The release date for the English version of 'The Wife Upstairs' by
Rachel Hawkins is Jan 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Fans of B.A. Paris and Megan Miranda will love The Wife Upstairs, a delectable take on a Gothic classic that combines Southern charm with evocative home tension.
Introducing Jane. Jane is a broke dog walker who just moved to Birmingham, Alabama. She lives in the gated enclave of Thornfield Estates, which is home to bored housewives, McMansions, and flashy SUVs. It's the type of location where no one will notice if Jane steals jewellery and trinkets from her wealthy clientele's side tables. where nobody will question if Jane is her true name.
However, when she meets Eddie Rochester, her luck turns around. Eddie, the most enigmatic inhabitant of Thornfield Estates, just become a widow. In a boating disaster, his wife Bea and her closest friend perished, their corpses submerged under the waves. In addition to being attractive, wealthy, and moody, Eddie may also be able to provide Jane with the type of security she has always desired. This gives Jane cause to see an opportunity in him.
However, as Jane and Eddie grow to love one another, Jane finds herself tormented more and more by the myth of Bea—an aspirational beauty who rose from poverty to fame by creating a very popular southern lifestyle brand. How on earth is simple Jane going to measure up? Can she win Eddie's love before she gets caught up in her past or his?
The woman Upstairs turns a classic story of forbidden passion, foolish desire, and a woman who simply won't stay buried on its head with delicious suspense, sharp humour, and a new, feminist perspective. Which Mrs. Rochester will find her happy ending in this colourful retelling of one of the most tangled love triangles in literature?