Nightmare at Lilybrook
Because Peggy Bailey is alone in the world, she is pleased when her late stepmother's sister invites her to Lilybrook, the family's primitive summer lodge in the Georgia mountains. Peggy takes an instant liking to Jackson, her stepmother's younger brother, who dreams of becoming a fine architect. But she has misgivings about Brendon, the older brother, who is engaged in mysterious scientific experiments.

Peggy is frightened when she is not permitted to mail letters or make phone calls to the outside world. Then she is paralyzed with sheer terror when she learns about the terms of her stepmother's will. For two things become very clear: she cannot trust anyone at Lilybrook--not even the romantic Jackson--and she may never leave the place alive.