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<p>Four Tales of Castles, Gothic Horror, False Wives and Treacherous Husbands</p><p>Dungarvan Castle: After another scandalous affair, a philandering soldier is forced to leave British India and goes touring the Scottish Highlands. After driving too fast on twisting roads, an accident renders him unconscious, and he awakes to find himself in a castle with his wife standing beside him: except he doesn't ever remember being married. But when she vanishes, he must learn the secret of her disappearance and find out what she really wants from him before the old gods make him pay.<br></p><p>The Dark Tower: After breaking another heart, a philandering minstrel enters the haunted forest of Brec'helean, not considering the hurt he leaves behind him. Boastfully, he says his next conquest will be the mistress of the Dark Tower of Ker-Zu. But she is cleverer and more deadly than he counted on. When his friends are captured, he is challenged to dig deep and find his humanity or else lose it and become a monster like her.<br></p><p>Dalston Hall: In 1322, the Scottish army comes south and Henry Dalston seals up his tower. Outside in the snow is a strange black-clad figure. Taking pity on this man, Lord Dalston Invites him in. A story of an ancient and deadly Celtic spirit of the place. </p><p>Schloss Von Hohenwald: In 1927, When touring Styria, an English tourist becomes involved in an affair he was advised he should steer clear of. Torn between doing what is right and saving himself, he enlists the aid of allies to help him rescue a locked-up girl from a remote castle. Perhaps he should have taken that advice after all.</p><p><br></p><p>A collection of short stories and novellas set in Gothic castles in Austria, the Scottish Highlands, Brittany, and Cumbria. Part gothic horror, part conflicted romance, the stories deal with supernatural creatures: werewolves, banshees and vampires and link in with ancient legends, Celtic and otherwise. <br></p>