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Move over, Charlotte Brontë. The authors of the New York Times bestselling My Lady Jane are back with an irreverent spin on Jane Eyre--a tale of mischief, romance, and supernatural mayhem perfect for fans of The Princess Bride or A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue. You may think you know the story. Penniless orphan Jane Eyre begins a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester--and, Reader, she marries him. Or does she? Prepare for an adventure of Gothic proportions, in which all is not as it seems, a certain gentleman is hiding more than skeletons in his closets, and one orphan Jane Eyre, aspiring author Charlotte Bronte, and supernatural investigator Alexander Blackwood are about to be drawn together on the most epic ghost hunt this side of Wuthering Heights.

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Humorously blends fact with fiction and offers a gentler, more hopeful outcome for Charlotte, her siblings, and her heroine. A must-read for fans of My Lady Jane or Jane Eyre and a fun alternative for fans of paranormal romances. -- School Library Journal (starred review) Prepare to laugh and gasp and clutch your pearls. -- Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author There is not one page of this absolutely hilarious tale that does not inspire laughter...The narrators' asides are as amusing as the characters' behavior, thoughts, and comments, and while readers unfamiliar with the original story will still be entertained, the details of the original become such a farce in this retelling that those who know (and love or hate) the classic romance will be delighted. -- RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick!) The authors' affection for their source material is abundantly clear in this clever, romantic farce. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) A delightfully deadpan deconstruction of a Gothic novel, with a ghost almost no one can see providing the commentary. Marvelously self-aware and almost too clever for its own good. -- Booklist (starred review) Hand, Ashton, and Meadows offer up a fantastical, tongue-in-cheek plot that manages to both poke fun at and hold in high esteem the novel that provided the inspiration...Reader, it delighted. A fun, supernatural mashup of different literary novels that shines on its own merit. -- Kirkus Reviews

Hand, Ashton, and Meadows offer up a fantastical, tongue-in-cheek plot that manages to both poke fun at and hold in high esteem the novel that provided the inspiration...Reader, it delighted. A fun, supernatural mashup of different literary novels that shines on its own merit. -- Kirkus Reviews A delightfully deadpan deconstruction of a Gothic novel, with a ghost almost no one can see providing the commentary. Marvelously self-aware and almost too clever for its own good. -- Booklist (starred review) The authors' affection for their source material is abundantly clear in this clever, romantic farce. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) There is not one page of this absolutely hilarious tale that does not inspire laughter...The narrators' asides are as amusing as the characters' behavior, thoughts, and comments, and while readers unfamiliar with the original story will still be entertained, the details of the original become such a farce in this retelling that those who know (and love or hate) the classic romance will be delighted. -- RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick!) Prepare to laugh and gasp and clutch your pearls. -- Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author Humorously blends fact with fiction and offers a gentler, more hopeful outcome for Charlotte, her siblings, and her heroine. A must-read for fans of My Lady Jane or Jane Eyre and a fun alternative for fans of paranormal romances. -- School Library Journal (starred review)

Hand, Ashton, and Meadows offer up a fantastical, tongue-in-cheek plot that manages to both poke fun at and hold in high esteem the novel that provided the inspiration...Reader, it delighted. A fun, supernatural mashup of different literary novels that shines on its own merit. -- Kirkus Reviews A delightfully deadpan deconstruction of a Gothic novel, with a ghost almost no one can see providing the commentary. Marvelously self-aware and almost too clever for its own good. -- Booklist (starred review) Humorously blends fact with fiction and offers a gentler, more hopeful outcome for Charlotte, her siblings, and her heroine. A must-read for fans of My Lady Jane or Jane Eyre and a fun alternative for fans of paranormal romances. -- School Library Journal (starred review) The authors' affection for their source material is abundantly clear in this clever, romantic farce. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) There is not one page of this absolutely hilarious tale that does not inspire laughter...The narrators' asides are as amusing as the characters' behavior, thoughts, and comments, and while readers unfamiliar with the original story will still be entertained, the details of the original become such a farce in this retelling that those who know (and love or hate) the classic romance will be delighted. -- RT Book Reviews (4 1/2 stars, Top Pick!) Prepare to laugh and gasp and clutch your pearls. -- Tahereh Mafi, New York Times bestselling author

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The Lady Janies are the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel My Lady Jane. They are made up of Brodi Ashton, author of the Everneath series and Diplomatic Immunity; Cynthia Hand, author of the Unearthly series, The Last Time We Say Goodbye, and The Afterlife of Holly Chase; and Jodi Meadows, author of the Incarnate, Orphan Queen, and Fallen Isles series. They met in 2012, when their publishers sent them on a book tour together. Between the three of them they've written sixteen published novels (with more to come!), a bunch of novellas, a handful of short stories, and a couple of really bad poems. They had so much fun with My Lady Jane that they signed on to write two more books together. They're friends. They're writers. They're fixing history by rewriting one sad story at a time. Learn more at LadyJanies.com. The Lady Janies are Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows. They're friends. They're writers. They're fixing history by rewriting one sad story at a time. Learn more at www.LadyJanies.com. Jodi Meadows lives and writes in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, with her husband, a cat, and an alarming number of ferrets. She is a confessed book addict and has wanted to be a writer ever since she decided against becoming an astronaut. Fiona Hardingham is a British-born actress, singer, voice-over artist, and AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. On stage, she appeared at the Edinburgh Festival in her comedic one-woman show The Dark Show. She has also starred in the dark-comedy short film The Ballerino. She earned a BA honors degree in performing arts from Middlesex University, London, and also studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

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