Cameron Castle

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

WHAT WILL LAURA FIND AT CAMERON CASTLE -- LONG LIFE OR SUDDEN DEATH!

Despite warnings from her friends that he is only a fortune hunter, beautiful heiress Laura Coles marries Donald Cameron. Fighting her fear, Laura agrees to settle at bleak Cameron Castle, her husband's ancestral home.

But there is no welcome for Laura in that brooding mansion. Donald's relatives treat her as an intruder. Donald suddenly becomes cold and withdrawn. Laura's fear turns to horror when an attack is made on her life by a man who resembles her husband!

Genres: Gothic, Gothic Romance, Horror

157 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1967

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

[Cheryl · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really two and a half stars. Contemporary gothic suspense novel written in 1967. Pretty typical plot for the time, but still entertaining.

[Robert Fontenot · Rating 3 out of 5]

Engaging without actually being good, this boilerplate Gothic romance delves deep into the Scottish side of Canada, and feels just as second rate as that sounds. Everyone runs around acting oddly, the heroine ignores all red flags, there is mild gaslighting, multiple attacks, and an ending that ties everything up neatly. It is completely digestible and utterly forgettable.

[M.P. Conn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A real gothic mystery from the writer of the tv series Dark Shadows. The heroine had me a little sick of her weaknesses and silly fainting spells but it was a different time for women when this was written. It had everything a gothic mystery should have, though. Light romance, no sex, no bad words, no undue violence, mystery, a dark atmosphere, and the main character in danger of losing her life. A good read!