num_pages: 320
description: The new novel by the modern mistress of romantic suspense is set on the coast of Kent, at a great estate overlooking the infamous "shivering sands" - quicksands that have swallowed entire ships unfortunate enough to sail into them. Caroline Verlaine, a young widow, comes to work at the estate hoping to discover the cause of the mysterious disappearance of her sister, who had been studying the nearby Roman ruins. Caroline found her employers a strange family, haunted by tragedies of the past, scarred by distrust. Yet she found herself irresistibly attracted to them - especially to the family's dark, moody young scion. But not until she had retraced her sister's fatal last steps could she answer the crucial questions about the family's past - and her own future.
language: English
title: Shivering Sands
titlecomplete: Shivering Sands
characters: Napier Stacy, Caroline Verlaine, Pietro Verlaine, Sir William Stacy, Sibyl Stacy, Beamont Stacy, Allegra Stacy, Lady Isabella Stacy
genres: Fiction, Historical, Romantic Suspense, Gothic Romance, Gothic, Mystery, Romance, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Suspense
ratings_count: 5657
places: Kent, England
publisher: Fontana