Pragmatic Jane is thinking only of a business partnership when she offers herself in marriage to Augustine Lawrence, the odd but kind doctor in town. He's initially hesitant, but eventually agrees with the arrangement, provided he lives at the family estate in the country while Jane resides at the apartment above the doctor's office. But you know what they say about the best laid plans... Through a series of mishaps, Jane ends up spending much of her time at the estate, and soon learns that there are magical and haunting reasons that Augustine wants her away from there.
This is a wonderfully creepy and atmospheric gothic horror novel, one that kept me guessing throughout. It has tinges of Daphne du Maurier and Shirley Jackson, but is definitely all its own.
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