The Phantom Bride

by Leslie Ames, W.E.D. Ross (AKA)

A "FORGOTTEN" PAST!

When newlyweds Vivian and Don Landres returned to his family mansion and art gallery at Astolat, Vivian found an unexpected reception: her new mother-in-law, Mona, resented her, the gallery manager, Marcia Dale, made no attempt to hide her jealously, and even the servants kept secrets from her.

Then Vivian discovered that her new husband was severed by fear, indecision, and doubt over his "forgotten" past--a past that involved the mysterious Lisa Duval, a fiancee who was dead... or was she?

Vivian believed she could overcome all these problems... until a murderer... or murderess... began stalking Astolat!

Genres: Gothic

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

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, Ross Olin, 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

[Gena Lott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely a period piece from the '70's. The descriptions of the home and the clothing struck cords of nostalgia--not necessarily good cords (living through the '70's once was enough for me!).
The story was quite formulaic, the ending was sprung on the reader with little warning and without much depth of thought by the author. Oh, and if I had read "Honey" or "Hon" one more time, I may have hucked the book into the dumpster!