The Wife Upstairs (CD only) (CD only)

From a New York Times bestselling author, The Wife Upstairs is a delicious, commercial twist on Jane Eyre, reimagined as contemporary domestic suspense, and perfect for fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda.
Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, broke and relying on the kindness of near-strangers, Jane is a dog-walker in Thornfield Estates—a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane supplements her meager income by lifting the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will even think to ask whether Jane is her real name.

But her luck changes when Jane meets Eddie­ Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is Thornfield Estates’ most talked-about resident. His wife, Bea, drowned in a boating accident with her best friend, their bodies lost to the deep. Jane can’t help but see an opportunity in Eddie—not only is he rich, brooding, and handsome, he could also offer her the kind of protection she’s always yearned for. The kind of protection she needs.

But as Jane and Eddie begin to fall for each other, Jane is increasingly haunted by the legend of his late wife Bea, an ambitious beauty with a rags-to-riches origin story, who reinvented herself as the founder of a wildly successful southern lifestyle brand. How can she, plain Jane, the before to Bea’s after, ever measure up? And can she win Eddie’s heart before her past—or his—catches up to her?

With delicious suspense, incisive wit, and a fresh, feminist sensibility, The Wife Upstairs reimagines Jane Eyre—that timeless tale of forbidden romance, ill-advised attraction, and a wife who just won’t stay buried—for the modern day, flipping the script on Bronte’s classic. In this vivid reimagining of one of literature’s most twisted love triangles, which Mrs. Rochester will get her happy ending?