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• Wuthering Heights

  Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848

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  Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights has been called the most beautiful, most profoundly violent love story of all time. At its center are Catherine and Heathcliff, and the self-contained world of Wuthering Heights, Thrushcross Grange, and the wild…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Cousin Rachel

  Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989,

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  After Philip receives Rachel, a distant cousin, in Cornwall following the death of her husband, he falls under the influence of her charm and seeks an unconventional way out when he believes she may have poisoned his uncle. --Publisher

• Nine Coaches Waiting

  Stewart, Mary, 1916-2014

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  When lovely Linda Martin first arrives at Château Valmy as an English governess to the nine-year-old Count Philippe de Valmy, the opulence and history surrounding her seems like a wondrous, ecstatic dream. But a palpable terror is crouching in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Long Fatal Love Chase

  Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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  Written in 1866, this heretofore undiscovered gem by the author of Little Women tells the story of Rosamund Vivian, an intelligent, strong-willed, 18-year-old young woman who longs for adventure. But when she marries a wealthy, jaded young man, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Northanger Abbey

  Austen, Jane, 1775-1817

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  "In Jane Austen's gentle parody of gothic fiction, romance novel addict Catherine Morland is invited to a medieval country house that appeals to her most lurid fantasies. She forms a close friendship with the younger son on the estate, Henry Tilney,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flaming Tree

  Whitney, Phyllis A., 1903-2008,

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  On a bright sunny day, local boy Jody Hammond fell from the Point Lobos cliff into the pounding waves of the Pacific and was left with a devastating brain injury. He now stares into an empty void and hasn't spoken a single word since the accident. …Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Dancing Floor

  Michaels, Barbara, 1927-2013

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  On a tour of English gardens Heather Tradescant, an amateur horticulturist from the U.S., pays a visit to the 17th Century Troytan House. Owner Frank Karim invites her to stay so she can help beautify his grounds. For Heather it is the start of a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lost in Darkness

  Griep, Michelle,

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  Travel writer Amelia Balfour's dream of touring Egypt is halted when she receives news of a revolutionary new surgery for her grotesquely disfigured brother. This could change everything, and it does. . .in the worst possible way. Surgeon Graham…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Possession of Alba Díaz

  Cañas, Isabel,

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  Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos, to his family's isolated mine for refuge. But safety proves fleeting as other dangers soon bare their teeth: Alba begins suffering from strange hallucinations, sleepwalking, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mistress of Mellyn

  Holt, Victoria, 1906-1993

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  In Cornwall, England, Martha Leigh,a young governess, assumes her position at the magnificent estate of Mount Mellyn and meets the arrogant, brooding Connan TreMellyn, lord of the manor, whose willful daughter Martha has been hired to teach.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Jane Eyre

  Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855,

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  "While Jane Eyre maintains its roots in realistic fiction, Brontë draws heavily upon the Gothic tradition, particularly in the setting of Thornfield Hall and the character of Bertha Mason. Thornfield, while not literally haunted, hides the dark…Read moreRead more of this annotation