The Emerald Shadows of Sea Cliff House

by Jane Toombs

Orphaned at an early age, Esma Drake had long relied on the kindness of others. Thus, when she was asked to act as a nurse and companion to fragile young Alisette Nikolai, Esma readily accepted the offer. Her arrival at Sea Cliff House, however, filled her with sudden dread as she saw the mansion's perch high atop the sea cliffs. Would she never escape the frightening memories and the lonely sound of the pounding, roiling surf?However, Esma soon found comfort in little Alisette's eager welcome and happily settled into the manor's daily routine. But that early contentment was quickly shattered by the unexpected return of Alisette's father, believed to have been lost at sea. Esma felt herself drawn to the darkly handsome captain, whose loss of memory had left him without a past or a future; yet she struggled to resist her growing attraction to this strange and secretive man for she feared what it would mean for her own uncertain future.

Genres: Gothic, Gothic Romance

320 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1991

About the author

Jane was born in California, raised in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, has returned "home" to live in the beautiful Upper Peninsula on the shore of Lake Superior--with the Viking from her past. Jane has five children, two stepchildren, seven grandchildren, a calico cat named Kinko and two computers.

She's the author of over seventy published books, both in paper and electronic. These include the various romance genres--gothic, suspense, contemporary, historical, Regency and paranormal--as well as other genres such as mystery, fantasy and horror. Jane has used pseudonyms--Ellen Jamison, Diana Stuart, Olivia Sumner--but is now writing under her own name except for her Zebra/Pinnacle romances for which she uses Jane Anderson.

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

A rather mediocre Gothic with some unnecessary sex scenes and a weird sort of incest relationship. Even though I guessed the guy would turn out to not really be her brother, she still continued to lust over him even when she thought he was , which was a real put off for me. I'll pass on anymore Gothics by Jane Toombs.