Portrait of a Girl

The year is 1866.
Josephine Lebrun, still only 16, is forced to earn her living by singing at the Golden Bird inn in Cornwall.
With her lovely voice, she captures the attention of Rupert Verne, the rich and powerful owner of the Kerrysmoor estate.
Rupert takes Josephine under his patronage, and brings her to live in the remote cottage of Tregonnis from where she travels to Truro to attend lessons with the great former opera singer Signor Luigi.
Her beauty and charm weave their magic on Rupert, bringing them dangerously close together, and under the suspicion of his distant and cold mother, Lady Verne.
Although Josephine is passionately in love with Rupert, life at Kerrysmoor is far from easy - secrets lie every where, and the grand house is cast in an ominous shadow.
As matter comes to a head, Josephine is driven away from Rupert and her home.
Will she manage to find her happy ending and marry Rupert?
Or will circumstances drive them apart forever?
‘Potrait of a Girl’ is a spell-binding Gothic romance set in the nineteenth century.