The Late Mrs. Fonsell — Velda Johnston

The House She Feared Was Now Her Home

Irene grew up in fear of the Fonsell mansion. For years the young heiress heard the villagers talk of dark deeds performed behind its locked doors, of the violent, lustful man who was its master, and of his young wife slain within its walled garden.

Now Irene entered the old house for the first time -- not as a guest, but as its new mistress. Forced to make a devil's bargain, the unwilling bride of a man she hated, Irene walked trembling into danger…