Accepting a position as live-in tutor for the Edwards family, Brontë Ellis arrives at Greenwood Manor where he is welcomed into the household with warmth until a tragic fire reveals dark secrets smoldering under the surface of this once elegant estate.

"The long-awaited tenth novel in Maupin's beloved and bestselling Tales of the City series, Mona of the Manor follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey--now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in the Cotswolds--and her fabulous butler-slash-adopted-son Wilfred, as they work to help an American visitor who has gotten herself in trouble"--

Facing financial ruin, Abigail and her father search for affordable lodgings until a strange solicitor arrives with an astounding offer: the use of a distant abandoned manor house. The Fosters are startled to find Pembrooke Park entombed as it was abruptly left: tea set on the table, moth-eaten clothes in the wardrobes, a doll's house left in mid-play. The handsome local curate and his family welcomes them with a warning: Beware trespassers drawn...

"Winter 1920. Though the war has been over for two years, many are still struggling to pick up their lives again when so much has been lost. In Ireland too, other terrible troubles are taking hold. Then Tom Harkin, a former officer, arrives in the dead of night at a deserted railway platform. He has been summoned to Kilcolgan House, a grand old estate, to work as a tutor. When Tom reaches the house it gradually becomes clear that this is not the imposing...

"Three Vietnamese American women mourning the death of the family matriarch recount their lives and childhoods at a crumbling, gothic manor called Banyan House, where the secrets of her grandmother's past come to light"-- When Ann Tran gets the call that her fiercely beloved grandmother, Minh, has passed away, her life is already at a crossroads. In the years since she's last seen Minh, Ann has built a seemingly perfect life--a beautiful lake house,...

"Douglas Island sits off the coast of New York State, its imposing cliffs warning away visitors. Still, Finn Douglas has big plans for his inheritance and the rambling manor house that dominates the landscape. He has a vision to turn the island into a resort getaway for overworked city dwellers. But when the broken body of his business partner is found at the base of the rocky escarpment, he fears it wasn't an accident. Special Agent Craig Frasier...