I could not put this book down and when I did, because it ended, I was crying because the writing was so beautiful. It was as though the Brontë sisters had walked out from the pages of one of their own books. Stephanie Cowell has written a masterpiece about the women who wrote masterpieces like Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, and Agnes Grey. I imagined I could reach out and touch them, feel the wind of those magical moors on my face, hear the love in their voices for each other, and believe in the Man in the Stone Cottage who may have been in Emily’s make-believe world, but who seemed so real to me as well as to her. This is surely Cowell’s best book yet.

- Anne Easter Smith, author of A Rose for the Crown and This Son of York

A mesmerizing and heartrending novel of sisterhood, love, and loss in Victorian England. The author's lyrical prose, rich with period detail, invites the reader to lose themselves on the moors and amid the waking dreams of the Brontë sisters. A poignant and fresh take on some of the most famous female authors in history. I couldn't put it down.”

- Heather Webb, USA Today and International bestselling author of Queens of London

The Man in the Stone Cottage is an exquisitely written novel that about the people, events, and the lonely and haunted landscape that shaped the lives of the Brontë sisters. But it is much more than a biographical novel. The genius of the book lies in its dreamlike exploration of Emily and Charlotte Brontë’s imaginations. I have twice visited the Brontë Parsonage Museum at Haworth, and even experienced the Yorkshire moors during a chilling fog; reading Stephanie Cowell’s book was the best journey of all.”

- Katherine Kirkpatrick, author of To Chase the Golden Hours

The Man in the Stone Cottage is a luminous tour de force. The elusive man of Cowell’s title may be part spirit and part flesh, but his presence adds mystery to this elegant, heartbreaking novel that sheds new light on two iconic literary figures.

- Susan Dormady Eisenberg, author of One More Seat at the Round Table

Cowell breathes life into these two extraordinary Brontë sisters. The tone is bittersweet. The love and support of the sisters for one another is keenly felt. The novel provides a window into the hearts and minds of these brilliant writers and then expands upon what is known with an imaginative look at what could have been.

- Susan Coventry, author of Till Taught by Pain

The Man in the Stone Cottage is yet another exquisite novel by the amazing Stephanie Cowell.

The novel is the story of the Brontë sisters; who can resist? Stephanie tells their stories with fidelity to history, but especially to vibrancy of the lives of this amazing family of writers. A novel to treasure. You will love it!

- Sandra Guilland, author of the Josephine B. Trilogy.

The Man in the Stone Cottage is a passionate imagining of the complex relationships of the Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne. Their devotion to each other and their elderly parson father contrast richly with the secrets they keep from one another and even themselves.

- Judith Lindbergh, author of Almaral and The Thrall’s Tale

With The Man in the Stone Cottage, Stephanie Cowell asks what is real and what is imagined and then masterfully guides her readers on a journey of deciding for themselves. Along the way, her lyrical prose brings three exceptional sisters—Emily, Charlotte and Anne Brontë—to vivid, aching life as they struggle to write the masterworks that will keep them from the poorhouse and to find the love that will mend their broken hearts.

- Cathy Marie Buchanan, author of The Painted Girls, The Day the Falls Stood Still, and Daughter of Black Lake

Very few authors possess the magical ability of Stephanie Cowell to travel back in time and so wonderfully conjure up the past for us. The Brontës come alive in this beautiful, poignant, elegant and so very readable tale. Just exquisite.

- NYT bestseller, M.J. Rose

A tender treatment of literature's most-loved heroines.

- Finola Austin, author of Brontë’s Mistress

To market THE MAN IN THE STONE COTTAGE (a novel of the Brontës), Stephanie Cowell will be reaching out broadly to the worldwide Brontë community and 19th century literature groups as well as touring libraries and bookshops in the New York tri-state area and other parts of America and England. She has a large personal mailing list of readers and a large network on social media. For earlier books, Stephanie has had wonderful reviews from many major venues and will contact them again. She will have a Bookstagram campaign, advertisements and boosts on Facebook, TikTok, podcasts, and a blog tour. She will visit many book clubs virtually or in person.