House of Valhalla — Caroline Farr

Valhalla a secluded mansion in Maine, the home of the Richter's, wealthy refugees from war-torn Germany. It is here that beautiful young Lorna Mitchell is summoned by Johann Richter to help in the translation of his autobiography -- the memoirs of a dying man, who has chosen at last to reveal the terrible truth about his family's past.

But there are those who hope that Johann will never finish his work. And if time and illness do not succeed in stopping Johann, there are other more sinister methods that might. For without Lorna to translate, without the cover portrait handsome Rick Byron is creating, Johann's secrets may yet go with him to the grave. It is only a matter of waiting, waiting until the winter snows close in, stranding Lorna and Johann in Valhalla while Rick is trapped helplessly in town. Then evil will reign in the halls of Valhalla, claiming Lorna and Johann as its helpless victims...