In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Bront├лтАЩs classic novel by acclaimed author L. L. McKinney, Jane Eyre and Bertha Mason must save each other from the horrifying machinations of Mr. Rochester in this intrigue-filled, empowering young adult romance.
Jane Eyre has no interest in a husband. Eager to make her own way in the world, she accepts the governess position at Thornfield Hall.
Though her new employer, Edward Rochester, has a charming airтАФnot to mention a handsome faceтАФJane discovers that his smile can sharpen in an instant. Plagued by EdwardтАЩs mercurial mood and the strange wails that echo through the corridors, Jane grows suspicious of the secrets hidden within Thornfield HallтАФunaware of the true horrors lurking above her very head.
On the topmost floor, Bertha Mason is trapped in more ways than one. After her whirlwind marriage to Edward turned into a nightmare, he locked her away as revenge for withholding her inheritance. Now his patience grows thin in the face of BerthaтАЩs resilience and JaneтАЩs persistent questions, and both young women are in more danger than they realize.
When their only chance at safetyтАФand perhaps something moreтАФis in each otherтАЩs arms, can they find and keep one another safe before EdwardтАЩs dark machinations close in around them?
L.L. McKinney is a writer, a poet, and an active member of the kidlit community. Named one of the RootтАЩs 100 Most Influential African Americans, sheтАЩs an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing, the cofounder of Juneteenth Book Fest, and the creator of the hashtags #PublishingPaidMe and #WhatWoCWritersHear. SheтАЩs also a gamer girl and an adamant Hei Hei stan. She is the author of A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, and A Crown So Cursed.