Left alone in the world after her father’s death, Sara was glad to accept her ‘aunt’ Harriet’s invitation to become her companion. But Emma soon found there were problems – and the biggest of these was the enigmatic Jude. Just who was he, and what was his relationship to her aunt? Certainly they seemed very close – yet for much of the time Jude seemed as a contemptuous of Harriet as he was of everyone else. So perhaps it was not the wisest thing for Emma to feel more and more attracted to him…