From her first glimpse of the naked woman fleeing into the
frozen blackness of the woods, Miss Elizabeth Stanwycke
suspects that danger awaits her at Wolfram Castle. Though
no one seems to believe her, Elizabeth knows what she saw -
and what's more, she feels an echo of that danger in the
tension hanging over the entire von Wolfram family.
Elizabeth herself feels scarcely more calm. The mystery of
the woman in the woods plagues her, but nothing shatters
her hard-won composure more surely than Count Nikolas von
Wolfram, her enigmatic employer. Her reputation and self-
respect in tatters, Elizabeth undertook the arduous journey
from England, hoping to make a fresh start as a governess.
Although she's vowed never to give in to the demands of her
all-too-wanton body again, the way Count Nikolas touches
her is enough to melt her resolve. And the dark menace
stalking the Wolfram family binds them ever closer, until
they have no one to trust but each other.
Imagine if Charlotte Brönte had allowed Jane and
Rochester to throw caution to the wind, to meet in secret
and indulge every intimate whim. Elizabeth is no Jane Eyre -
her overriding characteristic is a near pathological
curiosity, which lands her in a slightly repetitive series
of scrapes - but Nikolas justifies her passion by being as
charismatic and mouthwatering a hero as possible. Donna
Lea Simpson has re-imagined the classic gothic romance,
and any reader who loved Victoria Holt, but always
felt cheated by the lack of sexy details, or wished that
the manor really were haunted, will adore AWAITING THE MOON.
It is said that werewolves roam the woods around Wolfram
Castle -- but Elizabeth Stanwycke, newly arrived tutor to
the Count's niece, is not a child to be frightened by
bedtime stories. Of more pressing concern is her attraction
to the mysterious Count.
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