I read this to review it as a possible choice for my son's 8th grade history class project. It is easily read, full of cultural etiquette for the time period, and based on real people. His class project was to read a historical fiction book and I thought the paranormal angle might capture his int...
She lay in bed and examined the ring through her tears, running her fingers over the worn gold band and the three diamonds set in it. He hadn’t wanted to give it to her. It was one thing for Verity to worry that promising marriage to Nathaniel McClure had been a mistake. But it was crushing to im...
I shed tears on the journey but resolved to demonstrate an improved temperament upon arrival at the Turner house. Susannah Turner and her husband had been good to me and did not deserve the brunt of my ill temper. Besides, I told myself, it was only for six months more. &n...
She came out of her closet-bedroom yawning and rubbing her eyes, wearing shorts and an old T-shirt of Riley’s. Seeing her dressed like that, with the too-large shirt hanging almost to her knees, reminded Jax of something he couldn’t put his finger on. “What’s happened?” she asked when she spotted...
She ran her hands along the silky, translucent walls and peered out at the park. Tegan might’ve still been standing where they left her, but if she was, they couldn’t see her. “It’s another timeline?” Evangeline asked. “It’s outside of time, according to my cousin Dorian.” Jax took Evangeline’s h...