Wingarden

Wingarden by Elsie Lee. paperback edition. ISBN: 8601422296495.

Chloe Wingate was sure she had never seen the great mansion of Wingarden before--but when she arrived to claim it as her legacy, she felt she had known it since the day of her birth. Chloe Wingate had never met a man like handsome, cynical Innis Rolland before--yet from the moment his mocking eyes first met hers, she felt his almost frightening power over her. When Chloe Wingate stepped through the doors of Wingarden, she was entering another world, another time--where evil rose out of the depths of the past, and as a blood-dark tidal wave of passion swept her toward her fearful fate. Elsie Lee (1912-1987) was an American author of over 35 fiction and non-fiction books. Elsie began writing in the 1940s, selling her first stories to the Ladies Home Journal. She described her writing this way: "I write fairy tales for grownups, principally women... I am better at characterizations than plots, and best with cats who are unanimously adored by my readers... I will not compromise on the quality of vocabulary and grammar in my books... it is a writers responsibility to TEACH subtly through entertainment..."