Dream a Little Dream

Is Fair Castle haunted? For years, Elinor MacLeish and her family have been assuring tourists to the tower in upstate New York that it is not. Now, with the arrival of Fair Castle's former owner, William Braddock, Lord Norwood, the castle is besieged by a series of mysterious accidents and shadowy apparitions. Will has come to buy back his family's birthright and move the castle--stone by stone--from upstate New York to its original site in Dibble, England. Elinor refuses; not only does she depend on the castle for inspiration for her children's books, she knows that selling will displace the three generations of MacLeishes now living there. When historian Tucker O'Tool enters the picture and starts unearthing ancient secrets concerning Will's family, Elinor realizes that Tucker is out to destroy Will. What she doesn't understand, is why. This humorous, well-crafted and inventive novel is certain to establish Stockenberg (Beyond Midnight) as a major voice in women's fiction. (June)