Rochester after the incident with Bertha. It let me see what might have happened had Jane had a stronger voice, if she had been able to keep her resolution to stay away from Mr. It gave me the chance to view Jane Eyre in a whole new light. I thought that it would be kind of like every other retelling-same story with a few new elements. Guess what? It went far beyond everything I'd hoped for.
It's one I've wanted to read since I heard about it, so I was thrilled at the chance to get my hands on it early. Read moreįirst off, many thanks to Kensington for providing me with a review copy of this book. Her debut women's fiction novel, Free to a Good Home, was published by Berkley Books in 2010. I fell into this book in the same way Emma falls into Jane Eyre and I didn't want to fall back out again." -Lesley Livingston, author of Once Every Never and the Wondrous Strange trilogyĮve Marie Mont lives with her husband, Ken, and her shelter dog, Maggie, in suburban Philadelphia, where she teaches high school English and creative writing. "A rich, wonderful, smart adventure, steeped in romance. Definitely one for the favorites shelf."-Kelly Creagh, author of Nevermore Now, moving between her two realities and uncovering secrets in both, Emma must decide whether her destiny lies in the pages of Jane's story, or in the unwritten chapters of her own.
As governess at Thornfield, Emma has a sense of belonging she's never known-and an attraction to the brooding Mr.
Then fate takes things a leap further when a lightning storm catapults Emma right into Jane's body and her nineteenth-century world. Reading of Jane's isolation sparks a deep sense of kinship. But escape soon arrives in an old leather-bound copy of Jane Eyre. And her only romantic prospect-apart from a crush on her English teacher-is Gray Newman, a long-time friend who just adds to Emma's confusion.
Perhaps it's because she feels like an outsider at her exclusive prep school, or because her stepmother doesn't come close to filling the void left by her mother's death. In this stunning, imaginative novel, Eve Marie Mont transports her modern-day heroine into the life of Jane Eyre to create a mesmerizing story of love, longing, and finding your place in the world.Įmma Townsend has always believed in stories-the ones she reads voraciously, and the ones she creates.
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