The Cruel Dark

<p>Millicent Foxboro is haunted.</p><p><br></p><p>Not by ghosts but by the anguish of her past and the uncertainty of her future. After all even in the progressive year of 1928 most people would balk at hiring a woman who'd spent two months in a mental ward for traumatic amnesia. So when an uncommon assistantship to a reclusive Professor of mythology falls into her lap with an ungodly salary attached her desperation for stability overrides her cautious nature. </p><p><br></p><p>To Millie's dismay the widowed Professor Callum Hughes and his estate Willowfield are more than she bargained for. The once magnificent home known for its sprawling gardens and dazzling parties is falling to pieces after the death of the professor's fragile wife. What's more the staff has been reduced to the only three people not frightened away by rumors of ghosts leaving the halls empty and languishing in bitter memories.</p><p><br></p><p>The professor himself is a grim intense man with unclear expectations unpredictable moods and hungry eyes that ignite Millie's own dormant passions. The closer she finds herself drawn to Professor Hughes and his strange world of flowers and folklore the more the house closes in threatening to reveal her secrets. But the professor is keeping secrets of his own and the most dangerous of all is hers to discover.</p>