Summer of Fear

Alone and Afraid... Karen Lander suddenly realized how alone she was, how vulnerable, in this French chateau where she had come to tutor delicate, high-strung Charles Lafontaine. Old Madame Lafontaine...beautiful, worldly Felice...all looked at the lovely American girl with cold dislike. Even the servants...Louis, the arrogant chauffeur...Martine..the strangely silent house-keeper...Brigette, the voluptuous maid...mirrored this mysterious hostility. Why had Karen been summoned from over the seas to this place of hate? What evil lay in wait for her? Ensnared by love and embraced by terror, she began to discover the terrible truth...