk's corridor, someone will die!" From the moment she came to live at Phantom Manor, a rotting pile of stone she had suddenly inherited, Jan Davis became the terrifi...

  • Satan's Rock

    Does Lucy Ashton's fiance pursue her for her love -- or her life? Lucy Ashton had always laughed at the ancient legend of Satan's Rock. But after surviving several near-fatal accidents, she gives greater credence to the story of a ghostly figure ...

  • Mistress of Ravenswood

    Pamela Wales, the young governess at Ravenswood, can hardly believe her luck. The man she adores--the brooding master of the palatial estate--wants her for his wife. For a little while she is so happy that she ignores the servants' gossip of old s...

  • Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows - 1

    Despite warnings from the townspeople, Victoria Winters accepts the offer to come to the strange Collins House as governess. For some curious reason she feels the secret of her past may be uncovered in the bleak manor high on Widow's Hill. From th...

  • Assignment: Danger

    • / Romantic Suspense
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    Nicole hopes that her work for the CIA will mean an exciting mission. But what she gets is ASSIGNMENT: DANGER Because she yearns for adventure, Nicole Anders joins the CIA. Assigned to Steve Wentworth, and American agent suspected of leaking in...

  • Victoria Winters

    Dark Shadows - 2

    Victoria is stalked by four menacing strangers through the grave-like halls of sinister Collins House. Still trying to uncover the secret of her own identity, Victoria Winters continues her life at Collins House. The unexpected arrival of mysterio...

  • Cameron Castle

    WHAT WILL LAURA FIND AT CAMERON CASTLE -- LONG LIFE OR SUDDEN DEATH! Despite warnings from her friends that he is only a fortune hunter, beautiful heiress Laura Coles marries Donald Cameron. Fighting her fear, Laura agrees to settle at bleak Camer...

  • Strangers at Collins House

    Dark Shadows - 3

    Victoria Winters at last feels she has a clue to her own identity when she meets elderly Henry Collins. He secretly gives her the jewels which once belonged to his lost love - a woman Victoria strongly resembles. After receiving the gift, Victor...

  • Shorecliff

    WILL ANITA LOSE HER HUSBAND TO THE GHOST WITH THE PORCELAIN FACE? When they inherit an ancient mansion, Anita and her husband Charles move in. From the very moment of their arrival at Shorecliff, Anita notices the change that comes over her husba...

  • The Curse of Collinwood

    Dark Shadows - 5

    Do Zombies Walk at Collinwood? Upset over the death of Ernest Collins, Victoria begins to believe that phantoms are haunting her. Are they figments of her imagination? As the threats to her life become very real, she is forced to accept the horrif...



  • Barnabas Collins

    Dark Shadows - 6

    Barnabas Collins, the 175-year-old vampire who has taken the country by storm comes alive in this new novel of gothic suspense. -- Your blood will grow cold as you read the never-before-told story of the foggy night in 1899 when Barnabas Collins fi...

  • The Secret of Barnabas Collins

    Dark Shadows - 7

    Here is another never-before-told story of the handsome, mysterious 175-year-old vampire. While searching for the woman who will replace is long-lost Josette, and thus end the terrible curse upon him, Barnabas meets lovely Clare Duncan. The story of ...

  • The Demon of Barnabas Collins

    Dark Shadows - 8

    The arrival of a movie company at Collin-wood gives Barnabas a chance to escape Angelique's awful curse--the curse which has made him one of the living dead. Barnabas meets and falls in love with beautiful film star Rita Glenn. In order to save hi...

  • The Foe of Barnabas Collins

    Dark Shadows - 9

    Barnabas befriends lovely Paula Jennings -- right after her marriage to strange, mysterious Christopher Jennings. He feels protective towards the lonely heiress because he suspects Christopher is the werewolf who has been ravaging the countryside. ...

  • The Peril of Barnabas Collins

    Dark Shadows - 12

    After falling in love with a beautiful heiress, Barnabas Collins makes a desperate attempt to find a cure for his vampire curse, He summons a Dr. Padel to Collinwood. But as time passes, Barnabas wonders if the doctor isn't using him for his ow...

