Thorne House — Judith Ware

KAREN WANTED TO SCREAM, TO PROTECT HERSELF FROM THE SECRET MENACE OF THORNE HOUSE. BUT ALL SHE COULD SEE WAS THE GATHERING DARKNESS, ALL SHE COULD SENSE WAS THAT DEATH WAS NEAR…

After her brother-in-law Alec's strange death, Karen Welch returned to Thorne House, his grim ancestral home, with Alec's young orphaned son Timmy. She hoped the boy would be welcome there, but Karen soon realized that the old mansion was a place of hate and danger.

Why did Timmy's Aunt Lucy never let the boy out of her sight? Was she protecting him -- or stalking him?

Why was Timmy's cousin, Bill Thorne, so hostile? Was he trying to warn them to leave -- or frighten them to death?

Who at Throne House made repeated attempts on Karen's life? Could it be the very man she had fallen in love with against her will?

KAREN HAD TO KNOW -- EVEN IF IT MEANT RISKING HER LOVE TO SAVE HER LIFE!