House of the Deadly Nightshade — Lyda Belknap Long

THE SECRET-SHROUDED PAST ROSE TO HAUNT HER

For years the once-great Valcours mansion of Charleston lay in ruins. Kathy Valcours lived in a boarding house while her sister Lorna took refuge in Europe.

Now Lorna had returned, bringing with her a wealthy and enigmatic husband who both charmed and repelled Kathy. But Lorna and Edouard had restored the old house to its former glory, and for this Kathy was deliriously happy … until people began dying around her.

It was then that Kathy discovered a terrible side to the proud Valcours heritage: her beloved home was connected with foul and forbidden rites … and its practitioner had a special destiny in store for her…