TIME'S ECHO: a captivating historical time slip set in Elizabethan England
Pamela Hartshorne 'Hartshorne weaves her own bit of magic with this bewitching tale.' Northern EchoTwo women. Four centuries apart. One haunting truth.York, 1577. Hawise Aske smiles at a stranger — then finds herself drowned as a witch.Four and a half centuries later, Grace Trewe arrives in York to settle her late godmother’s affairs. But instead of closure, she is plunged into a haunting mystery. Her godmother had dabbled in the occult and raised a Hawise, who believes she failed her daughter centuries ago.As Grace begins to experience strange visions and vivid dreams, the past starts bleeding into the present. Suddenly, she is no longer herself but Hawise — a young servant girl desperate to protect her daughter in a cruel and superstitious world.Alone and vulnerable, Grace must navigate the brutal realities and danger of Elizabethan York to uncover secrets that could change everything she thought she knew about herself and the city she calls home.Caught between two worlds and two lives, she must reveal the truth behind Hawise’s story to change the course of history — before time catches up with her.Time’s Echo is a richly atmospheric tale weaving history and the present perfect for fans of Diana Gabaldon, Barbara Erskine and Susanna Kearsley, Kate Moss and Philippa Gregory.READERS LOVE TIME'S ECHO:'It is set in Tudor York, which is a glorious evocative setting. And if you love history, romance and ghosts, you'll love this.' Deborah Swift, bestselling author.'A superbly haunting time-tripping story.' Peterborough Telegraph⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I thoroughly enjoyed Ms Hartshorne's writing style and found it quite similar to that of Barbara Erskine.' Sunshadow41⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Time's Echo one of those rare finds that you want to keep on your book shelf in order to reread and discover all over again.' jaffrareadstoo⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I really, really loved this and will happily read anything else Pamela Hartshorne cares to write.' Yellerbelly⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This is a wonderfully written novel.' BookaholicAfter a varied career including stints as a foreign-news desk secretary, cook on an outback cattle station, production assistant and expedition interpreter, Pamela Hartshorne stumbled into writing as a way of funding a PhD in Medieval Studies. For the past twenty years she has been able to combine her historical research with an award-winning career as a romance writer, and is now also a writing tutor and freelance project editor. She lives in York.
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