The Belle Claudine — Patricia Muse

The dean of her college had recommended this summer position to Gena Adams, but he had not told her that she would be responsible for more than her young charge's art lessons. As it turned out, ten-year-old Claudine Worthington's very life depended on her tutor. Claudine had already suffered tow dangerous accidents -- would another be fatal?

These accidents seemed to be tied to the rumor that the tower attached to the isolated, island-bound Worthington home was haunted -- and the veils of mystery surrounding both the island and the house had to be eliminated before it was too late.

Unfortunately, the ash-blonde Gena did not really know whom to trust in her attempt to protect Claudine from further mishap. Could she trust the young girl's handsome cousin, Lawry Edwards; her intriguing father, James Worthington; or the expressionless housekeeper, Mrs. Blanche? And why should Claudine be marked as a potential victim?

A spellbinding chain of events occurs before the shadows hanging over each inhabitant of the Worthington house can be swept away -- and before Gena realizes that the man in whom she has placed her trust is willing to repay that trust with a commitment of love.