Winter rose

"A stranger comes to live nearby and Rois is obsessed by him - However, his life seems surrounded by sinister stories and there is talk of a mysterious curse."
"A fantasy novel on a girl who roams the grounds of an abandoned mansion, then meets a young man, come to claim the estate. Together they are drawn into a curse which hangs over the place. By the author of The Cygnet and the Firebird."
"Sorrow and trouble and bitterness will hound you and yours and the children of yours. . .Some say the dying words of Nial Lynn, murdered by his own son, were a wicked curse. To others, it was a winter's tale spun by firelight on cold, dark nights. But when Corbet Lynn came to rebuild his family estate, memories of his grandfather's curse were rekindled by young and old -- and rumors filled the heavy summer air. In the woods that border Lynn Halll, free-spirited Rois Melior roams wild and barefooted. And as autumn gold fades, she is consumed with Corbet Lynn, obssessed with his secret past."@en
"A fantasy novel on a girl who roams the grounds of an abandoned mansion, then meets a young man, come to claim the estate. Together they are drawn into a curse which hangs over the place."
"A fantasy novel on a girl who roams the grounds of an abandoned mansion, then meets a young man, come to claim the estate. Together they are drawn into a curse which hangs over the place."@en