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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Four generations of estranged Whitaker women find themselves at the familys Connecticut mansion to restore the building, catalogue their enormous art collection and inadvertently begin healing their relationships.
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"With the Great War finally behind them, thousands of civilians and business moguls alike flock to South Florida with their sights set on making a fortune. When wealthy industrialist Robert Barnes and his wife, Anna, build Marbrisa, a glamorous estate on Biscayne Bay, they become the toast of the newly burgeoning society. Anna and Robert appear to have it all, but in a town like Miami, appearances can be deceiving, and one scandal can change everything....
Author
Series
In the garden trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A Harper has always lived at Harper House, the centuries-old mansion just outside of Memphis. And for as long as anyone alive remembers, the ghostly Harper Bride has walked the halls, singing lullabies at night... Hayley Phillips came to Memphis hoping for a new start, for herself and her unborn child. She wasn't looking for a handout from her distant cousin Roz, just a job at her thriving In the Garden nursery. What she found was a home surrounded...
Author
Series
Lost bride trilogy volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. 1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him... Graphic designer Sonya...
Author
Series
Ghosts and shadows volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sophie's world is shattered when disaster bankrupts her family. Marrying the mysterious Mr. Argenton may restore her family's fortunes and save them from scandal, but it condemns Sophie to a life in Northwood, a vast and unnaturally dark mansion situated hours from civilization. Still, she must do her duty. As time passes, Sophie struggles to adjust to her new position as mistress over the desolate house. Mr. Argenton's relatives are cold, and Mr....
Author
Series
Ghosts and shadows volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sophie and Joseph Argenton have survived the impossible...for now. Desperate, they travel to meet an ally at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion that overlooks a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that possesses Elise. Here they hope to find a way to kill the creature without harming their young friend. But Kensington is a dangerous building. Once the carriage leaves, they're...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Young widow Stella Rothchild along with her two little boys, has moved back to her roots in southern Tennessee and into her new life at Harper House and In The Garden Nursery. She is fiercely attracted to handsome landscaper Logan Kitridge, but the spirit of the Harper Bride isn't happy about the budding romance.
Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In 1908 Long Island, young newlywed Millie Turner, throwing a grand party for New York's social elite at Rose Briar Hall, wakes up, unable to recall anything, is shunned by her friends and must find out what really happened that night, or much more than her reputation will be at risk.
9) Winterset
Author
Series
Mad Morelands volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
As mysterious dangers beset a country estate, a heartbroken man is determined to save the woman he never forgot in this enchanting Victorian romance.
Ever since Anna Holcombe inexplicably refused his proposal, Reed Moreland has been unable to set foot in the home that was the backdrop to their romance-Winterset. Yet the beauty and mystery of the Gloucestershire mansion continue to captivate him. He can neither continue living there, nor give it...
10) The Trespassers
Author
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
It all starts the summer Neely and her little brother, Grub, accidentally find a way to sneak into Halcyon House. It's a magnificent mansion that was deserted years ago. Inside they discover a playroom full of wonderful old-fashioned toys. Despite the spookiness of the house and the rumors about the ghost that haunts it, and despite the fact that they don't belong there, the playroom becomes their secret hideaway.
Author
Series
Crime with the classics volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A game of charades ends in coldblooded murder in this entertaining cozy mystery, third in the Crime with the Classics series.
Having finished transforming Windy Corner, the grand Victorian mansion she inherited from her great aunt, into a writers' retreat, widowed literature professor Emily Cavanaugh is ready to receive her first set of guests. But her careful planning is thrown into disarray by the unexpected arrival of outrageous true-crime writer,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Castle Priory is a crumbling Oxfordshire mansion, one Brian Blackstone's wife Sarah considered a place of extraordinary enchantment. But for Brian there is no enchantment, only the burden of trying to honor Sarah's dying wish that he hold onto the property. With the local doctor, Cecilia Keeble, Brian begins to explore the mysteries of the old estate. In the process he discovers a medieval secret which offers a key to renew his spirit and heal his...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Lions of Fifth Avenue, returns with a tantalizing novel about the secrets, betrayal, and murder within one of New York City's most impressive Gilded Age mansions. Eight months since losing her mother in the Spanish flu outbreak of 1919, twenty-one-year-old Lillian Carter's life has completely fallen apart. For the past six years, under the moniker Angelica, Lillian was one of the most sought-after...
Author
Series
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Following the runaway success of her first novel, Chase Harrington is hiding in Manhattan. Assuming the visions from her past are behind her, Chase takes an assignment that lands her in the center of a new mystery surrounding a mansion known as Briarcliff Manor and deceased millionaire Sebastian Winthrop.
A letter, left by Sebastian, reveals three secrets surrounding the mansion where Chase is now living. Silent messages begin to appear, urging her...
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Language
English
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Description
In 1983, home-health aide Kit McDeere arrives at a decaying Hope’s End to care for Lenora Hope, helping her write about the events leading up to her family’s massacre in 1929 ,and soon discovers this seemingly harmless woman could be far more dangerous than she first thought.
Author
Series
Robinswood story volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Three sisters, the three men that love them, and a house that could consume them all. Assuming their roles as the new Lord and Lady Kenefick and returning to Robinswood with the plan to drag it back from the brink of dereliction, is taking its toll on Kate and Sam. With a young family to raise, a very limited budget and only Kate's parents to help, the task seems insurmountable. Kate's eldest sister Eve and her husband Bartley have found happiness...
18) Playing Dirty
Author
Series
Sisterhood diaries volume 3
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When Cade Gallari, who made her life a living hell in high school, wants to shoot a documentary about the mysterious mansion she inherited, former "fat girl" Ava Spencer, the owner of a successful concierge business, refuses to be at his beck and call, especially in the bedroom.
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's Attic
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
So begin Annie Dawson's breathtaking adventures as she leaves her home in Brookfield, Texas and drives 2,000 miles to Stony Point, Maine to settle her grandmother's estate. Ever since Annie's husband died just a year ago; she'd felt she was lacking direction and purpose. Might Grey Gables be the beginning of a new chapter in Annie Dawson's life?Just one look at the rambling old Victorian house she's inherited from her grandmother transports her back...
20) Night music
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Language
English
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Description
sabel Delancey, a classical violinist, has always taken her comfortable life for granted. But when her husband dies suddenly, leaving her with a mountain of debt, she and her two children are forced to abandon their home and move to the Spanish House, a now-dilapidated manor Isabel inherited in the English countryside.
With the house falling down around them, and the last of her savings disappearing fast, Isabel turns to her neighbors for help,...