Ravenscroft

Dorothy Eden's Ravenscroft is a Gothic romance about two orphaned sisters, Bella and Lally McBride, who arrive in London with nowhere to turn and are snared by people who deal in human lives. A nobleman who happens to pass by frees Bella from that peril, and before long she is installed as the lady of a large country house where the spirit of her husband's first wife is said to linger.

Guy Raven is a widower who needs an heir, and a scandal that threatens his political future pushes him toward a practical remedy. Bella, however, is headstrong and frank, and she stirs feelings in him that he has no wish to acknowledge. Their marriage becomes a tug of wills shaped by his grief and her spirit.

Trouble from Bella's past follows her to Ravenscroft, and the house grows more menacing as threats of vengeance and violence gather around her. Guy must decide how far he will go to protect a woman he had vowed never to love.