Bernard Taylor

He was hired to paint the portrait of a young woman at Woolvercombe Mansion, but Tom Rigby didn't know she was after more than a painting. He wondered about the identities of the strange inhabitants of the house and the bizarre events that began to happen. And suddenly he was catapulted into a rendezvous with terror and violence, as the power of the supernatural wielded its horrifying spell!

DARK FOREBODINGS. All should have been well for Colin and his English bride -- but his twin brother, David, sensed trouble. Growing obsessed, David made his way to England to calm his fears -- instead he found an... UNBOUNDED HELL. Colin and his wife were dead -- victims of ghastly violence. Their seemingly serene cottage seethed with an aura of murder, madness, and betrayal. Overpowered by the evil, David soon embarked on a... JOURNEY INTO THE MACABRE. Suffocatingly, the presence grew...grew to a malevolent force trying to kill David's fiancee...grew until David himself was a helpless prisoner of unholy passion!

Years ago, Ysande Cazalet had been like any other bride-to-be, until tragedy destroyed something precious. And now she had to stay away from the handsome stranger who made her dream again of marriage and family. For how could Ysande spend her evenings in Rufer Jardine's strong arms when her rightful place was beside a hospital bed? For months Rufer had tried to get to know Ysande, and for months she ignored him. It wasn't just her sad beauty or complete indifference to him that drew Rufer to her - with Ysande, he felt whole for the first time in his life. But then he learned the shocking truth of what threatened to keep them apart forever. . . . Ysande Cazalet is involved in a car crash at 19, a few days before her wedding and her finacee saves her life but becomes a quadriplegic who also can barely talk. Ysande devotedly visits him, reads to him, feeds him etc in hospital for the next 10 YEARS. When Rufer Jardine meets her and starts pursuing her, she rejects him due to her commitment to paralysed fiancee. She is persuaded into an affair with Rufer while still visiting fiancee and reject's Rufer's marriage offer due to her 10-yr long commitment.

Hal and Rowan Graham flee the bustle of London to the rustic village of Moorstone, where everything seems perfect, almost too perfect. Suspicious, they try to unravel its mysterious secrets, such as why does so small a village need such a large asylum? By the same author as "The Godsend".