The House on the Moat — Virginia Coffman

COULD THE MOAT HOUSE BE HAUNTED!

The year is 1810. And the fiery young Irish orphan, Kathleen Killain, arrives at the 14th century castle, the Moat House. Deep in the forbidding countryside of Kent, surrounded by murky river, this old mansion is to be the home of Sir Peregrine and his strangely timid wife, Nerissa. And this is the house that Kathleen is to run.

She is joined by Polly Dean, the white-haired, eccentric old cook who walks about at night, and is strangely intuitive about the lurking spirits. And by the three chambermaids, who enter their new positions with enthusiasm and innocence … too much innocence, Another arrival is Sir Peregrine's uncle, Lord Talford, and earl who is high above Kathleen's station … and yet one who must become her friend, as he offers her sanity … and perhaps even love … in what is to become a situation of sheer doom.

For as Kathleen slowly begins her duties and learns of the violent, secret history of Moat House, she suddenly wonders what kind of household she has come into … full of strange cries and a deep, hidden terror that prophesies danger. And maybe even death.