Devil May Care » (Unabridged)

Barbara Mertz is a woman of many talents. With a Ph.D. in Egyptology, her first published books were captivating nonfiction reads about life in ancient Egypt. As Barbara Michaels, she has written gothic suspense novels with spellbiding supernatural elements; and, as Elizabeth Peters, she has authored books in three different series -- most notably a sequence of mysteries set in 19th-century Egypt, featuring the intrepid archaologist/sleuth Amelia Peabody.

It should have been the beginning of the best of times for Ellie and Henry - young, happy, in love - and ready to spend two weeks house-sitting Aunt Kate's Virginia mansion. Everything was in front of them it seemed...

But on moving into the house, Ellie found herself living with strangers from the distant past. Or did someone just want her to think that way? They said her aunt was a witch. And that she was marked by an ancestral curse. Could this be true?

Ellie did not know. She knew only that there was danger in that house. Danger that could kill...