***The ghost may be the least of her problems...***Vivacious actress Sybil Ingram looks forward to a life of security when she leaves the theater in 1873 to marry a wealthy American. But when he dies on their wedding night, she finds herself a penniless widow. Her only legacy is Brooke House, a Gothic revival manor in the wilds of the Hudson River Valley. However, the eerie mansion comes with two tenants. One is a hostile ghost. The second, and far worse, is former violinist Roderick Brook...

"A satisfying supernatural YA tale that effectively mixes high school, magic and mystery." --Kirkus ReviewsBook one of the Ash Grove Chronicles. In the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains, Ash Grove High School for the Performing Arts draws the brightest and most talented teens. But beneath the peaceful surface, supernatural forces are at work...When ordinary high-school junior Joy Sumner visits a graveyard at midnight on a ...

For the first time, all three of Victorian medium Sybil Ingram’s book-length adventures are available in one collection! Now you can own all three full-length novels and five novelettes/short stories starring the intrepid actress-turned-detective as she uncovers mystery, hauntings, and romance. The set contains:Nocturne for a Widow (book 1): Sybil retires from the theater and stakes a claim on a haunted house, where she investigates a mystery and l...

Can a curse strike twice? Eighteen years ago, Clara Crofton was dismissed from her chambermaid position at Gravesend Hall for falling in love with the younger son of the house. When he died soon after in the Crimean War, she blamed the Gravesend Curse.Now, however, she has the chance to return to the sinister manor in triumph through a marriage of convenience to Atticus Blackwood, the twin brother of her dead sweetheart. But as gentle as her new husband ap...

The thrilling sequel to the highly acclaimed Gothic romance With This Curse, winner of the 2015 Daphne du Maurier Award for historical mystery/suspense!She went in search of her past… and found danger in the present. Former seamstress Clara Blackwood seems to have found happiness at last. Now a blissfully married baroness, she is mistress of a grand estate. But soon a mysterious summons shatters her contented life. The grandmother Clara never knew...

In the breathtaking Blue Ridge Mountains, Ash Grove High School for the Performing Arts draws the brightest and most talented teens. But beneath the peaceful surface, supernatural forces are at work...Discover the world of Ash Grove, where you'll meet strong, smart teenaged girls and the guys who adore them. This collection includes all three novels in the Ash Grove Chronicles. In The Shadow and the Rose, Ash Grove junior Joy Sumner must s...

"If one enjoys a great mystery with a touch of romance, there are few better than this!" --InD'Tale magazineWhen Sybil takes the stage again, murder plays the leading role. In September 1873, actress and spirit medium Sybil Ingram is eagerly anticipating her marriage to dashing violinist Roderick Brooke. But the wedding plans are halted by Roderick’s former lover, Julia de Lioncourt, who implores him to come to Paris to rescue her...

When Sybil returns to her London roots, the past comes back to haunt her.Actress-turned-medium Sybil Ingram is enjoying life in Paris with her new husband, violinist Roderick Brooke, when her past suddenly catches up with her in the form of her pushy little sister. Polly wants Sybil to help her become an actress—which means getting the blessing of their father, who is near death.Back in London, Sybil's homecoming is chilly. Even worse is her reunion with her former...

Some families will do anything to protect their secrets...A haunting Victorian gothic mystery from the author of the acclaimed Sea of Secrets! In this short novella of about 80 pages, governess Medora Yates arrives at remote Hawksclaw House in the dying days of 1856 to find that the parents of her new charge won't even let her meet him. When surly Mr. Hawksclaw announces the next morning that the boy has died, Med...

Intrepid Victorian sleuth and medium Sybil Ingram is reunited with an old friend in this slightly spooky Christmas short story. Plus: a bonus Sybil Ingram story is included!In December 1873, Sybil's former dressmaker, Clara Graves--now a baroness--invites Sybil and Roderick to celebrate Christmas at Gravesend Hall, notorious for being cursed. Anxious for her old friend, Sybil is quick to accept—but less quick to accept Clara's insistence that nothi...

Join actress and medium Sybil Ingram for a heartwarming holiday ghost story set in December 1873! In "Spectral Strains," Sybil's husband, dashing violinist Roderick Brooke, falls under the spell of a haunted violin. Fortunately the couple's old friend Professor Hartmann is on hand to help solve the mystery and free Roderick from the ghostly influence. Plus: bonus story! In "One Good Turn," Sybil and Roderick help a governess who believes that her young charges are being po...

Can love conquer the shadows of suspicion—and murder?When innocent young Oriel Pembroke is disowned by her cruel father and takes refuge at the sumptuous seaside estate of Ellsmere, she doesn’t expect to fall in love with the brooding young duke, Herron—or to find her fragile new happiness tainted by his suspicions about the death of his father. Did his uncle truly murder the late duke, or is Herron’s grief tipping into madness? As Oriel tries to uncover t...