Nightingale Legacy
Catherine Coulter
Main Characters: Caroline Derwent-Jones, Frederick North Nightingale
Caroline met North when she was escaping her guardian who tried to rape her. She stayed at her Aunt Eleanor's house. Eleanor died, leaving Caroline some coal mines.
After Caroline married North, his butler tried to murder her. There was a belief that Nightingale men would be betrayed by their wives, but North evidently doubted the belief.
Someone else was after her life. Bess, who was in love with her brother, thought that Caroline was a threat and decided to kill her. While Caroline was running way, she stumbled upon an armlet and a sword. She pulled put the sword and killed Bess.
When North found her, she showed him the armlet, which was similar to the one in their house, which had "Rex" carved on it. That one had the word "Guinevere". The sword had, just carved below the handle, the word "Excalibur".