Jane Eyre Chronicles #1
Berkley
August 2012
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Featuring: Edward Rochester; Jane Rochester
352 pages ISBN: 0425247740 EAN: 9780425247747 Kindle: B005ZOCFAY Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
In her classic tale, Charlotte BrontΓ« introduced readers to the strong willed and intelligent Jane Eyre. Picking up where BrontΓ« left off, the year is now 1851, and Janeβs life has finally settled into a comfortable pattern. She and her beloved Edward Rochester have married, and have an infant son. But Jane soon finds herself in the midst of new challenges and threats to those she lovesβ¦
Jane canβt help but fret when a letter arrives from AdΓ¨le VarensβRochesterβs ward and Janeβs former pupil, currently at boarding schoolβwarning that the girlβs life is in jeopardy. Although it means leaving her young son and invalid husband, and despite never having been to a city of any size, Jane feels strongly compelled to go to London to ensure AdΓ¨leβs safety.
But almost from the beginning, her travels donβt go as plannedβshe is knocked about and robbed, and no one believes that the plain, unassuming Jane could indeed be the wife of a gentleman. Even when she arrives at the school, the headmistress takes her for an errant new teacher, and berates her for her late arrival. Most shocking to Jane is the discovery that AdΓ¨leβs roommate has recently passed away under very suspicious circumstances, yet no one at the school seems concerned. Taking advantage of the misunderstanding, she decides to pose as the missing instructorβand soon uncovers several unsavory secrets, which may very well make her the killerβs next targetβ¦
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