  • The Aquarius Curse

    The speaker is too high on LSD to explain what he means, but at one time he had been in love with Ruth's sister, Mary, whose sun sign is Aquarius. And it is Mary's disappearance that brought Ruth to Cranston House, a sinister run-down hotel occupied ...

  • Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost

    Dark Shadows - 13

    Collinwood is plagues with a series of menacing events when a ballet troupe arrives there to perform for the summer tourists. One girl in particular, the beautiful Diana Samson, whom Barnabas has come to love, is repeatedly attacked by a mysterious, ...

  • Barnabas Collins and Quentin's Demon

    Dark Shadows - 14

    When Quentin Collins invited Laura Balfour to Collinwood, they knew each other only from the correspondence that had grown out of Quentin's adminition for the haunting waltz her father had composed. Soon Quentin professes to love Laura--but is his lo...

  • Barnabas Collins and the Gypsy Witch

    Dark Shadows - 15

    Warned by a gypsy witch that death will surround her, Roxanna Collins turns to her cousin Barnabas for help. But when Roxanna's father and brother are murdered, suspicion centers on Barnabas. To save his life, Barnabas must prove to Roxanna and the p...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse

    Dark Shadows - 16

    When Professor Anthony Collins decides to catalog his Egyptian relics at Collinwood, he brings with him the mummy of King Rehotip, who “died” over 2000 years ago. Only the professor knows that Rehotip is really in a state of suspended animation. ...



  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost

    Dark Shadows - 17

    Carolyn's friend Celia Dalton visits Collinwood with her family and promptly begins suffering fainting spells during which others are violently attacked. Carolyn wonders if her friend may be possessed by the spirit of a murderer who recently cursed t...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin

    Dark Shadows - 18

    Quentin tries to escape death at the hands of a hired killer. -- Carolyn Stoddard is knocked unconscious when the sports car she and Barnabas are riding in skids on a patch of ice. She regains consciousness in Collinwood with Barnabas and Quentin C...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin

    Dark Shadows - 19

    HOW LONG WILL COLLINWOOD’S EVIL FORCES ALLOW BETTY WARD TO SEARCH FOR HER SISTER’S KILLER Heiress Betty Ward is worried about her twin sister, who has eloped with Jeremy Frene. She follows them from Paris to the Frene estate at Collinwood -- b...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Witch's Curse

    Dark Shadows - 20

    Against her will, Anita Burgess accompanies her brother Jeffrey to Collinwood. He is determined to get revenge against Quentin Collins who he believes is responsible for his best friend’s death. Pretending friendship toward Quentin, Anita and Je...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Haunted Cave

    Dark Shadows - 21

    Harriet Turnbridge asks Barnabas Collins for help after her husband, her brother-in-law, and father-in-law are found dead, their throats savagely ripped open. The police insist the killer is a mad beast. Harriet thinks that the phantom recently se...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Frightened Bride

    Dark Shadows - 22

    Ann and John Hayward's honeymoon at Collinwood slowly turns into a series of nightmares. Soon after their arrival, John, who is recovering from a war injury, falls victim to strange, violent spells. In a fit of irrational jealousy, he accuses his wif...

  • House of Dark Shadows

    HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS is a new novel based on the first full-length feature film inspired by the characters of the highly successful ABC-TV suspense drama, DARK SHADOWS. All your Collinwood favorites come to life on the movie screen and in this thril...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse

    Dark Shadows - 23

    IS THE SIGN OF SCORPIO THE MARK OF DEATH? Terror reigns at Collinwood when several patients at a nearby psychiatric clinic at which Barnabas Collins is a patient are stabbed to death. Each victim’s forehead is marked with a scorpion, the zodiaca...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Serpent

    Dark Shadows - 24

    Professor Gerald Collins returns to Collinwood from an archaeological expedition to Mexico with several crates of animals -- giant rats, poisonous snakes and rare lizards. His daughter, Irma, turns to Barnabas for help. She fears her father also brou...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Magic Potion

    Dark Shadows - 25

    A voice from beyond the grave warns Carolyn and Barnabas of the greatest danger Collinwood has ever known. Barnabas predicts trouble for Collinwood when Nicholas Freeze, in whose shop Carolyn Stoddard works, discovers a centuries old potion that p...



