When Aurelie Harcourt’s father dies in debtor’s prison, he leaves her just two things: his wealthy family, whom she has never met, and his famous pen name, Nathaniel Droll. Her new family greets her with apathy and even resentment. Only the quiet houseguest, Silas Rotherham, welcomes her company.
When Aurelie decides to complete her father’s unfinished serial novel, writing the family into the story as unflattering characters, she must keep her identity as Nathaniel Droll hidden while searching for the truth about her mother’s disappearance–and perhaps even her father’s death.
Author Joanna Davidson Politano’s stunning debut set in Victorian England will delight readers with its highly original plot, lush setting, vibrant characters, and reluctant romance.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Lady Jane Disappears
Book Author: Joanna Davidson Politano
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"They are my family, and I have nowhere else to go. And my heart . . . . my heart needs to belong somewhere. It is not a loner."
Aurelie Harcourt has been set free. Her life, lived entirely within the walls of Shepton Mallet Debtor's Prison, has been a menagerie of truth and falsehoods, while presumably the only person who could sort through those details on her behalf is dead; a most beloved father. Her inheritance is a pen name; Nathaniel Droll, and "Lady Jayne Disappears" is hers to complete.
Invited to live with little known relatives; quite wealthy, yet poor in spirit, Aurelie fights to survive unwanted expectations while stealthily continuing to write the story that could lead her to the answer lurking behind every question of her heart; who was her mother and what happened to her at Lynhurst? Fortunately, Aurelie discovers an unexpected ally in the form of a houseguest, Mr. Silas Rotherham, who like Aurelie finds solace in conversation and believes that "books are essential nourishment to the mind". But while his intentions remain unclear, Aurelie's time is running out.
Mysteries abound, secrets remain locked tightly in the past, and the flame of attraction struggles to ignite, within " a hundred thousand stories' worth of time". What a stunning debut!
I received a copy of this book from the publisher. The opinions stated are entirely my own.
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