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The Captain's House — Mary Kay Simmons
THE PRISONER
It was on a dying August day that lovely Hilary Blair first saw the Claymore mansion, high on a cliff above the pounding ocean, its twin towers jutting violently into a dimming sky.
A maid led Hilary into the great dining room, with veiled, averted eyes. There the Claymores waited, their faces in flickering candlelight, their eyes glittering with strange intensity as Hilary introduced herself.
Outside night descended. But no night could rival the black void reaching out to claim this girl who had come as a guest - and now felt, cold against her skin, the tightening grip of evil....
In a frightening house of strangers, whom could Hilary trust?
MRS. BEATRICE CLAYMORE--a stern, tight-lipped woman, the governor's widow ruled the family with a steel will.
HONOR--so small and frail and so completely under her sister Beatrice's thumb; Hilary couldn't risk speaking to her.
LAURA--the most honest and outspoken of all the Claymore's, but she deeply resented Hilary because of Adam.
ADAM--the black sheep of the family. Hilary knew he was attracted to her but he never let down his mask of cold arrogance.
NABBY--the beloved old servant. Hilary was convinced Nabby was trying to tell her something. but a grim intervention prevented her from finding out.
It was on a dying August day that lovely Hilary Blair first saw the Claymore mansion, high on a cliff above the pounding ocean, its twin towers jutting violently into a dimming sky.
A maid led Hilary into the great dining room, with veiled, averted eyes. There the Claymores waited, their faces in flickering candlelight, their eyes glittering with strange intensity as Hilary introduced herself.
Outside night descended. But no night could rival the black void reaching out to claim this girl who had come as a guest - and now felt, cold against her skin, the tightening grip of evil....
In a frightening house of strangers, whom could Hilary trust?
MRS. BEATRICE CLAYMORE--a stern, tight-lipped woman, the governor's widow ruled the family with a steel will.
HONOR--so small and frail and so completely under her sister Beatrice's thumb; Hilary couldn't risk speaking to her.
LAURA--the most honest and outspoken of all the Claymore's, but she deeply resented Hilary because of Adam.
ADAM--the black sheep of the family. Hilary knew he was attracted to her but he never let down his mask of cold arrogance.
NABBY--the beloved old servant. Hilary was convinced Nabby was trying to tell her something. but a grim intervention prevented her from finding out.
