When Lily Kline takes possession of a Gothic estate with Ian Hawke, her co-heir and a stranger, she soon realizes there is more than meets the eye within the many corridors of the sequestered mansion.
Ian is aloof and even hostile at times, and thou...
Lily approached the portrait of her grandfather and stood studying it once more.
The bottom right-hand corner of the molded frame caught her eye this time. It was shinier than the rest of it, as though the dust had been rubbed off by a finger. Or was it just the way the sunlight was hitting it; a trick of the eye?
Heartbeat picking up a notch, she reached up and touched her fingertips to the shiny edge of the frame—pressing into it. A swish sounded and cold air moved over her right side. She pivoted toward the draft.
A tall opening had appeared in the wall, a twisted stairwell beyond it.
Heart beating wildly now, she stepped toward the unlit room.
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ISBN: 978-0-9782047-9-2
First self-published printing October, 2014.
Please visit the author's web site at www.bekahferguson.com
