The Jaubert Ring

by Willo Davis Roberts

THE DOOR OF FEAR SWUNG OPEN

Lovely young Saunielle Hunter was three thousand miles from her Virginia plantation home when she knocked on the door of the magnificent San Francisco Victorian mansion on Fell Street.

She had traveled across the continent to answer a profoundly puzzling message from her long-lost father. Now it was she herself who felt lost as she faced the imposing woman who answered the door and the snarling dog by the woman's side.

Little did Saunielle dream what awaited her when she stepped into this house where love had lured her and lies led her on...where two men claimed her and terror possessed her...where an antique heirloom spelled the difference between life and death as the menace of macabre mystery yielded to the screaming horror of the truth...

Genres: Gothic

188 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1976

About the author

Willo Davis Roberts was an American writer chiefly known for her mystery novels for children and young adults. She won Edgar Allan Poe awards in 1989, 1995, and 1997 for best juvenile and best young adult mysteries. Her books included The View from the Cherry Tree, Twisted Summer, Don't Hurt Laurie, Megan's Island, Baby-sitting is a Dangerous Job, Hostage, The Girl with Silver Eyes, The One Left Behind and Scared Stiff.

Reviews

[Taffeta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I haven't read this in over 20 years (my copy vanished...sniff) but I loved it! It was spicier than most gothic romances, the characters and settings well-realized, and the mystery quite gripping (from what I recall).

Premise: a young woman's husband dies shortly after their whirlwind romance culminates in their brief marriage...then her father disappears...she travels to San Francisco to find him, and becomes embroiled in yet another romance, while her life is constantly endangered.