Dragonwyck — Anya Seton

What was the evil that haunted Dragonwyck?

Miranda Wells, eighteen, had spent her entire life on her father's farm. Luxury, beauty, elegance, even love, were things that had the unreality of a storybook to her.

Then an invitation came from a distant relative. He was Nicholas Van Ryn, and his manor house on the Hudson had thirty rooms and twenty servants. Nicholas himself was like the dashing, aristocratic heroes that Miranda had read about.

To live in such a place, to love such a man as Nicholas, was a dream come true. The fulfillment of the passion that Nicholas kindled in her was much, much more.

And with that fulfillment the innocent farm girl became a great lady. But even that lady could not avoid the evil that lurked in the halls of Dragonwyck.