Note: Possibly a genre novel, based on the publisher's description. Verifier should check, and update the author's bibliographic comments as appropriate.

Synopsis: Back cover: Shy and beautiful Arielle Vance lives in an isolated mansion with her intellectual father and hostile grandparents. She is terrorized by rumors which imply that her mother Fern was an elfin and mercurial woodland sprite. Haunted by the secrets of her past she flees from danger to the Stone House. But exotic peril lurks in this forest hideaway, where a crafty killer is waiting for his next victim. Inside: A chilling gothic tale set in the days when people believed that enchanted sprites and elfin creatures had the ability to come to earth in human form ... [about a] woman who must solve the mystery of her mother's life--and death--even if it means her own.