  • Message from a Ghost

    Heiress Emily and Gale Garvis wait in terror as the Ouija board begins to reveal who will die next.... Emily Garvis is sure that their dead father is sending them messages through the Ouija board. Her sister Gale, more practical, believes that the...

  • Phantom of Fog Island

    Fog Island - 3

    IT WAS LIKE A NIGHTMARE... Anna was alone in the cellar of Adams House, moving through the darkness with only a candle to light her way. A man appeared from the shadows, blocking her path. His skull-like face was pale, the skin taut over his chee...

  • Witches' Cove

    Was Regina haunted by a nightmare or possessed by the Devil? "I am not a witch!" Regina Widden stirred restlessly in her bed as she fought to pull herself out of her nightmare... At last, she opened her eyes and found that she was on a narrow ...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers

    Dark Shadows - 26

    In an alien spaceship hidden in a swamp near Collinwood, Roger Collins and his friend, space scientist Murdoch Gray, lie bound and gagged--yet no one even knows they are missing! For their captors are able to change shapes at will, and two of them ha...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and Dr. Jekyll's Son

    Dark Shadows - 27

    Before the blizzard cuts Collinswood off from the rest of the world, Barnabas Collins arrives there from England, bringing with him a friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll, who hopes to find a new life where no one knows he is the son of London’s most savage mu...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Grave Robbers

    Dark Shadows - 28

    “YOU SEE, PAULA, HOW WELL IT WILL WORK OUT. LILY WILL DRINK THE BLOOD OF THE VILLAGE MAIDENS -- AND BARNABAS WILL BE BLAMED.” Paula stared at the evil doctor in horror. “Whatever happens to Barnabas, you’ll still have Quentin to reckon wit...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost

    Dark Shadows - 29

    Centuries ago, Jenny Swift ruled her cutthroat crew of pirates with a blacksnake whip. Now, legend says, her ghost still guards the treasure ship where it sank in Collinsport Cove, meting out death to those rash enough to seek her gold. But Norah Bli...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Mad Magician

    Dark Shadows - 30

    When Cabrini, the world famous illusionist, comes to Collinwood, Carolyn Stoddard and her friend Beth Mayberry hope to work as his assistants. But suddenly Carolyn’s anticipation changes to fear. Cabrini turns out to be a frightening figure, shroud...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Hidden Tomb

    Dark Shadows - 31

    ELLEN AWOKE TO SEE A GHOSTLY FIGURE MOVING THROUGH THE SHADOWS TO HER BEDSIDE. “Ellen!” Her name was whispered hoarsely, but she recognized the voice. It was Aunt Kate’s. “What’s wrong?” Ellen asked, getting out of bed. “Dying…...

  • Dark Stars Over Seacrest

    THE STARS HOLD THE FUTURE Public relations expert Jan Morel comes to Seacrest to help repair the damage done to Stephen Kent's senatorial campaign. Though acquitted of negligence in the accident which drowned a beautiful campaign worker, the people ...



  • Mistress of Moorwood Manor

    WAS MOORWOOD MANOR TO BECOME HER PERMANENT PRISON! After the death of her husband, Simon, in an accident, which rendered her unconscious for a time, Katherine Greene inherits Moorwood Manor. She also becomes a prisoner there. Katherine is accus...

  • Phantom of the Swamp

    The Wrath of the Voodoo Gods Means Death! Karen arrives at the Bagnold plantation in Haiti determined to uncover the truth about her cousin Sheila's mysterious death. Sheila's husband, Henri Bagnold, is not above suspicion -- though Karen finds h...

  • The Witch of Bralhaven

    Upon her grandfather’s death, Sally inherits Bralhaven, a Tudor mansion reputed to house a coven of witches. Sally has not been to Bralhaven since her early childhood, when her parents died there under mysterious circumstances. Though warned agains...

