Sleeping Evie: Lady Goosebury's Tales

Written by Jessica Cale

Narrated by Rooke Kingston

When Evie Henshawe agreed to sit as an artist’s model for the eccentric Marquess of Ashcombe, she was expecting to lose her clothes and her reputation. She wasn’t counting on losing her mind—or her heart. As a second son, Ash was never meant to be a marquess. Bookish, circumspect, and devoted to his art, he’s a visionary, not a landlord. Horrified by the realities of the Industrial Revolution, he buries himself in the past and uses his resources to build a Gothic Revival Camelot in north London, a place where he can disappear into his dreams. He plans to do exactly that—until Evie comes to wake him up.

An out-of-work seamstress sleeping rough in Highgate Cemetery, Evie is the last person who should turn Ash’s head. Having lost her fiancé and most of her friends to Paris Green, all she has left are her looks, a dark sense of humor, and a laudanum habit. Modeling is a job like any other, but she’s never met a man quite like Ash.

Through art, history, and volatile chemistry, this odd couple soon discovers they’re kindred spirits, but things at the castle aren’t as perfect as they seem. Ash has a secret that might just send Evie back to Highgate. Is there a way forward for the artist and his muse, or will his circumstances turn their dream into a nightmare?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Mar 7, 2023
• ISBN: 9781094452241

Jessica Cale

Jessica Cale is a romance author, editor, and historian based in North Carolina. Originally from Minnesota, she lived in Wales for several years where she earned a BA in History and an MFA in Creative Writing while climbing castles and photographing mines for history magazines. She kidnapped (“married”) her very own British prince (close enough) and is enjoying her happily ever after with him in a place where no one understands his accent. She is the editor of Dirty, Sexy History and you can visit her at www.dirtysexyhistory.com.

Reviews for Sleeping Evie

[Meg Blanchet · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Another terrific book by Jessica cale! Only this time, it is red beautifully!!

[Natale Michaud · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Big business not caring about the little people, their workers. A hateful mad woman who only cares about money. Artists, orgies, opium and of course Love.
It is a slow book, but a good story.

[O’Brien Family · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is an awesome book no boring parts and no wimpy females that do the wrong thing all the time because they don’t say or do what they want!

[Victoria Moore · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Unusual book because it was about rich artists using drugs and poor people dying at the factories and mines. I liked the love story and main heroes who were healed from their grief and found happiness. It was slow burn but there was a plot twist at the end.

[Sam Ashish · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Storyline is fine but the narrator nearly put me to sleep, so slooooww and monotone zzzzzzz