{"product_id":"the-lost-brontz-catherine-friend-9781612943459","title":"The Lost Brontë","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine Friend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1612943454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612943459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bywater Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Catherine Friend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659706511615,"sku":"9781612943459","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lost-brontz-catherine-friend-9781612943459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}