  • The Sinister Garden

    A beautiful young woman risks her life to free the prisoner of the ancient castle. An orphan deserted by her mother when she was just a child, Nikki Ainsley learns quite suddenly that her true father is Robert Shane, a once-famous sculptor now liv...

  • Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty

    Dark Shadows - 32

    While on a ski vacation in Switzerland, beautiful model Adele Marriot meets Dr. Stefan Soivak. He tells her of his discovery of an operating technique that will keep her forever thin. Adele agrees to have the operation and enters the doctor’s clini...

  • The Long Night of Fear

    Lucy's honeymoon suddenly turns into a nightmare when she learns her new husband may be a desperate killer. After a whirlwind courtship, Lucy became Chad's bride. After her honeymoon, will she become his victim? Lucy and Chad Burton's honeymoon is...

  • Behind the Purple Veil

    Her father's will had a strange clause: to claim his wealth she must become High Priestess of a mysterious, mystic cult. A tall, cadaverous man in a golden robe met her at the airport. His head was shaved, and from his ears golden hoops gleamed....

  • The Devil's Daughter

    Was an ancient ancestor driving a beautiful twin toward the murder of her sister? A Shivering Story Of Sororicde. Dora and Mary Marsh are twins and very close. But when Mary comes home to Connecticut after a two year absence she is changed. No...

  • Don't Look Behind You

    Was it her fantasy -- or did she really see the man she loved murder his wife? She wanted to believe in her husband -- but a nightmare haunted their love. Beth had never met her husband’s first wife. She only knew that the first Mrs. Stan Moo...

  • Face in the Fog

    Her journey of love became a screaming voyage into terror. HAUNTED VOYAGE As the prow of the great Edwardian luxury liner Cardonia cut through the dark waters of the North Atlantic, beautiful young Julia Raymond was chilled to her very heart --...

  • Face in the Shadows

    PURSUIT OF A PHANTOM LOVER Andrea Gibbs is bored. Encouraged by friends, she writes to a computer dating service, and, much to her surprise, is rewarded with a series of warm, gentle letters from “David Barry.” Soon, letters are no longer enou...

  • House of Ghosts

    HOUSE OF NO RETURN? Iris Roberts comes to New York to begin a new life, after recovering from a mental breakdown. Ashamed of her past, she lives alone, until the day she meets and falls in love with Stephen Grey. They marry and move into a large...

  • Marta

    A RETIRED AND VANISHED ACTRESS WITH A THIRD REICH PAST Marta Landen began her sensational acting career in Nazi Germany and continued it during the post-war era. Now retired and living in an isolated mansion in the Tyrol with her husband and son,...

  • The Phantom of Belle Acres

    HOUSE OF HORROR Newly married Suzy Vernon was filled with joy when she left London to live with her husband Eric in his Southern mansion, Belle Acres. But her joy quickly turned to terror as the ageless evil of the old house began to engulf and sm...

  • Secrets of Sedbury Manor

    A SECRET NIGHTMARE She had thought she loved them both, two half-brothers as different as the land and sea. But she chose Ernest, whose strength and love would build for her the life she had dreamed of. And she had come with him to start that li...

  • A Garden of Ghosts

    Peggy's vacation became a nightmare of danger in a haunted tropical garden.... TERROR IN PARADISE When Peggy Donovan accepted her uncle’s invitation to visit his Italiante mansion in Florida, she looked forward to sun-filled days and romance-...

  • Loch Sinister

    A BLEEDING MANSION OF GHOSTLY HORRORS On a remote barren island in the Hebrides loomed the sinister greystone mansion where old Emmanual MacDonald lay dying. To his bedside came his young niece Flora, hoping to bring comfort to his last days. But ...

  • The Vampire Contessa

    From the Journal of Jeremy Quentain In the classic tradition of the Gothic romance, Marilyn Ross has woven a spine-tingling story of innocence and evil. Set in the London of the 1880s, it moves from the elegant townhouse of the young Fosters to th...

  • The Amethyst Tears

    Birthstone Gothic - 2

    WHO ELSE WAS IN THE GRAVEYARD? What price would Jean pay to silence forever the hideous rumors about her cousin Rhoda? The townspeople still spoke about the unsolved murder of Rhoda's lover, Thomas Gomez - and the mysterious "third person...

