The Rum Runner: The Legend of Captain John Stewart
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A house that eats people, the immortal captain who built it, and a love that refuses to die.
Caroline came to steal his secrets.
But he stole her heart.
When Case Pharmaceuticals investigator Caroline Oliver arrives at a decaying mansion on the Maine coast, just as a hurricane closes in, she expects corporate secrets tied to rumors of eternal life. Instead, she finds a house that is alive… and a man who should not exist.
Edward Kelly is a billionaire of impossible age and rumored to be the long-dead Prohibition-era smuggler, Captain John Stewart. Haunted by a century-old curse, Stewart has spent decades hiding from a past that refuses to stay buried.
A hundred years earlier, along the same storm-lashed coast, a private nurse named Ruth Wilson stepped into a world of passion, smugglers, secrets, and fell in love with a man the sea refused to drown.
Now the house they built together remembers everything.
As Caroline uncovers the truth of that past, she awakens something vengeful within the house's walls: something bound to betrayal, desire, and the cost of immortality. With a ruthless pharmaceutical company closing in, she and Edward must confront the past, the house, and a force born in dark waters.
Because some storms do not end with the water. Some follow a man ashore and wait for him in the dark.
And some loves refuse to die.
A gothic romance with strong horror and fantasy elements, The Cliff House Trilogy blends dual timelines, supernatural mystery, and an enduring love that spans more than a century.
This omnibus edition includes all three novels, presenting the complete story of a haunted house, a generational curse, and a love that may be the only force powerful enough to break it.
Perfect for readers of:
Rebecca
The Haunting of Hill House
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About Doralynn Kennedy
Doralynn Kennedy has done a lot of different things over the years, but she has always considered herself a writer. She has a varied career—from candy striper, blackjack dealer, and pit boss—to professional driver, MT, and victims' advocate with her local police department. She also served as a Military Police woman in the Army in her youth. She mostly worked law enforcement, but she was also attached to PSD, Personal Security Detachment. They provided security for high-ranking officers. At one point, her team also provided residential security for the CIA Station Chief in Frankfurt, Germany. She mostly worked uniform, but she has also done some undercover. Among other things, her Military Occupational Specialty and training included law enforcement, crime scene investigation, counterterrorism, bomb threats, and hostage situations. She has traveled extensively inside and outside of the United States. She writes part time from her home in Colorado.
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