{"product_id":"the-lost-bronte-paperback","title":"The Lost Brontë - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Friend\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spellbinding tale of hidden desires, whispered secrets, and a darkness that lingers behind every locked door.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYorkshire, 1898. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen twenty-one-year-old Lilianne Loxley is sent to Lord Bexton's isolated estate to work off her uncle's debts, she expects drudgery--not danger. With her gift for mimicry, she becomes Bexton's secretary--and his reluctant forger. Soon she's trapped in a scheme to create a \"lost\" novel by Emily Brontë, a deception that could make--or destroy--fortunes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe house is full of secrets: footsteps echo in empty corridors, lemon-scented ghosts haunt her sleepless nights, and a portrait seems to watch her every move. Yet it's the living who unsettle her most--especially Wren McAllister, the sharp-tongued maid whose defiance hides a tender heart. Drawn together by loss and longing, Lily and Wren risk everything for a freedom neither has ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the line between truth and invention blurs, Lily uncovers a shocking connection to the Brontë family--and to Bexton himself--that will force her to choose between love, loyalty, and the dangerous power of her own pen.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Friend's \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Brontë\u003c\/em\u003e is an atmospheric gothic romantic mystery steeped in secrets, desire, and literary intrigue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine Friend is the award-winning author of sapphic adventure romances, memoirs, nonfiction, and children's books. She is a six-time Golden Crown Literary Society Award and Minnesota Book Award winner and Lambda Literary Award finalist. She loves slipping women-loving-women into overlooked corners of history--whether through pirates, ghosts, or time travel. After 25 years of farming with her wife, she now lives in a small Minnesota river town with two dogs, writing, teaching, and reading tarot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48901060493561,"sku":"9781612943459","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L9m6eeky6_9781612943459.webp?v=1787749346","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-lost-bronte-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}