Falcon to the Lure

Falcon Saga #12

by Catherine Darby

CALL OF THE BLOOD

First came the dreams, filling sleep with haunting images and mysterious messages for lovely and innocent Diana Maundy.

Next came the handsome stranger, Maudelyn Falcon, to rouse a burning longing that Diana desperately fought against.

Then came the suitor, Sir Godwin de Faucon, older, stronger, wiser in the ways of the world and the flesh than any man Diana had ever known, demanding she join him in a marriage she feared might be made in hell.

And behind the passion, behind the peril, lay the secret of Diana's birth - the secret she had to discover even if it damned her forever....

255 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

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…"