  • Fog Island Secret

    Fog Island

    THE PRICE OF HAPPINESS… Vera Price could not get over her young husband’s tragic death. At first, she merely had nightmares. Then she began to sleep-walk. Had she really suffered a complete breakdown as her doctor feared? Would an asylum be th...

  • Ghost Ship of Fog Island

    Fog Island

    Family is missing from the waters. Her lover ones had vanished into thin air! What was this dark island's sinister secret? AN UNEARTHLY MATTER OF WILL... Doris couldn't believe her beloved parents were dead! Leaving her London singing career...

  • Shadow Over Emerald Castle

    Birthstone Gothic - 5

    A young bride haunted by spectre of love in a house of evil. Castle of the Damned! It was a life-sized replica of a dead woman’s doll house, a castle-like structure painted a curious shade of emerald green. Sharon never saw a place more beaut...

  • Terror at Marbury Hall

    PERISH FOR LOVE... Lady Jane Marbury had been beautiful and kind. Her young cousin, Marcia, did not guess that Jane had difficulties in her marriage to the attractive Lord Thomas, an artist whose specialty was lovely women. Nor did Marcia belie...

  • The Ghost and the Garnet

    Birthstone Gothic - 1

    THE PRECIOUS STONE OF GOOD FORTUNE DELIVERED HER INTO A DREADED HOUSE OF EVIL! Strange stories were told about the Fenton Garnet and the powers attributed to it. But even stranger was the proposal made by the mysterious James Cole to young Betsy T...

  • Satan's Island

    Was Lisa's adversary a practical joker, a madman or the Devil himself? The Devil’s Sanctuary? Lisa Stillwell moved to Drew Island intent on settling down to hard work illustrating. Shortly after arriving, she experienced the eerie sensation t...

  • Cellars of the Dead

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 2

    Ann Stewart had been swept off her feet and plunged into marriage with young Dr. Ian Stewart. Despite the warnings of others about Ian's mysterious ways and violent temper, she was blinded to everything but his virile good looks, his unyielding stre...

  • Curse of Black Charlie

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 1

    The hideously brutal face of the most vicious rogue in Scotland haunted the nightmares of lovely young Flora Murray laong after the man's huge body swung from the gallows. For it was she who had condemned this monstrous figure to death, and she who h...

  • The Haiti Circle

    Voodoo drums beat out terror in this place of masked evil and perilous passion. So far from home, so close to hell The lush vegetation and burning sun of Haiti was a world away from Agnes Woodridge’s New England home. Despite herself, the lov...

  • Phantom Wedding

    Was she in love with a man - or a ghost? Weird Wedding Night Iris Mills should have been divinely happy. She had met the handsome, wealthy man of her dreams, and he had asked her to marry him. But from the moment Iris entered the old chapel whe...

  • Shadow Over Denby

    ELAINE EVANS WAS A STAR in the glittering world of the London theater, where her brilliant performances on stage gave little hint of the diabolical forces that possessed her in private life. ELAINE EVANS WAS A STAR in the eerie underworld of the...

  • The Widows of Westwood

    WESTWOOD HOUSE - DESCENT INTO TERROR Lovely, blonde Inez Barron was a dazzled bride when she came to the great manor of Westwood deep in the remote English countryside. Scott Barron had swept her off her feet in a whirl of heavenly romance. Only...

  • The Brides of Saturn

    Could an unearthly curse halt Vanessa's Carpricon drive to realize a dream of love? CAPRICORN A true daughter of January, Vanessa thrived on the strength of her ambitions. Even her most secret dream to marry into nobility was suddenly withi...

  • Waiting in the Shadows

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 3

    Ishbel Stewart assured herself that she knew all about the past of the dashing and successful businessman, Henry Davis, who had claimed her as his bride. But with each passing day the man she thought she knew grew more like a stranger to her as she s...

