Emily's Secret
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- £5.99
Publisher Description
An American scholar is out to solve the mystery of Emily Brontë's death, only to discover a chance at love in this "delightful and visionary tale" (Romantic Times).
American professor Alex Hightower isn't looking for love when he travels to the small English village of Haworth, once home of the legendary Brontë sisters. An Emily Brontë scholar, Alex is troubled by her tragic early death, and determined to investigate his theory that she may have taken her own life following a turbulent affair.
Alex's research leads him not only to an old letter and a rumored family curse, but to the beautiful, mysterious artist Selena Wood. Selena has her own ties to the author's legacy . . . and awakens a desire in Alex that he can't deny. In this enchanting debut novel, "the history of Emily's secret romance becomes entwined with that of Alex and [Selena]" (Publishers Weekly).
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Academics may not normally make the most compelling protagonists of romance fiction. But when a professor has devoted his career to the study of Emily Bronte (one of the ur-romance novelists, after all), his love life is bound to be a little more interesting than usual, particularly when his story becomes entangled with Emily's own. American prof Alex Hightower journeys to Yorkshire in the hope of proving his theory that Emily did not die a natural death but rather committed suicide after a passionate secret love affair. Alex is branded a fool by most of his colleagues, most bitingly by his ex-lover and current nemesis Maggie Flynn, an Oxford don and femme fatale of epic proportions. But in the paintings of gypsy artist Selina Wood, Alex begins to uncover proof that his suspicions may be correct. Prickly, elusive and beautiful, Selina soon beguiles Alex almost as much as Emily herself, and the history of Emily's secret romance becomes entwined with that of Alex and Selina. The passion portrayed in Jones's first novel pales in comparison to Bronte's Wuthering Heights, but watching Alex's life take on the Gothic overtones of Bronte's novel is fun, and the scholarly squabbles between Alex and Maggie make for an entertaining subplot.
