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Sourcebooks Casablanca
September 2008
On Sale: September 1, 2008
Featuring: Janet Rochester
336 pages ISBN: 1402212372 EAN: 9781402212376 Paperback
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Women's Fiction Historical | Historical
With Jane Austen sequels proliferating, it's about time someone created a sequel to Austen's rival Charlotte BrontΓ«!
In this sequel to Jane Eyre, young Janet Rochester is consigned to Highcrest Manor and the guardianship of the strict Colonel Dent while her parents journey to the West Indies. As she struggles to make a life for herself guided by their ideals, she is caught up in the mysteries of Highcrest.
Why is the East Wing forbidden to her? What lies behind locked gates? And what is the source of the voices she hears in the night? Can she trust the enigmatic Roderick Landless or should she transfer her allegiance to the suave and charming Sir Hugo Calendar?
Riding her mare on the Yorkshire moors, holding her own with Colonel Dent, or waltzing at her first ball, Janet is a strong and sympathetic character, and like her mother, she will need all her courage ...
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