It was a ghastly house party. Miss Penelope Childe, and all the others, were awaiting the end of the earl's rotten life. The disinherited heir, the new heir, the illegitmate son - all are there. A horrible supernatural scream cuts through the night. Murder is done. The centuries-old curse has struck again, and Penelope is in the thick of it. Penelope is contracted to wed a man she hasn't met until now. Dare she trust her betrothed, Lord Taredell?
