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Helen Comyn, once a servant’s child who cherished the elegance of the Grant family’s estate, is startled when she discovers she is the heiress to Gallowmerry. After years of longing to belong among the Grants and a past love for Lennox Grant, Helen finally returns to the estate she adored. But Gallowmerry is no longer the childhood sanctuary she remembers. It has become a dwelling of dark secrets and unspoken resentment, poisoning the Grant family and turning the house into a place of horror that draws Helen toward the brink of madness.
First publish date: 1974
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Alexandra Manners
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