Mists of Ravensfall — V.F. Wake

Harriet had always dreamed of striking out on her own, leaving her disapproving aunt and her pugnacious uncle. So when the job of tutoring Marcus Raven's two children was offered to her, she eagerly accepted. Though it meant going to the ends of the earth, she couldn't wait to begin her new life... -- At Ravensfall house, tucked away in the wild and forbidding New Zealand bush, Harriet entered a world of dark and sinister secrets, where chilling screams pierced the night air and the brooding, menacing master of Ravensfall roamed the halls night after night. Though Marcus Raven intimidated her and challenged her, she would not leave. And when he took her in his arms, his warmth and tenderness sparked her deepest desires and made her more determined to uncover the danger that seemed to lurk in every corner, behind every door, waiting for her...