The House in Paris — Dewey Ward

The Governess

When Diane Peters found a place as governess in the wealthy Donnat household, it seemed her problems were solved. Now the pretty young American could stay and study in Paris, city of her dreams, and at the same time learn to really know the French.

The Donnats seemed an ideal family -- from the outside. But one within their elegant mansion, Diane found herself trapped in a web of terror…victim of Madame Donnat's fearful acts of cruelty...of the inexplicable, half-mad outbursts of Monsieur Donnat…of the growing suspicion that the lovely Donnat children were being used as instruments of unspeakable evil…and of her own melting love for the handsome, strangely secretive man who was using her as a pawn in a dangerous and sinister game…