The Dancing Floor

Heather Tradescant stumbles into a British estate owned by a fellow American and, on the basis of only her last name (shared with a famous gardener who'd planted the estate's long-lost landscaping centuries before) is invited to stay for as long as she wishes. She finds herself involved with three y......more

The late, great Barbara Michaels really knew how to do paranormal or just bewitching mysteries just right. Other Worlds: The Bell Witch and the Stratford Haunting, Be Buried in the Rain, and Wait for What Will Come provide hours of suspenseful entertainment for the times when you just want something......more

With memories of having enjoyed a novel by this author many moons ago, though unable to remember which, I anticipated a good page turning read. In one sense, that is what it is. Heather Tradescant is on a touring holiday of England following the death of her father (and mother, but her father was he......more

Barbara Michaels, The Dancing Floor (Harper, 1997) Well, it had to happen sooner or later: Barbara Michaels is winding down. After writing a surprisingly large number of witty, original gothic romances, Michaels is starting to get-- gasp-- predictable. Our (spunky, not overly attractive, pits in the s......more

I loved this book. Heather sneaks her way into a garden after being denied entrance and finds herself in a maze. She stumbles across a statue that scares the piss out of her and runs blindly out of the maze. Only to fall right at the feet of the owner who denied her entrance and his son, Jordan. Aft......more