The Shuddering Fair One — Parley J. Cooper

RING OF EVIL

Golden-haired Merlina Hugo anxiously approached the crumbling old house -- her new home -- at Land's end. There she would once again meet her mother, whose memory had haunted her through thirteen years in an orphanage. But the joy of reunion quickly faded as mysterious incidents began to occur. Strange happenings cast shadows of doubt on the inhabitants of the house -- the enigmatic doctor, the half-wit serving girl, the darkly handsome young man whose brooding eyes seemed to know so much more that they could tell. Slowly, Merlina realized she stood at the center of a deadly plot, an ever-tightening ring of evil that only she could break -- if it did not destroy her first!