Sovereign's Key

by Rosalind Laker

Of love and violence in a time of change...Fostered out at birth, Theresa Marlow, highwayman’s daughter, grew up on a farm in the tiny hamlet of Bognor. The town expanded rapidly and turned into a fashionable and elegant resort to rival Brighton. Against this fast-changing background, Theresa rose from linen maid to lady of fashion.The three men she loved influenced her future Andrew, the tavern-boy who went to sea; David, the young officer with whom she liaises on the beach; and Jonathan, landowner and compulsive gambler. It was Theresa’s obsessional passion for Jonathan that set her on a path more terrible and violent than anything she could have dreamed possible.’A compelling heroine, a sweeping plot’ – Publishers Weekly“HAUNTING, FASCINATING, EXCITING!” — Baton Rouge AdvocateRosalind Laker is a best-selling novelist that has been published all over the world, with her works translated into twenty languages. The author of over forty historical novels, her first work was published in 1970; Warwyck’s Wife

272 pages, Hardcover

First published June 2, 2013

About the author

A pseudonym used by Barbara Øvstedal.

Barbara Øvstedal was an author previously writing under the pseudonym Barbara Paul and Barbara Douglas. She wrote a few books under this pseudonym but later changed to Rosalind Laker when Barbara Paul gained recognition. Her many books include The Sugar Pavilion and To Dance with Kings.

Reviews

[Virginia Tican · Rating 4 out of 5]

Theresa's foster mother Alice died protecting her from a reckless Jonathan Quinnley jumping over a cart where Theresa was standing by rooted on the spot and in front of a rushing horse and rider. At that moment her young heart only saw the embodiment of her fairy~tale Prince in the young lord and not the recklessness and endangerment that his act represented... and that was her undoing for that had taken her to experiences that would have daunted another woman lacking her strength of mind... for she married her Prince who had all the flaws and superficiality of most of his class and was even committed into an insane asylum by her loving husband after an event precipitated by Jonathan's whoring that ended tragically for both Theresa and her stillborn son. Her story ends when she faces the truth about her husband and accepts her past flawed judgements... that with regard to her husband ~ all that glitters is not gold.