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Rohan Carrington is amazed when young Susannah claims to be the widow of his scholarly, prudish, younger brother. But Susannah and her daughter are in danger, and Rohan is soon helping Susannah to find a hidden map and to pursue the trail of a legendary treasure connected to an eleventh-century king of Scotland.

A 19-year-old beauty, Sinjun Sherbrooke is bored with London--until she meets Colin Kinross, a Scottish earl. The two elope to Scotland, but Sinjun's new home at Vere Castle holds more surprises than she could ever have imagined.

Much like the hero of his frightening gothic adventure stories, well-known English author Grayson Sherbrooke has his own share of run-ins with peculiar supernatural beings, both good and evil. From his home on the northern coast of England, Sherbrooke leaps into these otherworldly mysteries to find the truth with the help of his son, Pip; his beautiful neighbor, Miranda, and her daughter, P. C.; and an orphan named Barnaby.