Mariana

The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she's at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason. As if Greywethers were a portal between worlds, she finds herself transported into seventeenth-century England, becoming Mariana, a young woman struggling against danger and treachery, and battling a forbidden love. Each time Julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past...until she realizes Mariana's life is threatening to eclipse her own, and she must find a way to lay the past to rest or lose the chance for happiness in her own time. Praise for Susanna Kearsley: 'I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters - historical fiction that pulls you in and won't let go!' Diana Gabaldon 'Kearsley has a poetic sensibility and a sense of mystery; she could write the modern Rebecca.' The Bookseller 'Evocative and romantic' Nicola Cornick 'Sometimes an author catches lightning in a bottle, and Susanna Kearsley does just that' New York Journal of Books 'A deeply engaging romance and a compelling historical novel...Susanna Kearsley has written a marvellous book.' Bernard Cornwell 'One of Canada's best historical fiction writers' The Globe and Mail 'Kearsley is nothing less than a magician weaving together the past and the present... utterly unputdownable' M J Rose 'A master storyteller' Leslie Howard