New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale offers up mystery, romance, and lots of fun in the second book in the Austenland series.When Charlotte Kinder treats herself to a two-week vacation at Austenland, she happily leaves behind her ex-husband and his delightful new wife, her ever-grateful children, and all the rest of her real life in America. She dons a bonnet and stays at a country manor house that provides an immersive Austen experience, complete with gentleman actors who cater to each guest's Austen fantasies.Everyone at Pembrook Park is playing a role, but Charlotte isn't sure where roles end and reality begins. And as the parlor games turn menacing, she finds she needs more than a good corset to keep herself safe. Is the brooding Mr. Mallery as sinister as he seems? What is Miss Gardenside's mysterious ailment? Was that an actual dead body in the secret attic room? And could the stirrings in Charlotte's heart be a sign of real-life love?Revised and updated for today's romance reader, this addictive, charming, and entirely delightful series brings out the Jane Austen obsessive in all of us.