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Stormcrow Castle

by Amanda Grange



      It was a dark and stormy night... well, early evening anyway when Helena Carlisle arrives at Stormcrow Castle, seated in the coach beside Simon Pargeter, Lord Torkrow himself. He thinks that she is the new housekeeper, but actually Helena has come merely to visit her aunt Hester. Mrs. Carlisle was formerly the housekeeper at the castle, but now she has vanished and Helena decides to keep up the pretence of being her replacement. Spooky noises emanate from the deserted attic, nobody seems to be quite who they say they are and Lord Torkrow is cold and distant. It is up to Helena to get to the bottom of the mystery before her employer blows her cover, but why does he have to be so attractive?

How I do love Gothic novels, and here is a good example of the genre. Take a brooding castle on the moors, a sinister master, ghostly phenomena, a Mrs. Danvers like lady’s maid and a masked ball and stir them all together, then serve and enjoy. Nothing is added to this mixture, which is perhaps a disappointment in some ways, and if Gothics are truly going to make a comeback then maybe they might need a little shaking up. But this is such a pure example of the genre, and as they are not exactly thick on the ground I enjoyed it just the way it was. If you like this type of thing then you will probably agree.

The Book

Robert Hale
January 2007
Hardback
ISBN-13: 9780709082919
Historical Romance - 1819 - Yorkshire, UK
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The Reviewer

Rachel A Hyde
Reviewed 2007
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