It will lay her bare as no portraitist has done before. Then there is Cad, the handsome second son whose reputation is impeccable in business, but scandalous in everything else.ĭrawn by friendship, ensnared by lust, Dita uncovers a sordid tangle of murder, desire and madness. There is Tynan, the kindly Earl, Lucia, his capable wife, handsome, volatile Eddie and sweet, sheltered sister Eleanor. A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date, genre, and rating. Dita struggles to decipher the Jago family. Series list: Otherworld (3 Books) by Jane Godman. The fresh-hewn stone, however, cannot absorb the blood of centuries or quiet the echoes of past crimes. On the grim Cornish coast, from the ashes of a ruined castle rises the Jagos’ sumptuous new manor house. As deceptions go, it is innocent compared with what is to come. The charade is a favor to Dita’s best friend, Eddie Jago, a dissolute painter, and the aforementioned heir. But now she’s not so much striking a pose as playing a role, as fiancée to the next Earl of Athal. In the artistic circles of 1860s Paris she is known as the Divine Dita, Montmartre’s most sought-after nude model. If she remains within the bloodstained castle walls, with their history of ill-starred passion and madness, a mere broken heart will seem a blessing. Tynan is utterly different from his uncle, Uther, whose seductive, leonine power radiates from his every word and gesture.īetween them the two Jago men have innocent Lucy enthralled-mind, body and soul. The young Earl of Athal is handsome and poetic yet tortured, like his father before him. Within its embrace Lucy is drawn into friendship with Tynan Jago. The ancient Cornish castle, known locally as Tenebris, is a dark monument to the family’s history and secrets. But Lucy’s initial gratitude at Lady Demelza Jago’s benevolence soon gives way to unease. Orphaned and penniless after her father’s death in India, Lucy Alleyne is forced to accept a post as companion to an elderly lady until a distant relative spirits her away to Castle Athal on the Cornish coast. It is 1837 and the young Queen Victoria has just ascended the English throne.

Otherworld Protector by Jane Godman