Jane Vows Vengeance - A Novel

Zusatztext "Ford has another winner...Hilarious one-line zingers...and an entertaining cast of zombies! ghosts! and vampires." -- Publishers Weekly! starred review "If you want to read a series about vampires that will keep you giggling while you read! then you have got to check out this series." -- Sookie Stackhouse Books “It’s impossible not to love Ford’s sharp-witted! sharp-fanged Jane Austen.”—Seth Grahame-Smith! author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies " Ford’s final book in the trilogy is nicely connected with characters and ideas to the previous books! but it can also be read as a stand-alone...The key elements of a charmingly reluctant vampire! supportive friends! and flashes of brilliance offset by poor undead life-skills remain in full force."-- Library Journal "This fun and frothy series will appeal to fans of Jasper Fforde’s literary mashups (The Eyre Affair! 2002) as well as Austen fans who like a dose of vampires (Steven Hockensmith's Dawn of the Dreadfuls! 2010)." -- Booklist "This fang-in-cheek book with its quirky sense of humor and enjoyable characters is a pleasing addition to the paranormal world. Ford's writing is a real treat." -- Parkersburg News & Sentinel "[A] fun! humorous! and enjoyable trilogy . . .Trust me when I say how fun these books are." --Reads From the Field Informationen zum Autor Michael Thomas Ford Klappentext How will Jane Austen break the news to her fiancé that she's not only undead! but also a two-hundred-plus-year-old literary icon? In sleepy upstate New York! Jane's wedding preparations have taken on a bloodsucking intensity. So when Walter suggests they ditch it all and combine their marriage and honeymoon with a house tour of Europe! Jane jumps at the chance to flee Lord Byron and the lingering threat of Charlotte Brontë. But to Jane's chagrin! more than one secret from her past is about to resurface. From an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery to a wedding interrupted by the ghosts of the Princes in the Tower to a shocking revelation about Walter's mother! nothing about this trip is less than pure mayhem. And when a chance encounter puts Jane on the trail of a legendary device reputed to restore a vampire's human soul! will our beloved heroine finally be able to vow her love and devotion-or will a vampire hunter's vengeance drive a stake through her eternal life? Chapter 1 Brakeston, New York “What about this one?” Jane glanced at the magazine Lucy was holding up, opened to a picture of a bride standing in a field of daisies. The bride wore a sheath-style dress of ivory silk and a birdcage veil to which was affixed a huge pale yellow gardenia. Not far behind her stood a Holstein cow, gazing at the camera with a disinterested look. Jane grimaced. “I don’t think I have the upper arms for that,” she said. “Of course you do,” scoffed Lucy. “Well, with a little work you could.” Jane ignored her best friend. “Why would a bride go tromping around in a field of cows?” she said irritably. “If there’s any train at all on that dress, she’s going to drag it right through a pile of—” “It’s one cow,” Lucy said wearily. “And it’s a photo shoot for a fashion magazine, not an article in National Geographic. Get a grip.” Jane sighed, closing the magazine she was paging through and tossing it onto the pile of them covering the top of the kitchen table. “It’s just that they’re all starting to blur together. Cap sleeves. Bateau necklines. Basque waists. Mermaid this and sweetheart that and princess whatever. It’s maddening.” Lucy picked up another magazine. “Victorian Bride,” she read, looking at the cover. She glanced at Jane. “Really?” Jane chewed the nail on her left index finger. “I grabbed everything they had,” she replied. “I think I have wedding sickness.” Eight months had passed since ...

Product details

• Authors: Michael Thomas Ford, Michael Thomas Ford
• Publisher: Ballantine
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2012
• EAN: 9780345513670
• ISBN: 978-0-345-51367-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 131 mm x 202 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Jane Fairfax; Jane Fairfax
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature