So begins this thrilling and clever reimagining of Charlotte Brontë's beloved classic Jane Eyre. While Ms. Jane Steele has a bit of a wicked side, as she confesses with no small degree of shame, she always acts with a twinkling eye and a noble heart. Jane must keep her wits sharp and her resolve strong as she encounters intriguing gents, sordid louts, and dicey situations in and around London in the mid-nineteenth century. She grows from a sensitive young girl who is all on her own to an eminently clever and capable woman - who happens to be a serial killer. A beautiful balance of adventure, dark deeds, and romance, this extremely entertaining and emotionally satisfying novel is epic in scope and intimate in detail, and the prose is sumptuously pleasing.