Beyond the Shining river

Deveroes #1

by Maryhelen Clague

Saved from a life of poverty, Celia brought life and beauty to the Deveroes of New York's Westchester County. She was the darling of society, and the perfect match for the cool and stately Richard Deveroe.Then came war!The majestic Hudson Valley was ablaze with revolution and Celia lost control of the sensuality that smouldered beneath her beauty.She did the one thing no Deveroe must ever do. She fell in love. Hopelessly, recklessly, beyond all choice or caring, with an ecstatic abandon that was to mark the lives of Deveroes for generations to come...

Genres: Historical Romance

432 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Also wrote under the name Ashley Snow.

Maryhelen Clague is a Florida native whose Great-Grandparents settled in Central Florida in 1876. She grew up in the Lakeland/Tampa area, attended Florida State University's Music School, then Union Theological Seminary in New York City. After her husband, an Episcopal clergyman, retired their family moved back to her Florida home where she resides today.