Margaret Ashbury #3
Three Rivers Press
January 2007
On Sale: January 23, 2007
Featuring: Margaret Ashbury
288 pages ISBN: 0307237893 EAN: 9780307237897 Paperback Add to Wish List
Margaret of Ashbury is ready to settle down; the medieval healer is looking forward to an uneventful life in the country. And, indeed, life with her true love and a brood of rambunctious children is nearly perfectβexcept for her husband Gregoryβs ever-meddling family. Finding himself deep in debt once again, Gregoryβs father has plotted to sell Margaretβs daughter off in marriage to save his woodlands from a greedy abbot. In a panic, Margaret turns to her old friend Brother Malachi to help save her daughter by whatever means necessary. The tension within the feuding family rouses an ancient being that dwells in a spring at the center of the disputed woodland. The watery creature has its own plans, and its eye is on Margaretβs infant son.
Favorite characters return, the stakes are high, and the air is thick with intrigue and danger. Written with the historical accuracy, supernatural plot twists, and humor that Rileyβs readers have grown to love, The Water Devil is a high-spirited adventure that brings Margaretβs odyssey to a satisfying conclusion.
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