Sabine, Book One of the Sabine Trilogy

By Phyllis H. Moore

Vivid characters on a coastal Texas ranch weave a suspense filled tale

As a child, Sabine Nadine Cole, had nothing to compare her life to. Even as a toddler, she wandered down the county road, picking flowers and communicating with birds, squirrels, and sometimes a distant bobcat. She liked her freedom, away from the quarrels between her mother Josephine, and Marvin, a man who Josephine said was Sabine's father. Too much alcohol and free time had not only deteriorated relationships but had also caused the neglect of the three-story family homestead on the Dunn Ranch. In a massive house with spirits of past generations, Sabine can hear the voices and sometimes catch a glimpse of her grandparents and great grandparents. By the time she's in elementary school, Sabine knows her family is not normal, and the Dunn house is full of secrets.

In a coming-of-age saga, set on a coastal Texas ranch, Sabine discovers that family can be created if the one she was born to fails her. However, nothing is as it seems and secrets and lies multiply. Just when all is well, something else rocks Sabine's world. In a series of character-driven stories, the family legacy may be altered if the youngest among them can unlock the mystery and cope with the twists confronting her at every turn.

Josephine was a murderer drug abuser, alcoholic, formerly promiscuous teenager, and mentally ill; she was also a mother charged with the responsibility of a child and before that child, six others. This would be the child who felt responsibility for the parent, a desire to keep her mother safe. This child has a constant yearning to know who she is. This child would have a gift and a knowing-the Indigo child, Sabine.

Sabine is the first novel of four in a series. "Like Kya in Where the Crawdads Sing, Sabine forges her way through family dysfunction, deprivation, and abuse, and we root for her indomitable resilience and resourceful spirit at every turn." With a scattering of magical realism in the style of Alice Hoffman, this series explores the relationship of our spiritual ancestors with the real world, an historic house, and how we create families to get through the rough times.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1519401426
• ISBN13: 9781519401427
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"