Rose, Rose Where Are You?

To academic Clare Trafford, working on a biography of Joan and Arc, the

charming French coastal town of Port St Pierre, where Joan was briefly

imprisoned on her way to her death in Rouen, seems like the perfect place to

work and continue her research. It is also remote enough to allow her to sort

out her thoughts about her own crumbling marriage to a fellow academic in

England. Dominating the town and overlooking the bay is the Chateau des

Moulins home of an aristocratic French family, the de Frigecourts, who seem

plagued by misfortune. When Clare discovers that the estate is built on the

site of Saint Joan’s prison and that the de Frigecourts are direct descendents

of the Burgundian dukes who sold Joan to the English, an ancient curse which

she had dismissed as legend slowly seems to becoming deadly fact.

Clare is drawn into the family circle and is intrigued by the similarity of

the children’s mysterious governess, Jeanne, to her namesake Joan of Arc.

Enchanted by the family and also attracted by the children’s handsome father,

Laurent, Clare discovers that her own destiny has become inextricably

entangled with the curse of the martyred saint and the family she has

befriended. A terrifying sequence of inexplicable events eventually threaten

her own life and those around her.

‘A captivating French seaside Gothic romance with supernatural overtones …

history, spookiness and suspense.’

Publishers Weekly

‘A Gothic romance with a difference; its tension and terrors are far from

imaginary. Nicola Thorne gives us a believable, flesh-and-blood heroine, face

to face with unbelievable perils which seemingly have no flesh-and-blood

foundation. A skillful blend of natural and supernatural menace which should

mystify and satisfy her fans.’

Robert Block author of Psycho

‘I’ve always been a pushover for stories about Joan of Arc. Rose, Rose, Where

Are you? opened up a new area for me. A tale of Burgundian curses and

treasures is told in a new refreshing voice. Clare Trafford,

biographer/amateur detective, is as brash in following the many turns and

twists of the plot, as she is unorthodox in romance.’

Cecelia Bartholomew author of Outrun the Dark