  • Temple of Darkness

    Zodiac Gothic

    Signs of Satan For most of those who'd survived the plague, London in 1666 had become a carnival of decadence, but for kind, considerate Enid Jason it was still a city of sorrow. She was haunted by memories of her courtship with the late Roderick ...

  • Cauldron of Evil

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 5

    Wyndmoor Manor on the craggy Scottish coast seemed far removed from the shadows of the Stewarts ’'ancestral home of Stormhaven" but for the beautiful young Ardith Stewart, the dark fate of her clam seemed to be pursuing her to this isolated place. ...

  • Death's Dark Music

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 4

    Beautiful young Ann Stewart left her doom-haunted ancestral manor of Stormhaven in Scotland--yet the malevolent Stewart destiny seemed to have pursued her to a lonely French chateau. The dazzling violinist who was its master had played a hypnotic ...

  • This Evil Village

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 6

    Beautiful young Sophie was heiress to the Stewart pride and passion - but now she had a far more fearful legacy. Her grandfather had left her his life's dream - a fairy tale into which he had poured his fortune. And Sophie was determined to rescue ...

  • Phantom of the Snow

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 7

    The ancient Scots city of Glasgow, so calm and peaceful on the surface, had become a night-time jungle of bestial horror and screaming terror for beautiful Ardith Ross. Only a short time ago, she had been the adored star of the London stage - until a...

  • This Frightened Lady

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 9

    Sally Stewart was going to be a star. The beautiful, headstrong young woman was willing to risk hardship and heartbreak to conquer show business. The only things standing in her way were the odds, and Frank Mills, her loving but conservative fianc? ...

  • Dead of Winter

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 12

    When lovely young American Elizabeth Janney first set foot in the Scotland of her Stewart ancestors, she felt as if she were entering a realm of enchanted romance. But all too soon that enchantment turned to evil as the burning fires of passion yield...

  • Delta Flame

    She came from a city of pleasure to a plantation of hell Beautiful, talented young actress Ellen Price was the toast of old New Orleans when she fell under the spell of handsome, aristocratic Phillip Baudier. She ignored the rumors of Phillip's pe...

  • Fog Island Horror

    Fog Island

    FROM THE DEPTHS OF A LABYRINTH OF FAMILY INTRIGUE came the strange plot that brought beautiful young Rachel Blair to Fog Island to post as the missing heiress of Trent Manor FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE DARKEST PAST came the shocking secret of Rachel...

  • Awake to Terror

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 11

    Beautiful Sophie Davis was all too aware of the Stewart strain in her blood, the Stewart curse hanging over her head. But now she believed she had escaped all that amid the gorgeous splendor and dazzling society of Edwardian London - until she discov...

  • Pleasure's Daughter

    • / Historical Romance
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    A Hunger For Love In A World Of Lust Tesa Shaw was a child of love, born out of wedlock to a ravishing, wanton aristocratic mother. Tessa Shaw was a plaything of love, from the moment she melted into her first lover's embrace. Tessa Shaw was a...

  • The Twice Dead

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 10

    The great stone mansion of Firthside, high on a cliff overlooking the sea, was beautiful young Flora Stewart’s bridal present. But all too soon it became her prison as her honeymoon ended and her trial by terror began. In this evil and isolated ...

  • Passion Cargo

    A WOMAN'S VOYAGE ON MIGHTY CURRENTS OF DANGER AND DESIRE From the green fields of England to the storm-tossed Pacific... from the raw lust and violence of Australia to the age-old sensuality of India.. from the evil enchantments of the Orient to t...

  • Tread Softly, Nurse Scott

    Should Nurse Judy Scott risk her career, her reputation and her love to save a a patient's life? Nurse Judy Scott alone knows that Dr. Graham Holland, chief surgeon of the hospital where she works, has made a terrible mistake. Because of his error...

  • Beloved Adversary

    It was every man for himself - and every one of them wanted her....

  • Fortune's Mistress

    Peg Cooper was an innocent - until she was sold into the oldest profession. TOM WARD - The fiery, young thief loved Peg so much that he killed for her, and died for her... JEFFREY STONE - The handsome dandy possessed the mysterious ability to a...

