From Jeanette Watts, a new Regency-set historical fiction novel following a lesser-known character from one of history’s favorite female authors. Miss Jane Fairfax has spent her life—though poor and expecting the eventuality of a governess position—by the side of a Colonel’s daughter, living beyond the means she was born into. When she meets the enigmatic and handsome Frank Churchill in Weymouth, she can’t help but fall for him. Mr Frank Churchill, the heir to his aunt’s fortune and dependent on her goodwill, knows that he cannot marry without Mrs Churchill’s permission. Desperate to marry Jane, he proposes not only marriage but a plan to hide their engagement until his aunt approves of the match. The couple travel separately to their same small hometown of Highbury, where Jane’s ridiculous aunt and the notorious Emma Woodhouse threaten the understanding between them, and as the months pass by, Jane worries that they will be secretly engaged forever, with no happy ending in sight. As their lies and deceits pile up, can their love survive the social pressures that threaten to tear them apart?
Is there a sin more wicked than a secret engagement? Not in 1814 England.
For Jane Fairfax, it was love at first sight. Frank Churchill was handsome, charming and rich – but he needed his aunt’s permission in order to get married. He didn’t think that would be difficult to obtain. His aunt adored him.
Of course, nothing ever goes quite as planned.
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Here is the remarkable story of the scandalous goings-on while Emma Woodhouse was wreaking havoc elsewhere on the residents of Highbury.
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