Heiress of Wainscote — Betty Hale Hyatt

For lovely Camille Todd, a young girl in Regency England, life seemed a dream come true. A distant uncle had willed her Wainscote Hall on the Devon coast, elevating Camille from near-poverty to mistress of a proud manor.

But soon Camille awoke to the fearful danger of her new position. Someone was tightening a noose of terror around her. Was it her handsome and sardonic neighbor Sir Troy Pennard? Or beautiful, serpent-tongued, Juanita St. Clair? Or the smiling, devilishly good-looking stranger, Alfonso Oterro? Camille's legacy was not a blessing but a sinister curse from the dark past -- and only a desperate gamble of the heart could save her from being a victim ... .