The Previous Lady — Jacqueline La Tourrette

The Ghost of Dower House

Amanda Sylvain was sensible, modern young woman. When she moved into Dower House in the lonely English countryside, the fact that the woman who lived there had died under mysterious circumstances didn't bother her; nor did the reluctance of the handsome young lawyer to rent it to her.

If you had told Amanda then that a spirit roamed the old house, the spirit of a diabolical lover who might enslave her, body and soul, Amanda would have laughed. But as the dreamlike days turned into an endless nightmare, Amanda's laughter changed to desperate prayers for help -- with no one to hear, no one to save her…