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Abbey of the Whispering Maidens

(Historical Fiction)

It is 1540, Henry VIII is king, and it is the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England. Sir William Holloway has recently retired from the London court and has purchased Nediam Abbey in the county of Wiltshire, with the intention of changing it into a manor for his wife Viviane and his two sons, Adelard and Cedric. While repairs are made on the rundown abbey, the old abbess dies, but not before telling William that the library holds a secret. A tomb is discovered, which reveals a warning and a request that he feels must be followed. The possibility of a Templar fortune excites him, but it also frightens him, because if he is discovered in that task, it could be seen as a treasonous Catholic mission.

When the abbey is ready, William moves his family from London to the abbey, with Baudwin, William’s best friend from court, and Delia, Vivian’s new lady-in-waiting. Along with them, William has contracted for one year, eleven maidens and eleven gentlemen, to train them in how to run a working manor. As the young people settle in, strange whispers in the cloister are heard. Are they the sighs of the dead nuns who used to live there, or warnings for William? More secrets are learned, which takes him and their sons to other old abbeys to find out about their ancestors and Templar history. But each time he returns, Viviane becomes paler and weaker. Fearing for her health, William sets out to find the one holy object that may save her. His magical quest begins with a knight’s duty to a dead Templar, to one of self-discovery and fulfillment of the heart for the living.