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The Tutor's Daughter

One girl, a Cornish mansion, two mysterious brothers

  • Paperback
  • 416 pages
  • Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
  • 14 x 21.4 x 3.1 cm

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UK based romantic fiction from bestselling novelist Julie Klassen for fans of Downton Abbey and Jane Austen novels.
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Anna Hockley

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Beginning in the Devon town of Longstaple, in the same year that Napoleon’s ambitions in Russia came to a snowy and disastrous end, novelist Julie Klassen introduces Emma Smallwood: ‘The Tutor’s Daughter’. Set in a boarding school for the son’s of gentlemen, 16 year old Emma is object of the affections of Phillip Weston, most favoured pupil of her father, the headmaster.

It might look like the beginning of a classic early nineteenth century romance of young hearts, but fate and fortune – or lack of it, suddenly intervene. The boarding school fails financially and Emma, now set on supporting her father in his new and desparate employment as a private tutor, travels with him to the Cornish coast and the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons.

Even then, when another story seems set to unfold in the classic pattern of love and romance, mysterious and dangerous things begin to happen. The piano is heard playing in the night, but the music room is empty. Fingers turn the doorhandle to her room at night, but no one is seen and pages disappear from her journal, only to reappear with a chilling illustration.

With her father’s new pupils, wrestle with problems and secrets of their own, one of them finds himself unexpectedly drawn to her. Emma must figure out which brother to trust and which to blame for the strange and frightening occurrences.

The Tutor's Daughter and The Maid of Fairbourne Hall
The Maid of Fairbourne HallThe Tutor's Daughter
  • Author

    Julie Klassen

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Baker Publishing Group

  • Published

    February 2013

  • Weight

    364g

  • Page Count

    416

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.4 x 3.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780764210693

  • ISBN-10

    0764210696

  • Eden Code

    4055287

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Bude in Cornwall is the inspiration for the fictional coastal village depicted in 'The Tutor's Daughter'. Julie Klassen and her husband visited Bude during their second trip to England in 2011. Bude was — a serendipitous, unplanned stop in the couple’s whirlwind tour of Devon and Cornwall.

From their hotel on the north side of the harbour, Julie spotted a large red-stone manor house high on the cliff opposite and instantly thought to herself: "I want to set a book there." When they asked a local woman, she told us the place was called Efford. Further research revealed that the house was Efford Down House, and built by the same family who once owned Ebbingford Manor, an even older manor house nearby.

Julie decided to base her fictional Ebbington Manor on a combination of these two historic houses. Julie and her husband enjoyed walking up the cliff and along the scenic coastal path. On the top the headland they found an octagonal tower which inspired her fictional Chapel of the Rock – though in fact it’s actually a former coastguard lookout, known as Compass Point. There is something thought-provoking and soul-stirring, Julie recalls, about looking out through the tower’s narrow slit windows, and toward the endless sea beyond.

A lover of romance, English accents, Jane Eyre and anything by Jane Austen Julie Klassen worked in publishing for sixteen years; first in advertising, then as a fiction editor before becoming a full time fiction writer. Three of her books, The Maid of Fairbourne Hall, The Girl in the Gatehouse, and The Silent Governess have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. The Maid of Fairbourne Hall and The Girl in the Gatehouse also won a Midwest Book Award and The Silent Governess was a finalist in Romance Writers of America's RITA awards.

Julie graduated from the University of Illinois and enjoys travelling, researching her novels, watching BBC period dramas, taking long hikes, short naps, and coffee with friends. Julie and her husband have two sons and live near St. Paul, Minnesota.

Emma Smallwood, determined to help her widowed father when his boarding school fails, accompanies him to the cliff-top manor of a baronet and his four sons. But soon after they arrive and begin teaching the two younger boys, mysterious things begin to happen. Who does Emma hear playing the pianoforte at night, only to find the music room empty? And who begins sneaking into her bedchamber, leaving behind strange mementos?

The baronet's older sons, Phillip and Henry Weston, wrestle with problems--and secrets--of their own. They both remember the studious Miss Smallwood from their days at her father's academy. But now one of them finds himself unexpectedly drawn to her...

When suspicious acts escalate, can Emma figure out which brother to blame and which to trust with her heart?

Filled with page-turning suspense, The Tutor's Daughter takes readers to the windswept Cornwall coast - a place infamous for shipwrecks and superstitions - where danger lurks, faith is tested, and romance awaits.

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  • EC

    Eden Customer

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    When her father?s school fails, Emma Smallwood travels with him to Cornwall where he is to tutor the two youngest sons of a baronet. The two older brothers, Phillip and Henry, had attended her father?s school in the past, and Emma remembers the pranks that Henry used to play on her. Now, in Cornwall, someone is playing tricks on her again. At night, she hears a piano playing and someone screaming. Then she hears the story about the manor?s ghost. The family has secrets. If Emma can uncover them, will the pranks stop? VERDICT Well-developed characters, plot twists, and attention to period detail make this a sure bet for fans of Regency novels. A hint of romance will win Klassen (The Maid of Fairbourne Hall; The Silent Governess) readers who enjoy Catherine Palmer.

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    Eden Customer

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    Regency fans will thank Klassen (The Maid of Fairbourne Hall) once again for this lovely addition to the genre. The award-winning author offers adept plotting adorned with the historical details and landscapes that will satisfy and add to the Regency fan base. Emma Smallwood, daughter of tutor John Smallwood, finds a place for her dispirited father at Ebbington Manor, home to two former students. Their arrival, however, is less that auspicious. The Weston brothers?former students Henry and Phillip and current students Rowan and Julian?are embroiled in family drama along with their father and his second wife, the younger boys? mother, Lady Weston, and her ward Lizzie Henshaw. Emma discovers that secrets abound at Ebbington Manor, including mysterious music, nighttime visits, and outright threats. What are the Westons hiding? Might Emma be attracted to a Weston brother? Regency/Klassen fans will love the mystery, romance, and drama.