Thornberry Manor Series

Sneak Peek

Paisley squinted at photo on the screen; it was hopelessly out of focus, but what she could make out of the blurred outline fascinated her. Stone steps curved alongside a ground-level foundation, a main story, and a generous second story with attic windows near a roof line that jutted out here and there.

The exterior was grey stone, and the windows had diamond-shaped panes. A rounded hump at one end of the house looked like it was once a conservatory or greenhouse. What looked like a walled garden extended beyond the double doors on the two sides of the house Paisley could see.

All of it was cloaked in a tangled mess of vegetation; ivy and what looked like more climbing roses clinging to spaces around the doors and windows, along the wall, and sprawling onto the grounds below. She couldn’t wait to see it in person.