Jane Austen's The Watsons

'Claudia Gray expertly conjures the magic of Jane Austen'
MIMI MATTHEWS

From New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray comes a continuation of Jane Austen's famous unfinished novel, The Watsons

The unsung heroine of Jane Austen's unfinished novel The Watsons is a privileged girl living with her wealthy aunt and uncle absent any meaningful contact with her birth family. Then her life abruptly gets turned upside down: her uncle dies, and her aunt remarries unwisely, which means she must return to Wiltshire and rejoin the greater Watson clan. There, she becomes an object of desire for the most eligible bachelor in the county, the proud Lord Osborne . . . but her own fascination alights upon Mr Howard, the local clergyman. In the hundred pages Austen wrote before abandoning the novel, she asks: can the youngest Watson sister afford to neglect the fortunes of her struggling family to truly follow her heart?

But Austen never completed this book - and therefore, her devoted fans have never discovered the answer, leaving the heroine's fate undefined and open to speculation. Until now, as bestselling author Claudia Gray expands this story into a vivid tale of love, sorrow, social class, honour, and, as in any Austen novel, the ways these all become intertwined for a young woman in Regency-era England. Transforming The Watsons from an unpolished draft into a riveting ensemble novel filled with romance, humour, and social commentary, Gray recaptures the spirit of Austen's most enigmatic story.

'Regency readers, rejoice! Infamously unfinished Jane Austen novel The Watsons has been at long-last completed by the deft and caring hands of Claudia Gray! Perfectly capturing Austen's signature wit and exquisitely torturous slow burn romantic yearning, Gray's prose sparkles and is sure to delight'
ERIN A. CRAIG

'To read The Watsons is to see a master at work. Claudia Gray is a worthy heir to Austen's legacy'
TJ ALEXANDER