Gentle From The Night
Left penniless after her father's death, Alexandra Benjamin strikes an unusual bargain with John Damien Newell, the darkly seductive master of Cairncross Castle. Hired to teach his troubled younger brother, Samuel, to speak, she soon discovers the castle harbors many terrible secrets. Secrets...
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Left penniless after her father's death, Alexandra Benjamin strikes an unusual bargain with John Damien Newell, the darkly seductive master of Cairncross Castle. Hired to teach his troubled younger brother, Samuel, to speak, she soon discovers the castle harbors many terrible secrets. Secrets that lead Alexandra through a labyrinth of twisted lies and ancient mysteries, to where the answers lie waiting in the innermost chambers of the heart. Full-page, full-color ad in "Romantic Times".
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780821758038 (0821758039)
Publish date: December 1st 1997
Publisher: Zebra
Pages no: 350
Edition language: English
I was recently asked about gothic romance books written by more modern authors, and this is one that I thought of. It's still a historical romance, but the dark and lonely castle combined with the gamma, slightly crazy hero definitely gives it a "Jane Eyre" feel. The heroine is fairly innocent and...