Sabine: Book One in the Sabine Trilogy

by Phyllis H. Moore

Josephine was a murderer, drug abuser, alcoholic, formerly promiscuous teenager, and mentally ill, but she was a mother. She was charged with the responsibility of a child and before that child, six others. The first six escaped, either to other lives or an afterlife. They are not with Josephine. She gave birth to her last child at the age of twenty two. This would be the child who felt responsibility for the parent, a desire to keep her mother safe, concern for her welfare, and a constant yearning to know who she is and where she fits in the world. This child would have a gift. The story is Josephine’s and the family before her, but the burden falls on the child with the gift, the child with the yearning, Sabine.

Sabine, roams the isolated country roads of coastal east Texas, weaving herself into the lives of her closest neighbors. Some are nurturing, like Mrs. Emily, others . . . Sabine's care falls to Mrs. Emily when Josephine is hospitalized and Sabine discovers structure and nurturing.

It is not until the return of her older brother, Billy, that Sabine begins to understand the unconditional love of family. Together they attempt to establish a stable home. There are challenges. Josephine is not a willing participant. Her irrational fears and Sabine's gift of sensitivity reveal a family history of mental illness, alcoholism, murder, and deceit.

This first novel in a trilogy introduces Sabine, a strong-willed girl, intelligent, sensitive to spirits and determined to discover the history of the Dunn family and the source of her mother's irrational fears, setting the stage for Josephine's Journals and Secrets of Dunn House.

261 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 29, 2015

About the author

Phyllis H. Moore wants to live life experiences more than once: doing it, writing about it and reading about it. She’s had two careers and two retirements. Both careers gave her inspiration for her novels: The Sabine Series, Sabine, Billy’s Story, Josephine’s Journals and Secrets of Dunn House,

She's written three stand-alone novels: Opal’s Story, Tangled, a Southern Gothic Yarn, The Bright Shawl, Colors of Tender Whispers, The Ember Months, Birdie & Jude, and an anthology of spooky short stories inspired by real places and events, The Bridge on Jackson Road. She has authored one nonfiction book, Retirement, Now What?

Phyllis has been published by Caffeinated Press in the anthology, Brewed Awakenings 2, Fifteen Tales to Jolt Your Mind Awake. She blogs on her web site http://www.phyllishmoore.com. Follow her on Pinterest and Facebook.

Phyllis is a retired social worker and former owner/operator of a small bed and breakfast. She’s lived in the rural areas and cities of south Texas. She currently lives on Galveston Island with her husband, Richard.