Sabre

by Catherine Darby

Fausty Sullivan is a lively, ambitious seventeen-year-old when she leaves her shanty home in Ireland to seek her fortune in Regency London. Whirled into a raffish, sophisticated society she is wooed by two men. Charles offers her excitement and heartache, Earl Sabre offers security -- but for that security, there is a price to pay. In the great house on the moors, Fausty is caught between a sinister past and an uncertain future. Only by tearing aside the veil that hides the past can she safeguard herself and, in so doing, found a dynasty.

243 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Pseudonym for Maureen Peters

Maureen Peters was born in Caernarvon, Wales, on March 3, 1935, and was married and divorced twice; she has two sons and two daughters. In addition to biographical fiction, historical romances, and mystery novels written under her own name, other noms de plume include Veronica Black, Catherine Darby, Levanah Lloyd, Belinda Grey, Elizabeth Law, Judith Rothman, and Sharon Whitby.

As Catherine Darby, Maureen Peters wrote books that were sold as Gothics, such as the 12 books in the Falcon Saga, but were really what Sarah calls "dark family sagas." Or more precisely, she describes their plot lines this way: "Themes of illicit passion, family rivalry, witchcraft, revenge, and even reincarnation permeated the novels…"