Series editors' general introduction -- Foreword / by Dain Borges -- Esau and Jacob / Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis -- Counselor Aires and his moviola : an afterword / by Carlos Felipe MoisΓ©s -- Editor's notes / by Dain Borges.;Esau and Jacob is the last of Machado de Assis's four great novels. At
The Ghost and Jacob Moorhead
β Scribed by Jeanne Savery
- Publisher
- Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc.
- Year
- 2013;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1419913212
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Blush: This is a suggestive romance (love scenes are not graphic).
Book 1 in The Ghost and Romance series.
Verity Tomlinson, the daughter of the late Earl of Everston's son and his housekeeper's sister, feels as if she is neither fish nor fowl. It certainly would not be proper to wed the late earl's heir and she will not become his mistress.
But it is not certain Jacob Moorhead will inherit. Only if he gives up his rakish life in London and lives for a year on the estate in the wilds of Yorkshire will the Hall become his.
While Jacob does his best to contravene none of the requirements for inheriting, he also has to deal with the sprightly ghost of the deceased earl who has very clear notions on how Jacob should -- or should not -- live his life. To complicate matters further, the earl's eccentric daughter is in great danger as a result of her last adventure overseas.
All in all, a happy outcome for Verity and Jacob, the most fervent wish of the ghostly...
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