The Opal-Eyed Fan

Title attributed to Andre Norton

Bibliography ~

¯ (1977) * Published by Dutton, HC, 0-525-36440-4, LCCN 77003679, $7.95, 212pg ~ cover by Jack Crane {Dark Gray Boards, Red Cloth Spine, ISBN on Rear Flap}

¯ (1979) * Published by Fawcett, PB, 0-449-23814-8, $1.95, 252pg ~ cover by unknown

Synopsis ~

The setting is 1837. Persis Rooke finds herself shipwrecked and stranded on a Florida key, rescued by a wrecker/salvager of the time period. A contested inheritance, a hostile business rivalry between her savior and another sea captain, and a resident ghost all add to the plot. Life is full of surprises, and Persis encounters her share. Was it a random storm or destiny’s mischief that shipwrecked lovely Persis Rooke on Lost Lady Key? Persis couldn’t be sure. Rescued by the handsome Captain Crewe Leverett and marooned on the darkly mysterious island with his strange sister and her beau, she was aware only of the oppressive superstitions of the natives who fear a strange curse – the curse of the opal-eyed fan. Somehow she knew she had to learn the unspoken secret of the island and the truth about the fabulous Spanish lady who, for years before, had left the infamous, Satin-shirt Jack dead and then disappeared forever. But Persis was not aware of the evil that awaited her, nor of the romance that would endanger her until it was too late.

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