THE ABANDONED DAUGHTER - a Regency Gothic

 

 

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I was thrilled when my cover artist found a picture of the River Avon, complete with Pulteney Bridge and the weir. And managed to add a young lady as beautiful as my heroine and a young lord who looks like he is being given the cold shoulder she turns on him throughout most of the book. Few covers are so totally "right" for the content. (Please note the shadowed sky—a vital hint that this is NOT a Regency Romance* but a Gothic novel, with more than a few bodies strewn here and there.)

*You may recall a previous blog in which I talked about breaking a huge number of "Gothic rules" during the creation of The Abandoned Daughter. I might not have mentioned that this also includes opening paragraphs that are far more classic Regency Romance than creepy Gothic. 

Abandoned, targeted for murder. 

What's a poor girl to do?

Isabelle Bainbridge—abandoned by her gamester father, leery of the young lord who claims he is rescuing her—is more than a little surprised to find herself employed as companion to his grandmother in Bath, who treats her more like a ward than an employee. A near idyllic situation, until Isabelle discovers a young woman's body floating in the Kennet & Avon canal—an alleged suicide—soon followed by a series of murders that shake the tranquility of the beautiful city known as a refuge for the elderly and infirm.

Although Isabelle is determined to despise her rescuer—the viscount who won her home in a game of cards—she is forced to rely on him as she is stalked and it becomes apparent she may be next on the killer's list. There are several surprises, as well as moments of terror, before this Gothic adventure finds its happy ending.

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