Time-slip
Stravaganza: City of Swords
This time-slip historical fantasy, the sixth in the Stravaganza series, moves between 21st-century London and 16th-century Italy, a country of…
Maiden from the Sea
Seventeenth-century historical, time-slip, paranormal, castaway narrative – Maiden from the Sea is a novel that defies easy categorization. The main…
The History Keepers: The Storm Begins
The first volume of this fantasy series introduces Jake Djones, providing a fresh angle on time-slip novels. When his parents…
Mistress of the Temple
This is Dorothy Eady’s story– a woman who had her life once described in The New York Times as “one…
A Breath of Eyre
A Breath of Eyre, a young adult novel, opens with a sad sweet-sixteen party showing us Emma Townsend’s lack of…
Mariana
For fans of time travel and reincarnation-themed historical fiction, this 1993 Catherine Cookson Fiction Award winner will be excitedly welcomed…
A Light on the Veranda
Daphne Duvallon must choose whether to play harp at her brother’s wedding in Natchez, Tennessee, or in her chamber ensemble’s…
Blackmore’s Treasure
Editors' choice
I am a fan of Barbara Erskine’s time slip novels—and this is a superb equivalent for younger readers, boys especially,…
Betrayal
Lydia Hamilton is a hospital office worker in present-day Canada, secure, grounded, in love—and tormented at night by vivid dreams…
Overseas
Editors' choice
I loved this book. It rates as one of the best romantic novels I’ve read. Not only does Beatriz Williams…
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