FICTION · LARGE TYPE
Clarissa Ross
Also known as: Leslie Ames, Marilyn Carter
Clarissa Ross is a pseudonym of William Edward Daniel "W. E. D." Ross who was a Canadian actor, playwright and bestselling writer of over 300 novels in a variety of genres. - Wikipedia
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China Shadow
Lovely young Flora eagerly exhanged her dull, dreary life in England for the romance and adventure of China when she accepted a position as governess to the daughter sof wealthy merchant Henry Armitage. She soon found herself falling in love with the exotic country - and with her handsome employer. But Henry was often preoccupied with business affairs, and Flora despaired of ever winning his love. Also, there were rumors concerning the mysterious death of his first wife... Then Henry's Chinese partner, Chen, entered her life, and Flora was torn between two cultures and two men, forced to make an agonizing choice...
Face in the pond
A jury finds her innocent, but to all Edinburgh lovely Sarah Bennett is a cold-blooded murderess. When handsome widower John Stone offers her a position as governess to his son, Sarah accepts gladly, for Mr. Stone's home, Dankhurst, lies outside the city. Free from accusing eyes, she will begin a new life. From the moment she enters the brooding mansion, Sarah is drawn into a world of terror. The mistress of Dankhurst, John's wife, has died violently and mysteriously; a haunted figure -- perhaps her avenging ghost -- leads the young girl too close to a long-buried secret. In a mansion close by bright Edinburgh, Sarah faced terror ... a ghost's revenge and the sinister embrace of the man she loved.
Out of the fog
The three neighboring houses on Maine's seacoast seemed lost in the fog, cut off from the rest of the world. The houses belonged to Vera Waters, her aunt--and now there was a strange new family, who came shrouded in mystery as deep as the fog. Who were the Harpers? Just two men and a woman who, as they claimed, liked the area? If so, why did their first sight of Vera shock them into near silence? And why did Aunt Samantha's astrological readings, usually happy and frequently correct, warn Vera of impending danger? The threat to Vera's sanity and life became brutally clear the day a private investigator arrived in town. One of the Harpers, said Detective Egan, was mad, haunted by an ancient murder--and driven to kill again! Vera, equally compelled, found herself the unwilling bait in a trap more terrifying than her worst imaginings!