Across a Starlit Sea

(A Gothic novel.)

Book II of The Highclyffe Hall Trilogy.
A Doubleday Book Club selection.
Winner of the Romantic Times
Reviewer's Choice Award
for Best Historical Gothic, 1989.
First published by Warner Books, August 1989.
ISBN: 0446351946.
Last reissued by Love Spell Books, January 2002.
ISBN: 0505524406.

Laura Prescott looked out into a future as bleak as the savage moors of Cornwall. The only daughter of a sea captain, Laura had been betrothed since childhood to her handsome cousin Jarrett Chandler, who would someday be master of Stormswept Heights. But it wasn't Jarrett who came to her in dreams; it was his impetuous younger brother Nicholas, whom she had loved for as long as she could remember. Jarrett, she hardly knew, and she thought him a proud, arrogant man who had little or no interest in her and, so, who would be happy to break off their betrothal. But Laura was wrong --- for when she told him of her desires, darkly brooding Jarrett not only flatly refused to release her, but also made it quite clear to her that he had only been waiting for her to come of age so he could claim her as his bride. Now, Laura must choose between Jarrett and Nicholas, only one of whom really loves her --- as she discovers one fateful, wild night on the shores of the starlit sea!

RAVES & REVIEWS

"Rebecca Brandewyne presents the reader once again with a superbly unfolding plot written in the first person and the larger-than-life characters who people her book....A magnificent and compelling read --- I simply could not put it down. This was a family acting out their lives as though each's presence on earth was the pivotal point of life and no one else mattered. Brandewyne makes it all gel together, giving her reader a superb reading feast!" ---Affaire de Coeur on Across a Starlit Sea

"Brandewyne's storytelling talents soon make the reader forget all but the drama in this gripping saga of a family divided against itself in mid-19th century England....Fanciers of Gothic romance will not be disappointed in these authentically limned characters who...must wrestle with demons of jealousy, violence, lust, and greed." ---Publishers Weekly on Across a Starlit Sea

"Brandewyne once again lures you into a fascinating world and unfolds a vivid story of vengeance, passion, and evil....The Brontë sisters would be proud of Ms. Brandewyne. She brilliantly captures the sensual and haunting aura of the classic Gothic in both writing style and brooding atmosphere. The complex characters and perfect degree of tension will delight readers...a Gothic fan's dream --- a masterpiece of suspense, romance, and literary achievement." ---Romantic Times on Across a Starlit Sea

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