The Hermitage — Mary Kay Simmons

The door swung wide -- beckoning her into a labyrinth of terror

THE SHADOW OF EVIL
It was cold and gloomy the day Andrea Wade first came to The Hermitage. The young governess shivered as the car carried her through the bleak countryside toward the old mansion.

Soon she felt a far different chill as she became involved with the Hermitage and its strange inhabitants...the sickly and secretive child...the terror-stricken servant...the violently raging master...his coldly beautiful wife...the handsome son who the local people called a devil, but whose charms Andrea could not resist...

A shameful secret haunted them all -- a horror that reached out to claim Andrea as a victim..