Rivertown

by Janet Louise Roberts

Suspicion

Rivertown is a village of two opposing forces about to explode in violence. Sarah's father is the leader of one group the man she loves the other. When two graves are wantonly disturbed, tomorrow's torment becomes tonight's suspicion...catapulting Sarah into a dark storm of fear, secret desires - and sudden death!

Genres: Gothic, Romance

223 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1972

About the author

See pseudonyms Louisa Bronte, Rebecca Danton & Janette Radcliffe. Some of the listed titles are more straight romance than romantic suspense.

Janet Louise Roberts was born on January 20, 1925, in New Britain Connecticut, the daughter of a missionary in a conservative church. She wrote contemporary, historical, and gothic romances, as well as occult horror romances such as The Devil’s Own, Isle of the Dolphins, Lord Satan, and Her Demon Lover. She used pseudonyms for several of her works.

Roberts died on June 11, 1982 in Dayton, Ohio.

Reviews

[Sarah Mac · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF, pg 40-something. I’m bored, I don’t care what happens, & I don’t care that I don’t care. Such exquisite disinterest just isn’t worth the effort to finish (nor is it worth the dread I feel at the prospect of picking it up again).

I’ve read a handful of JLR books & none have earned more than 3 stars. She’s an author I really want to like, but I’m beginning to suspect she’s just not for me. :/ Oh well. I have two left (a pulp & a bodice-ripper), so I’ll try them before deciding whether to bother with any others.

[Anne Neville · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sarah Tallentire is in a difficult position: she is the daughter of a wealthy strip-miner in Rivertown, and the man she is involved with is an avid environmentalist who opposes everything her father represents. Lance Glover–a hill-person who rose above his roots and became a local school teacher–has always been fascinated with her. Then, suddenly, Sarah and Lance find themselves a married couple, living under her father’s roof. Sarah never anticipates the anger roiling through the Rivertown community until the strip-miners dig up the bodies of two children whose parents wouldn’t give up their land. This callous event leads to a bitter conflict between the hill-people and miners, Yankee welfare workers and conservative local factions, and Lance and Sarah. As the battle heats up, Sarah finds herself being ripped to pieces–to whom must she be loyal? Her father . . . or her husband?

TRIGGER WARNING!

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