The Master of Phoenix Hall — Jennifer Wilde

One dear friend--One deadly foe
One day lovely young Angela Todd was a seamstress struggling to sustain herself in London; the next, she was independent and owner of a charming country cottage. Her legacy gave her everything she had ever wanted. Not even a series of cruel pranks, strange "accidents" and shrill threats could shake her resolve to remain at Dower House.

Gentle Greg Ingram, the local schoolmaster, was protective and kind. Arrogant Roderick Mellory, obsessed with the lavish reconstruction of Phoenix Hall, was determined to have Dower House back. From the moment she arrived, Angela knew a mysterious enemy wanted her to leave. But with the discovery of an ancient diary, a pistol, and a strange key hidden in a secret drawer, it became desperately clear--one of these men truly loved her and one wanted her to die.

Alone in her newly-inherited home, Angela Todd was besieged with fears. Dower House had been plagued persistently by a band of thieves since her arrival in Cornwall, and she had no one to turn to but two men she barely knew…

Arrogant young Roderick Mellory, master of the vast Phoenix Hall, and on whose estate tiny Dower House was established, had made quite clear his intentions of claiming Dower House…yet his charms bedazzled her. But Greg Ingram, gently protective of her, was certain that Roderick was behind the evil victimization of her life and property, and he had almost convinced Angela to flee dark Cornwall, and marry him.

Until Angela discovered a diary-code book…and the secrets of Phoenix Hall which would surely destroy her…