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Ghost at Stagmere
Gabrielle Fountainbleu returns to Stagmere, her childhood home, intent on buying the place and restoring it to its former grandeur. There she is met by Brendan Conners, once a family servant and now, by a quirk of fate, the owner of the very house in which he served. Surly and bitter over his years as a domestic, he is determined to have his revenge.
Gabrielle is lured into a strange bargain; she may remain at the house, but only if she agrees to become Brendan's servant. Willing to do anything to be near the place she loves, Gabrielle begins her tasks. But Stagmere has changed into a house of macabre terror, and Gabrielle is trapped...
Gabrielle is lured into a strange bargain; she may remain at the house, but only if she agrees to become Brendan's servant. Willing to do anything to be near the place she loves, Gabrielle begins her tasks. But Stagmere has changed into a house of macabre terror, and Gabrielle is trapped...
222 pages
First published January 1, 1973
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August 8, 2017
I had to reach for my rosary after reading this book. Never in my life have I thoroughly hated so many characters at once, there was all but one that I wanted to suffer. It was a fast-paced race to the bottom as to who the worse offender was.
Gabrielle won out as the better of the bunch only due to the fact that she wasn't evil, but merely a stubborn fool. The woman was so dead set on getting her childhood home back from the current owner that she would have done anything. She needed a good pummeling to wake her up, preferably by me, maybe then she would have seen that she should just move on from the stupid house instead of agreeing to be a servant!
Brendan Conners, the current owner and son of the former housekeeper and gardener, needed to be dead. I can't imagine being able to tolerate him any other way. Seriously, get over whatever ails you, is all I kept thinking. Like, just stop being a big overgrown nasty baby man will you?
Maggie, the current housekeeper...what a psycho! Joshua, Brendan's son...could somebody please find a nice deep well to store him in? I don't care if he is only four. I also don't care how he got to be the way he was. He made me sick. Everyone made me sick. Everything made me sick. Sick!
Gabrielle wondering if Joshua was ever called Johnny or John was absurd. His name was Joshua, why would he be called Johnny or John? She couldn't imagine a child being called Joshua every day of his life. What? This from a woman who was only ever called Gabrielle and refused to go by Gabby.
The ending was what really had me reaching for the rosary. After all the viciousness that had taken place...you know what, I don't even want to think about this book anymore.
Gabrielle won out as the better of the bunch only due to the fact that she wasn't evil, but merely a stubborn fool. The woman was so dead set on getting her childhood home back from the current owner that she would have done anything. She needed a good pummeling to wake her up, preferably by me, maybe then she would have seen that she should just move on from the stupid house instead of agreeing to be a servant!
Brendan Conners, the current owner and son of the former housekeeper and gardener, needed to be dead. I can't imagine being able to tolerate him any other way. Seriously, get over whatever ails you, is all I kept thinking. Like, just stop being a big overgrown nasty baby man will you?
Maggie, the current housekeeper...what a psycho! Joshua, Brendan's son...could somebody please find a nice deep well to store him in? I don't care if he is only four. I also don't care how he got to be the way he was. He made me sick. Everyone made me sick. Everything made me sick. Sick!
Gabrielle wondering if Joshua was ever called Johnny or John was absurd. His name was Joshua, why would he be called Johnny or John? She couldn't imagine a child being called Joshua every day of his life. What? This from a woman who was only ever called Gabrielle and refused to go by Gabby.
The ending was what really had me reaching for the rosary. After all the viciousness that had taken place...you know what, I don't even want to think about this book anymore.
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