  • Forbidden Flame

    Lisa and Denis Best were the darlings of Hollywood and Broadway. Half-brother and -sister, they were extraordinarily close. Too close some thought. The truth of the matter was that they were in love with one another....

  • Phantom of the 13th Floor

    INVITATION FROM THE DEAD ... It began with an invitation to a party at the Brant. For years Joan had avoided the old hotel, for there her famed grandmother, Molly Miller, had met her tragic death. Had she jumped or been pushed from that lonely p...

  • Shadows Over Briarcliff

    Harlequin Gothic - 11

    The desperate summons could not be ignored . Stephen Briar's note was more than the grief-stricken missive of a newly widowed brother-in-law. Since Ann's untimely death, evil had settled over Briarcliff, and Stephen was fighting for his survival. Jes...

  • Castle Malice

    Harlequin Gothic - 12

    Trudy Stone received an unexpected legacy - her deceased aunt's villa on the Italian Riviera. But because the villa was closed upon her arrival, she was invited to stay at Benson Steiburn's adjacent Castle Malice. Carl Redman, the young doctor in...

  • Ravenhurst

    Too late she would discover the terrifying truth of her twin sister's death! THE LIVING DEAD… Deborah had reluctantly agreed to the bizarre masquerade. Now it was too late. She knew the obsessed Angus Raven would make her go through with his ...

  • Night of the Phantom

    Returning to Greece could mean the end of her marriage. Would it also mean the end of her life? KARIN WILL RISK ANYTHING TO SAVE HER MARRIAGE -- INCLUDING HER LIFE! Recovering from her grief over the mysterious death of her first love, Peter Al...

  • Dark Towers of Fog Island

    Fog Island

    SEDUCED BY EVIL The letter changed Elaine's life. She was suddenly an heiress. To claim her legacy she would travel to Fog Island as her aunt requested. No sooner had Elaine arrived at her late uncle's castle than she sensed something ominous i...

  • Mask of Evil

    The Stewarts of Stormhaven - 8

    THE ULTIMATE TERROR Lovely Edna Stewart was far from her ancestral home when she wed handsome and commanding Boston banker William Smith - but she had not escaped the evil that shadowed the Stewart clan. All too soon her happiness dissolved in hor...

  • Barnabas Collins Versus the Warlock

    Dark Shadows - 11

    David Collins and Amy Jennings, two charming, innocent children are suddenly turned into demons. At first their pranks only annoy Maggie Evans, their governess. But soon she realizes they have become malicious, bent on destroying all at Collinwood. ...

  • The Mystery of Collinwood

    Dark Shadows - 4

    Victoria stood on the ledge known as Suicide Cliffs and stared down at the raging surf and jagged rocks below. Next to her stood Professor Mark Veno, a mysterious visitor to Collinwood. He spoke to her in a low, sinister voice, “Think of all those...

  • Step Into Terror

    Movies and murder high above the Hudson. A CAST THAT LIVES TOGETHER, DIES TOGETHER! Film director James Westbury's stock company consists of an odd assortment of people, amongst them a drug addict, a patient from a mental hospital, a witch and ...

  • The Phantom and Barnabas Collins

    Dark Shadows - 10

    Maggie Evans visits the Collins family graveyard and is transported back in time to the year 1880. There she awakes, an amnesia victim at a Collinwood she barely recognizes. All that seems familiar are the house itself and the family's guest,Barnabas...

  • Barnabas Collins in a Funny Vein

  • Decision for Nurse Baldwin // Jill Baldwin, Registered Nurse

    After she lost her first love, could Jill Baldwin learn to love again?...

  • Narcissus' Mirror

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    Evil is a choice on makes. Morgan RhodesHis adults simply identify evil as the pain-in-the-ass kid, so Lucas perpetrates his unchecked perversity freely. Few escape the charisma - the power and control - the capricious advantages taken - neither th...

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Marilyn Ross has published 113 books.

Marilyn Ross does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Decision for Nurse Baldwin // Jill Baldwin, Registered Nurse, was published in December 2017.

The first book by Marilyn Ross, The Mystery of Fury Castle, was published in January 1965.

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