Netherford Hall

Love in Netherford, Book 1

By: Natania Barron

Narrated by: Hannah Curtis

Pride and Prejudice and Witches

After a mysterious fire at their home in Regency London displaces Gentlewitch Edith Rookwood and her now much-reduced family to their ancestral seat of Netherford Hall in Kent, she faces a new threat in the form of her tenant—the chaotic and lovely Poppy Brightwell.

The repairs on the old pile are prohibitive, Edith's standing is uncertain, and her inheritance has been challenged by a forgotten American branch of the family. It is clear she needs to marry, soon and wisely—but the lively girl from Harrow House gradually comes to occupy all of her thoughts.

As tenants, rivals, suitors, and enemies start to circle Netherford, and dark secrets about both women's pasts come to light, Edith and Poppy must confront what it means to fight for love and family, and to be their authentic selves.

©2024 Natania Barron (P)2024 Tantor

Your new gentlewitch obsession

OK, we've obviously got more to see in this world, but it's more like Downton Abbey meets witches than it is Bridgerton meets witches. Though yes it is a little of that, too. Imagine if you will, a derelict country house, long forgotten save an absolutely bare caretaking staff. Once, it provided the central economic and social gravity of the entire area, but the lordly family had long since packed up for London. Now, though, their London house burns to the ground, and the surviving gentlewitch returns to this country estate to start over. Yes, I said gentlewitch -- in the world of Netherford witches are high society families. We have some wonderful characters here, from the majordomo to the dress-maker in town, to the more rough and tumble tavern owners, to some really, really fascinating takes on high society vampires. Toss in another huge subplot of a formerly ostracized branch of the family returning from exile to claim Netherford Hall, and the house itself may have a mind of its own...