The Other Wife

After The Heights, a retelling of Wuthering Heights, the new novel of Juliet Bell,  the collaborative pen name of authors Janet Gover and Alison May, is all about Jane Eyre:

The Other Wife
by Juliet Bell
Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780008284503 (ebook)
ISBN: 9780008323011 (paperback)
November 2018 (ebook)
January 2019 (paperbook)

After a terrible childhood, Jane comes to Thornfield as nanny to the adorable Adele, watched over by the handsome and enigmatic Edward. Plain and inexperienced, Jane would never dream of being more than his hired help. But swept up in the dramatic beauty of the Outback, she finds herself drawn to Edward. And, to her surprise, he seems to return her feelings.
But Jane is not the first woman Edward has pledged to make mistress of Thornfield.
As a child, Betty was taken from her English home and sent for adoption in Australia. At first, no-one wanted her, deeming her hair too curly, and her skin too dark. Until the scheming Mr Mason sees a chance to use Betty to cement a relationship with the rich and powerful Rochester dynasty
When Jane discovers Betty’s fate, will she still want to be the next Mrs Rochester?