Julie Klassen loves all things Jane Jane Eyre and Jane Austen A graduate of the University of Illinois Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time Three of her books The Silent Governess The Girl in the Gatehouse and The Maid of Fairbourne Hall have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance She has also won the Midwest Book Award the Minnesota Book Award and Christian Retailing s BEST Award and been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America s RITA Awards and ACFW s Carol Awards She blogs at site_link and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St Paul Minnesota Julie Klassen loves all things Jane Jane Eyre and Jane Austen A graduate of the University of Illinois Julie worked in publishing for sixteen years and now writes full time Three of her books The Silent Governess The Girl in the Gatehouse and The Maid of Fairbourne Hall have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance She has also won the Midwest Book Award the Minnesota Book Award and Christian Retailing s BEST Award and been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America s RITA Awards and ACFW s Carol Awards She blogs at site_link and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St Paul Minnesota site_link Disgraced eldest sister Claire Summers has been living in exile as companion to a stern great aunt in Scotland About to become homeless and longing to be reconciled with her estranged family Claire answers an advertisement from someone looking for a respectable female partner in a Sidmouth boarding house Is it a sign or another reckless mistake When she meets the handsome secretive proprietor she wonders what he s hiding and if he s any trustworthy than the nobleman who betrayed her years ago Even as she is drawn to him she fears he will reject her when he discovers her genteel fa ade hides a less than respectable past. Meanwhile the Summers family learn their great aunt has died and Claire has disappeared without a word The sisters rally together to find their lost sibling but will their unexpected reunion heal old wounds and rekindle their bonds or widen the divide Return to the picturesque Devonshire coast as the Summers sisters navigate romance second chances and the enduring strength of sisterhood in the face of adversity The Seaside Homecoming On Devonshire Shores 3