Clancumara's Keep — Monica Heath

Searching for her family, a lovely young woman is pursued by the specter of madness and murder...

THE CURSE OF MADRINA

Young, beautiful Kerry Carillo is searching for the truth about her mother's secret past, hoping to discover the father she has never met. But Kerry's only clue is a mass of yellowed newspaper clippings which lead her to Clancumara Keep, the ancestral home of the wealthy O'Kanes. And soon Kerry feels herself a helpless prisoner of those who dwell in Clancumara: of handsome Brian, the heir to the Keep, who lovingly calls Kerry by the name of a woman long dead; of his rakish cousin Pierce, who offers her protection but demands too high a price; and of Madrina, the mysterious specter who stalks Kerry through the castle's darkest passages, wailing endlessly for revenge...