Many years ago, the isolated mansion had been a magnificent sight. Now it was almost derelict; a bewitching, foreboding place. Yet it is Ellie Armstrong's home, the house her father had been hired to renovate. And -- still grieving over the recent death of her mother -- Ellie has learned to love it. As winter envelops Thornton Place in its own sinister past, enhancing its aura of tragedy and terrible loneliness, Ellie experiences a new love. A love that is hypnotically powerful and fatally compelling.
