Be Buried in the Rain

Barbara Michaels

Summary

A young woman uncovers dark secrets when she returns to her ancestral home in this suspenseful gothic romance by a New York Times bestseller. 
 
There are terrible secrets from generations past buried at Maidenwood. Medical student Julie Newcomb has returned to her family’s decaying plantation—the site of so many painful childhood memories—to tend to her tyrannical grandmother, felled by a stroke. The fire of malevolence still burns in the cruel, despotic matriarch’s eyes—yet, for Julie, a faint spark of redemption and second chances flickers in this hated, haunted place. But her hope—and her life—are seriously threatened by a nightmare reborn . . . and by the grim discovery on the lonely road to Maidenwood of the earth-browned skeletons of a mother and child. 
 
Praise for Be Buried in the Sun 
 
“The author is a favorite of suspense fans, who will immerse themselves in this eerie tale.” —Publishers Weekly 
 
“Michaels is near her top form in this 20th offering under that pen-name, and creates an aura of sinister intrigue that will keep the reader spellbound.” —Library Journal

Available since: 10/13/2009.

Print length: 340 pages.

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