Author: J. H. Rhodes

After she was jilted by her fiancé, Sheri Huston eagerly accepted an invitation from an artist friend of her mothers to spend the summer in a small...

Holly Jackson is thrilled when she gets a chance to design costumes for Deadly Windows, a gothic mystery-drama to be given at the Black Mountain Th...

Lisa Evans is stunned when she inherits a huge house and a small fortune from Blanche Holland, her late grandmothers friend. That summer Lisa becom...

The woods can be dangerous, Burke Dumont, a temperamental theater producer, warns Cathy Foster soon after she arrives at Shelters, her fathers omin...

Colleen Evans expected to spend a quiet, dreamlike vacation in a rustic cabin on beautiful Lake Topaz. Instead, she found herself living a nightmar...

Hawkhaven. The very name sent a shiver of foreboding through Jill Manning. But she had agreed to spend her vacation there with Stephanie Kimble, an...

Ever since she was a little girl, Dana Hanson had been fascinated by Stormcrest, the haughty old mansion that stood near the edge of a cliff, inacc...

Youve got to help me. Please, please come and help me! That was the telephone message Jennifer Parrish got from her sister, Carrie. But when Jennif...

Kristi Farley, a talented young painter, is pleasantly surprised when shes invited to spend a month at Greenbrier, a luxurious estate in Vermont. C...

As Anna Bradshaw drove to Seawind, a big stone house on the ocean, she looked forward to a vacation of sunshine, swimming, and fresh sea air. She d...

From the moment Heather Dane set foot on eerie Dameron Island, she had a foreboding of danger. She had come here to work as a typist for wealthy Am...

When Janis Long, a talented young artist, temporarily moved into Winter House on the Oregon coast, she expected the place to look spooky. In fact, ...

Dark, mysterious Ravenwing It was the terrifying house that had long haunted Anne Brannons dreams. And when she inherited the place, she was determ...

Shauna Travis, a talented young painter, is thrilled when she is among those chosen by an eccentric millionaire to spend the summer at High Cliff, ...

The moment Jane Stewart entered The Towers, she sensed itthe whisper of evil that seemed to permeate the very air of the huge, isolated old house. ...

Rikki Grant needed a vacation. That was one of the reasons she went to Key Flamingo to help an old family friend, Aunt Clara Dennison, prepare for ...

Something was wrong. Lori Hudson could feel it as soon as she set foot in The House of the Crying Winds, her Aunt Hannahs recently acquired hotel. ...

When Whitney Coleman agreed to manage Heron Lodge for several months, she wondered if she could handle the upkeep, the meal-planning, and a million...

Leslie Pennington loved working as a live-in typist for Lavinia Anderson, who was writing a fascinating novel. But from the first, Leslie felt stra...

It had been a bad year for Paula Darnell. First she had been deceived by the young man she had loved deeply. Then her employer had gone bankrupt, l...

From the start Ronnie Williams and Bill Hampton were opponents. She had been hired to redecorate Chimneys, a huge old mansion. He was a real estate...

As far back as she can remember, Marcia Carpenter has secretly adored darkly handsome Gregg Spaniard, son of the wealthy owner of the mist-covered ...

Fearless, independent Kelly Morgan was always ready to meet new challenges. But her self confidence quickly turned to terror when she became a temp...