The Maltese Angel: A Novel

Ward Gibson knew what was expected of him by the village folk, and especially by the Mason family, whose daughter Daisy he had known all his life. But then, in a single week, his whole world had been turned upside down by a dancer, Stephanie McQueen, who seemed to float across the stage of the Empire Music Hall where she was appearing as The Maltese Angel. After a whirlwind courtship she agreed to marry him, but there followed a series of reprisals from those who felt he betrayed Daisy. Soon, events would follow that would twist and turn the course of many lives through Ward's own and succeeding generations.