Malverne Hall — Rachel Cosgrove Payes

The aged Miss Amy was said to be the last of the Malvernes until a suave attorney talked orphaned Melissa Malverne into claiming heritage. But Melissa found herself welcomed at Malverne Hall only with suspicion and hatred.

There were those who had hoped to profet themselves from Miss Amy's expected death; the housekeeper who thought the place would be hers, the strange little man who claimed her could not leave the place, and the unsavory maid with her fund of private gossip.

Then handsome Vance Yeager arrived out of nowhere with proof of his lineage written in the family Bible. Yet despite all this, Miss Amy announced that she was ready to reveal the real secret of Malverne Hall, but only to Melissa…if she survived long enough.