The Secret of Pembrooke Park, Julie Klassen
The Secret of Pembrooke Park, Julie Klassen
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The Secret of Pembrooke Park

Author: Julie Klassen

Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki

Unabridged: 18 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/02/2014


Synopsis

Abigail Foster is the practical daughter. She fears she will end up a spinster, especially as she has little dowry, and the one man she thought might marry her seems to have fallen for her younger, prettier sister.

Facing financial ruin, Abigail and her father search for more affordable lodgings, until a strange solicitor arrives with an astounding offer: the use of a distant manor house abandoned for eighteen years. The Fosters journey to imposing Pembrooke Park and are startled to find it
entombed as it was abruptly left: teacups encrusted with dry tea, moth-eaten clothes in wardrobes, a doll’s house left mid-play …

The handsome local curate welcomes them, but though he and his family seem acquainted with the manor’s past, the only information they offer is a stern warning: Beware trespassers drawn by rumors that Pembrooke Park contains a secret room filled with treasure.

This catches Abigail’s attention. Hoping to restore her family’s finances—and her dowry—Abigail looks for this supposed treasure. But eerie sounds at night and footprints in the dust reveal she isn’t the only one secretly searching the house.

Then Abigail begins receiving anonymous letters, containing clues about the hidden room and startling discoveries about the past.

As old friends and new foes come calling at Pembrooke Park, secrets come to light. Will Abigail find the treasure and love she seeks … or very real danger?

About Julie Klassen

Julie Klassen loves all things Jane Eyre and Jane Austen. Her books have sold over a million copies, and she is a three-time recipient of the Christy Award for Historical Romance. The Secret of Pembrooke Park was honored with the Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction. She has also won the Midwest Book Award and Christian Retailing’s Best Award and has been a finalist in the RITA and Carol Awards. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois, worked in publishing for sixteen years, and now writes full-time. For more information, visit www.julieklassen.com.


Reviews

Warning: stock your freezer with frozen pizzas because you won’t be feeding your family until you’ve finished this book. THE SECRET OF PEMBROOKE PARK is by far the finest to date of author Julie Klassen’s novels. Danger. Love. Intrigue. A mystery that will keep you guessing until the very end. You’ll......more

Goodreads review by Lyssa

I had mixed feelings about this book. I liked the setting, the nods to Jane Austen, and the mystery in general. The plot was very well done; I was very invested in unraveling it, and had no suspicions or theories as to true motives of any of the characters. However, a lot of William's and Abigail's a......more

Goodreads review by Jaime

Dear Ms. Klassen, my family has suffered because of you. Dinners of under-cooked garlic potatoes, bedtimes with muttered "hurry-ups", daggers glared at a chatty husband, and a jumpy wife and mother every time a strange creak, howl, moan, or crash breaks the silence of our otherwise un-haunted house. W......more

Goodreads review by Aerykah

460 pages? It's hard to believe that this book is really that long because I flew through it! My love of Jane Austen and Jane Eyre made Julie Klassen a quick favorite of mine and I have thoroughly enjoyed all of her books (except for The Dancing Master, the only one of hers that I haven't read). This......more

Goodreads review by Marlene

The Secret of Pembrooke Park by Julie Klassen is a Regency Christian mystery/suspense with some romance and a Gothic feel to it. Abigail's family has undergone a financial crisis, and she is taking the reigns of getting them newly settled at Pembrooke Park. Pembrooke Park is an impressive character......more