The Winter Bride — Carola Salisbury

Two murders occurred twenty years before Charity Carew arrived at Malmaynes. The murderer was given the name, "the Beast of Malmaynes." It was widely believed that the murderer had leapt to his death before the authorities were able to execute him for his crimes. As Charity became more and more involved emotionally with her boss and idol, the poet, Martin Revesby, she started noticing strange, frightening things happening all around her. As more mysterious murders were committed, she became more and more sure that the Beast was still alive. Would she be able to discover the truth...before it was too late?"

Kill me, but you will not destroy me. Listen for me in the dark hours of the night and you will hear me. For many, it will be the last thing they will ever hear!

Twenty years before Charity Carew arrive at Malmaynes, two young women had been horribly murdered. Uttering these terrifying words, the Beast of Malmaynes, as the murderer came to be known, had leapt from the sheer cliffs onto the sharp rocks below and died. At least that's what everybody believed…

Charity knew nothing about the frightening history of Malmaynes. To her it was simply the home of the distinguished poet Martin Revesby, a man she admired, a man who had given her a job as his secretary. Now those eerie words struck a cold note of terror in her throat. She had reason to believe the words were true…