Rafe Stone came back to Mississippi seeking justice and a house
reputed to hold the secret to a fortune in Yankee gold. But the
magnificent structure that began life as a one-room,
French-Dominion log cabin and grew into an antebellum showcase
south of Natchez has fallen into disrepair and into the hands of a
savvy Mississippi City businessman by the name of Josephus
Collander. The astute Collander has no use for the tax-draining
piece of real estate; moreover, he needs to unburden himself of a
recently acquired orphaned niece who, through no fault of her own,
is wreaking havoc within his household. The house is not for sale,
Collander tells the disappointed Rafe, but he can have it for
nothing, if he will accept it as Delilah Graff's dowry. Rafe's
desperation, coupled with Delilah's beauty, makes the decision,
albeit a reckless one, easy. But what secret in the siren's past
would cause a seemingly kind and responsible kinsman to barter her
to a stranger? Tragedy, followed by a difficult childhood, has left
Delilah jaundiced toward life, bitter toward men, and eager for the
independence she is sure is coming. Instead, the financial support
her beneficent Uncle Joe promised is suddenly forfeit, and he has
called in his markers, compelling her to wed a man she does not
know. Worse yet, her uncle doesn't appear to know much about the
handsome Rafe Stone either. Adding to her discomfort, this Mr.
Stone takes her to Natchez, a city where her name is synonymous
with disgrace. There he moves her into a house rumored, over the
course of its nearly two hundred years, to have hosted treason,
robbery, adultry, and murder. A house still reputed to harbor the
specter of a vicious killer. And who is Rafe Stone, the man to whom
she has sworn her troth and under whose roof she sleeps at night? A
man, who claims to be a stranger to Mississippi, yet knows more
about the ominously majestic River's Bend, and its past, than he
should? What is his link to the dark legends haunting River's Bend
and to the ghost walking its rambling halls? Is he the
personification of her nightmare or an unbidden dream come true?
Mystery, suspense, romance, and history, dear reader. Enjoy this
look back to the time when the memory of the Old South blossomed
into legend.
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