The Silent Touch of Shadows [electronic resource]
Courtenay, Christina2012
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Professional geneaologist Melissa Grantham receives an invitation to visit her family's ancestral home, Ashleigh Manor. From the moment she arrives, life-like dreams and visions haunt her. The spiritual connection to a medieval young woman and her forbidden lover have her questioning her sanity, but Melissa is determined to solve the mystery. Jake Precy, owner of a nearby cottage, has disturbing dreams too, but it's not until he meets Melissa that they begin to make sense. He hires her to research his family's history, unaware their lives are already entwined. Is the mutual attraction real or the result of ghostly interference? Melissa slowly uncovers the tale of her ancestor Sibell's love for handsome knight, Sir Roger. Promised to another man, Sibell defies her domineering father to be with Roger. But does Roger keep his vow to be with Sibell for eternity? Melissa desperately needs to find out...
Main title:
The Silent Touch of Shadows [electronic resource] / Christina Courtenay
Author:
Courtenay, Christina, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Choc Lit Limited, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Christina lives in London and is married with two children. Although born in England she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden. In her teens the family moved to Japan where she had the opportunity to travel extensively in the Far East. Christina is Vice Chairman of the Romantic Novelists' Association. She won the Elizabeth Goudge Trophy for a historical short story in 2001 and the Katie Fforde Bursary for a promising new writer in 2006. Her debut, Trade Winds was short listed for the Romantic Novelists' Association's Pure Passion Award of Best Historical Fiction 2011. The Scarlet Kimono won the Big Red Read Award 2011. In 2012 Highland Storms won the Best Historical Romantic Novel of the year award (RoNA).
ISBN:
9781906931995
Language:
English
BRN:
2308514