Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco fiction Claire must fight to hold

Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora

And with few she can trust in her own court

But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve--coupled with the terrible force of York's mesmerizing gaze

Never venture out after dark

She won’t say where she’s been

Burnt Offerings - Robert Marasco fiction Claire must fight to holdBen and Marian Rolfe are desperate to escape a stifling summer in their tiny Brooklyn apartment, so when they get the chance to rent a mansion in upstate New York for the entire season for only $900, it's an offer that's too good to refuse. There's only one catch: behind a strange and intricately carved door in a distant wing of the house lives elderly Mrs. Allardyce, and the Rolfes will be responsible for preparing her meals. But Mrs. Allardyce never