num_pages: 290
description: A delicious twist on a Gothic classic The Wife Upstairs pairs Southern charm with atmospheric domestic suspense perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda.Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham Alabama Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estatesa gated community full of McMansions shiny SUVs and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name.But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed Eddie is Thornfield Estates most mysterious resident. His wife Bea drowned in a boating accident with her best friend their bodies lost to the deep. Jane cant help but see an opportunity in Eddienot only is he rich brooding and handsome he could also offer her the kind of protection shes always yearned for.Yet as Jane and Eddie fall for each other Jane is increasingly haunted by the legend of Bea an ambitious beauty with a rags-to-riches origin story who launched a wildly successful southern lifestyle brand. How can she plain Jane ever measure up? And can she win Eddies heart before her pastor hiscatches up to her?With delicious suspense incisive wit and a fresh feminist sensibility The Wife Upstairs flips the script on a timeless tale of forbidden romance ill-advised attraction and a wife who just wont stay buried. In this vivid reimagining of one of literatures most twisted love triangles which Mrs. Rochester will get her happy ending?
language: English
title: The Wife Upstairs
publisher: St. Martin's Press