The Dark Cliffs — Frederick E. Smith

Soon after Kate Fielding arrives at Whitesands, a dark and brooding house on the Cornish cliffs, she finds herself threatened by a secret from the past. Her new love - and her life itself - is in deadly peril when an unknown, unseen force of evil begins filling her days with horror.

THE DARK CLIFFS IS A NOVEL OF ROMANTIC MYSTERY EVERY READER OF MARY STEWART, VICTORIA HOLT AND PHYLLIS A. WHITNEY WILL SURELY ENJOY

When Kate Fielding accepted the post of children's nurse at Whitesands, Philip Leavengate's forbidding mansion on the wild Cornish cliffs, she had no idea of the peril that lay ahead.

But soon certain strange questions haunted her day and night:
Why had Philip's wife, Elizabeth, fallen to her death last year?
What connection had Elizabeth's cousin, Caroline, with the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Treherne?
Why are both Caroline and Mrs. Treherne frightened of a seemingly innocent young boy who visits Whitesands?
How Kate unravels the dread secret of the great house and finds her own true love makes THE DARK CLIFFS an unforgettable novel of menace of romance.