Blood Kin Author:Barbara Anne Pauley The year was 1864, and lovely young Leslie Hallam came to the isolated plantation of Sycamore Knob to escape the horrors of the Civil War. However, Leslie soon discovered that a far grimmer kind of struggle was taking place within the magnificent old mansion. — Leslie's once-beautiful cousin had turned into a creature of venomous jealousy. The ha... more »ndsome, dashing master of the house flaunted his mistress before his wife and child, and even Leslie was not immune to the spell he cast. Then gruesome death began to stalk the lush plantation, and now there was nowhere left for Leslie to flee as the walls of terror closed in...« less