The Moonspinners / Nine Coaches Waiting / The Ivy Tree / Madam, Will You Talk?

The Moonspinners/Nine Coaches Waiting/The Ivy Tree/Madam, Will You Talk?

Lady Mary Stewart (1916-2014) was a British novelist, primarily of the gothic romance genre, but is best known for her Merlin series, which straddles the boundary between the historical novel and fantasy. Here is a collection of her very best gothic-style romances complete and unabridged as follows: 1) The Moonspinners - A scene of private vengeance witnessed by two Englishmen triggers off a savage man-hunt through the rugged countryside of Crete. For the first time in her life, Nicola meets a man and a situation with which she cannot deal. 2) Nine Coaches Waiting - Linda Martin's excitement at becoming governess to the young Comte de Valmy changes to fear and revulsion when she learns she is to be involved in a plot to murder her charge. her horror increases when she suspects that the man she loves is also bent on the boy's destruction. 3) the Ivy Tree - A Canadian girl's likeness to a beautiful young heiress involves her in a web of impersonation. The ruin of a beautiful house standing cheek by jowl with the solid, sunlit prosperity of an English manor farm is the setting for this thrilling tale of intrigue and deceit. 4) Madam, Will you Talk? - As charity relaxes in the dazzling Provencal sunshine she befriends David, a frightened young English boy. She gains his confidence and determines to protect him from the threat of his murderous pursuers.