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A love that can survive even death... When their ship is wrecked on the coast of Scotland, Lady Cecilia Burrell finds herself the guest of her husband's grandfather. He's an impoverished, unwelcoming grouch. She's put into a cold bedroom and left to herself, even though she is bearing the heir to the old man's title. She doesn't know if Frank is alive or dead. And there's a ghost wandering around the house. Frank finds himself on a secluded bay, injured and freezing cold. A war hero who'd gone through the horrors of Waterloo, he never thought he'd die this way. Only the help of one of his grandfather's tenants gets him to his grandfather's castle, where he finds his wife distressed and abandoned. They need to get back to civilization while they still can. But something is very wrong in this place, and Frank, as the heir, needs to resolve it. (Note: This story was first published as part of the USA Today Bestselling Boxed set Upon a Midnight Dreary, October 2021)
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I was born in Leicester, England, and lived in our cobbler’s shop with my parents and sister. It was an old house and most definitely haunted, but I didn’t find out until I left that my great uncle had hung himself in the living room! But I think our ghost might have been older than that. It was built on the site of the old Roman cemetery, and the land had been constantly inhabited, being in the centre of town. Then, when the council bought the house from us to build a road, my grandfather retired and my father went and worked for the Post Office. My mother was a sample machinist; that is, she worked with designers on the prototypes (models or samples) of garments. So I was very well dressed! We bought a relatively modern house in the country, and my mother was blissfully happy. It’s all very well living in a large old house, but it’s a dreadful task to keep it clean and warm! My mother's side of the family are Romany gypsies, although sadly we haven't any of the old trailers that are so astonishingly beautiful. I was taught to read the Tarot cards, and I usually use two packs; the Rider pack for simple readings and the Crowley Thoth pack for the complex stuff. I've always had an interest in the paranormal and it's been a delight to be able to put some of this into my novels.
