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 wife, 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 with Rupert?

Or will circumstances drive them apart forever?

‘Potrait of a Girl’ is a spell-binding Gothic romance set in the nineteenth century.

“Mrs Williams is a skillful scene-setter, and piles up her bricks of fear with a malevolent daintiness which makes her final climax more fearful.” The Times

Mary Williams was born in Leicestershire and attended Leicester College of Art where she trained as an illustrator. During a varied and colourful life she wrote and illustrated children’s programmes for BBC Wales and worked as a newspaper columnist. She has written many bestselling Cornish romances including ‘The Velvet Glove and ‘An Inconvenient Affair’.

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