Monday 28 May 2012

PROMOTIONAL SPOTLIGHT - JESSAMINE BY EUGENIA O'NEAL




BLURB from Goodreads


Jessamine tells the story of Grace Hylton, an African-American, who arrives on the Caribbean island of St. Crescens full of doubts about her husband’s political aspirations, doubts about her marriage and doubts about the wisdom of relocating. Her native-born husband, Julian, has lived most of his adult life in the States but has come back to St. Crescens, determined to pull his country out of the cauldron of corruption, nepotism and crime into which the leading political dynasty has taken it.

An architect by training, Julian buys and restores Jessamine, an old Great House. What the Hyltons don’t know is that Jessamine is home to the ghost of Arabella Adams who lived there as a governess during the late 1800s.

Jessamine is told from the alternating viewpoints of the two women – both foreigners, both married to local men. An old injustice binds them across the century that separates them, but can Grace discover its roots before St. Crescens is plunged into violence and chaos?


2 comments:

  1. This sounds like a great book. The cover is kinda creepy!!

    New follower here (:

    Chelsey@Charming Chelsey's

    ReplyDelete
  2. I haven't had time to read the book yet, though it is on my list. I agree with you on the cover it certainly hints at darkness and being a little creepy! Welcome to my blog Chelsey!

    ~ Jeanz

    ReplyDelete