Cellars of the Dead

The Stewarts of Stormhaven #2

by Marilyn Ross, W.E.D. Ross (AKA)

Book 2 of The Stewarts of Stormhaven

Ann Stewart has been swept off her feet and plunged into marriage with young Dr. Ian Stewart. Despite the warnings of others about Ian's mysterious ways and violent temper, she was blinded by his virile good looks, his unyielding strength of purpose, and his dazzling sharpness of intellect. Only when Ann moved into the great stone mansion high above the city of Edinburgh did she begin to glimpse the dark side of this man. What strange rites did he perform in the cellars that Ann was forbidden to enter?

Marilyn Ross is one popular pseudonym for the prolific author W. E. D. Ross. Possibly best known for Gothic novels including The Stewarts of Stormhaven and novelizations of the TV series Dark Shadows, Ross also wrote romance, historicals, nurse and horror novels. Many of the books are set in New England, particularly coastal Maine.

Genres: Gothic, Horror

254 pages, Hardcover

First published August 5, 1976

About the author

William Edward Daniel Ross, W. E. Daniel "Dan" Ross (born 1912) is a bestselling Canadian novelist from Saint John, New Brunswick who wrote over 300 books in a variety of genres and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms such as Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Rose Dana, Jan Daniels, Olin Ross, Diane Randall, Clarissa Ross, Leslie Ames, Ruth Dorset, Ann Gilmer, Jane Rossiter, Dan Ross, Dana Ross, Marilyn Ross, Dan Roberts, and W.E.D. Ross. As Marilyn Ross he wrote popular Gothic fiction including a series of novels about the vampire Barnabas Collins based on the American TV series Dark Shadows (1966-71).

Reviews

[Nattie · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was thankful when it came to an end. I don't think I could have read one more word about dead bodies. It wasn't terrible, but it was not for me. I didn't care about any of the characters.