Dark Shadows (December 1966)

Despite warnings from the townspeople, Victoria Winters accepts the offer to come to the strange Collinwood as Governess. For some curious reason she feels the secret of her past may be uncovered in the bleak manor high on Widow's Hill.

From the moment she arrives, Victoria becomes the target of someone in the house determined to destroy her.

As the wind moans and the rain lashes around the isolated Collinwood, Victoria, without friends in the manor, feels death close in on her, a choking, frightening death.

Victoria Winters (March 1967)

Still trying to uncover the secret of her own identity, Victoria Winters continues her life at Collinwood. The unexpected arrival of mysterious strangers at the brooding manor instills terrible fears in her.

Horrified at their lies and their evil, menacing gestures, Victoria wonders if these guests have come to kill her. Terror shrouds Collinwood as Victoria finds herself the prey of these cruel tormentors.

Strangers at Collins House (September 1967)

Victoria Winters at last feels she has a clue to her own identity when she meets elderly Henry Collins. He secretly gives her the jewels which once belonged to his lost love—a woman Victoria strangely resembles.

After receiving the gift, Victoria is suddenly terrified by attacks on her life which are masked as accidents. Surrounded by danger, Victoria wonders if she is to be the victim of ruthless thieves—or a hidden murderer desperate enough to keep her from learning about her past.