A Circle of Rowan

Rowan #4

by Catherine Darby

Nain Rowan had returned, it was whispered, to claim the power tha lay in the serpent ring a Tudor had worn. She had come back in the person of Rowan Prester, married to one brother, loving another, the blood still hot in her veins though she ws fifty. But at Pen-Tan in the Welsh mountains her cold-eyed son and the demure Mina were fated to snatch that power away, to destroy her and her lover Jasper. The family had not yet learned that Rowan Prester also had sworn she would return.

Set in the 17th century, this novel, complete in itslef, related the strange and passionate tale of the loves and hatreds that blind three generations in an endless circle.

(from jacket cover)

185 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1983

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…"