Graves' Landing, a novel of romantic suspense in the tradition of Barbara Michaels and Phyllis A. Whitney. A family curse demanding blood, vengeful spirits demanding justice, a handsome ghost hunter, and an ex-husband with movie star looks and an eye on her inheritance . . . these are only some of the dangers awaiting Abigail Graves as she travels to Graves' Landing on the shores of Starvation Lake. (Previously published as Graves' Landing)In the 1860's Hezekiah Graves led a band of followers into the wilderness promising salvation only to abandon them to the cruelties of the brutal winter, condemning them to starvation, madness, and death in order to steal their gold. Legend says that Graves' Landing, the mansion Hezekiah built on the shores of Starvation Lake, is haunted by the ghosts of those followers, trapped at the scene of their suffering until the last of Hezekiah's descendants is dead. Graves family tradition says that the souls of Hezekiah's descendants will burn in Hell until one of them pays the ultimate price for his treachery. Abby Graves, the last of Hezekiah's line, must spend a week at Graves' Landing if she is to claim her inheritance. With her is Nick Jeffries, author of books on the paranormal, and his team, her free-spirited cousin, Cat, and Vinnie Zanetti, Abby's philandering ex-husband who'd like to be the husband of an heiress . . . or her widower.
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