Neville Quarrendon was a strange man. A fascinating man. A dangerous man. Lovely Anne Milsom, who had come to Pond House to care for his young wards, could not hide her heart from him. Nor could she still her suspicions about his strange journeys, his sudden disappearances, and his obsession with LIMMERSTON HALL. She knew there was almost nothing Quarrendon would not do to possess that elegant and decaying mansion. But Anne shut her mind to the rumors about the fatal accident of his ward's twin brother. And to the near accident of the survivor. Was it murder, and attempted murder? Anne dared not think about it. For Anne was in love.