Amazon lists dozens of her paperback novels. The cover art on all of these offers much to be enjoyed, from the creepy-kid vibe of A Feast of Eggshells (Signet/Dec 1969--and don't miss that body at the bottom of the stairs) to the proto-paranormal romance imagery of Moonlight Variations (HBJove/Jan 1981), or the delicious bosomy Gothic of The Curse of the Concullens (Signet Gothic/Nov 1976) and The Witching Hour, to the luridly overdone '80s covers for Household (Leisure/Mar 1989) and The Sisterhood (Leisure/Oct 1989).
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So glad you found these Stevenson books! I remember reading A Feast of Eggshells when I was just starting MY horror-loving heyday, so , around '69 when it came out I guess. I know i was an impressionable 13 yo at the time and I couldn't get enough of the stuff! The book in question was a variation on The Bad Seed theme of the time-which was one of my favorite tropes-and still is. I haven't seen a copy since, though i have tried tracking it down cuz I lost mine somewhere along the way. I also recently bought a tattered copy of Household ,mainly because i found the cover compelling. I haven't read it yet though. Love the title and cover for A Feast of Eggshells I admit.
Hope to read one one day!
Hi will,
you are so lucky to have found these books i am trying to find a copy of Ophelia. No luck so far. do you know where i can get it from?
thanks your loyal horror fan
Ronley Murray
Ronley, one thing I've learned is to be diligent checking and rechecking all the used booksellers online; titles appear and disappear at random. Good luck!
I have several of her Zabrina Faire Regency romances - good fun with strong-willed heroines and a light touch, very much in the Heyer tradition. Also picked up Curse of the Concullens, which is more Gothic but with the same humour and lightness - our governess heroine deals competently with her two young charges being werewolves and eventually breaks the family curse by finding the unforgiveable sin that the heir can commit - marrying an Englishwoman! (Her, of course)
I love that cover for Feast of Eggshells. Must collect more Stevenson, obviously.
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