The Heiress of Northanger Abbey

From the bestselling author of The Blue comes this sequel to Jane Austen’s beloved coming-of-age story with a Gothic twist.

Gloucestershire, 1820: Catherine Tilney is living a happily-ever-after twenty-two years later. But her busy life as a clergyman’s wife is shattered by a letter that resurrects her darkest fears. Her daughter Phoebe has fallen under the influence of the unscrupulous Thorpe family—the very figures who once nearly destroyed Catherine’s happiness.

Determined to protect her child from dangerous fortune hunters, Catherine follows Phoebe to an isolated manor on Dartmoor. There, she finds a landscape of reckless passions, family secrets, and a dangerously charming aristocratic neighbor. It all feels eerily like the plot of the latest Gothic sensation, The Vampyre — but is Catherine once again letting her imagination run wild?

The Heiress of Northanger Abbey is a story of mothers and daughters, deception and desire—and of a woman who must learn to trust her power of perception before it’s too late.

“Jane Austen’s most endearing heroine, Catherine Morland (now Tilney), returns for a thrilling new adventure in The Heiress of Northanger Abbey. Bilyeau crafts an elegant story that pays due homage both to Austen and the Gothic novel, and gives the reader a fascinating view into the future of some of Austen's most iconic characters. Don’t let this one pass you by!” — Vanessa Kelly, bestselling author of The Emma Knightley Mysteries