Hilda Newman had discovered a love of horse riding, which her mother strongly objected to, because Hilda was blind and she was afraid she would get hurt. People were also against Hilda’s horse, Buccaneer, who worked well with Hilda but was good tempered around others due to mistreatment in the past.
Cremond Hall had been the country seat of the Earls of Cremond for many hundreds of years. Now, it was uninhabited except for its custodian, Miss Hatherleigh, and the echoes of its past. Miss Hatherleigh tells strange stories of about the Cremond Hall (later referred to as Cremond Castle), each story had an individual title.
It was reprinted in Nikki under the name Blackwell Hall.
List of Cremond Hall/Castle Stories:
Daisy Dean, a scruffy but likeable girl, wanted to become a little beauty queen and she got her chance when she was adopted by Madame Margot, who ran a beauty school for children. Although her father causes some problems.
It is the year 1840, a hungry year. When Jess Hope’s father dies, she sets out to get the family to America. But they run into problems, and these are hungry times. A sequel follows the Hope family voyage and arrival in the New World.
Gypsy girl Susie Lee runs away from her cruel stepfather and stepsister and hides in a school storeroom. She finds an old uniform and becomes a secret pupil at the school.
Mary Armstrong and her brother Davey are taken to the workhouse. Davey is adopted, and Mary does not trace him until three years later. She gets work as a servant at Burwell Grange, Davey’s adoptive home. She is not revealing herself as she realises the Burwells do not love Davey; they just want him so they can inherit a fortune. Worse, other relatives are out to kill Davey so they can inherit the fortune, and they realise Mary is a threat when she saves Davey from a murder attempt.
Something strange happens with the old mirror in Angie Durrant’s room. Angie finds herself in a different age, as a little slavey called Abigail. Another servant, Milton, cheats Lady Mirabel, the daughter of the house, and Angie gets blamed. Angie realises she is reliving the life of the real Abigail, who was blamed for Milton’s crime.
Hannah Leroy goes in search of her father, who failed to return from a theatrical tour, and finds him in a debtor’s prison.
The Comb of Karah was discovered at an Egyptian archeaological dig in the 1920s. Since then it has passed through many hands, and it has the power to bring good luck to people with no evil intentions and bad luck to those who do.
Rosie Russell helps backstage at the Raton Repertory Theatre. It is haunted by the ghosts of two Victorian actresses, and only Rosie can see them. They are prone to feuding, which causes trouble. Sometimes they agree – which causes even more trouble. But they have their uses too.
