Ergebnis für "The Salt House" in Historische Romane

A young woman uncovers a dark secret about her neighbor and his mysterious new wife. Now she’ll have to fight to keep herself—and the woman she loves—safe. “A modern sapphic updating of the selkie wife folk tale that’s already scoring with readers”—Parade (A Best Romance and Best...

Ducado de Alta Lorena, 1187. Tras la muerte de su padre, el joven mercader de sal Michel de Fleury se hace cargo de los negocios familiares. Son tiempos difíciles para los comerciantes, ya que la avaricia del clero y el despotismo de la nobleza gravan con abusivos impuestos a los mercaderes y sumen al pueblo en la miseria.

Trunks packed with potions and cures, Jane Aire sets out on a crisp, clear morning in October to face the greatest challenge of her sheltered girls’-school existence. A shadow lies over Thornfield Hall and its reclusive master, Edward Rochester. And he’s hired her only as a last resort. Jane stumbles again and again as she tries to establish a rapport with her prickly new employer, but he becomes the least of her worries as a mysterious force seems to work against her.