Shadows In The Ashes The Breathtaking New Dual - Time Novel From The Author Of Echoes Of The Runes

Binding: Paperback
Description: Brimming with romance adventure and vivid historical detail Christina Courtenay's gripping dual - time novel travels from the present day to the fires of ancient Pompeii. Shadows IN THE Ashes paints a vivid picture of life in two very different timeframes and as the stories unfold we see how the themes of life and love change little with the centuries. Fast - paced and thrilling! Sarah Maine author of THE House Between Tides . .. .. .. . The sunlight caught her gold bracelet sending a flash that almost blinded her. She closed her eyes but jumped when the earth started shaking and there was an almighty boom behind her. Present Day Finally escaping an abusive marriage Caterina Rossi takes her three - year - old daughter and flees to Italy. There she's drawn to research scientist Connor who needs her translation help for his work on volcanology. Together they visit the ruins of Pompeii and standing where Mount Vesuvius unleashed its fire on the city centuries before Cat begins to see startling visions. Visions that appear to come from the antique bracelet handed down through her family's generations. AD 79 Sold by his half - brother and enslaved as a gladiator in Roman Pompeii Raedwald dreams only of surviving each fight making the coin needed to return to his homeland and taking his revenge. That is until he is hired to guard beautiful Aemilia. As their forbidden love grows Raedwald's dreams shift like the ever more violent tremors of the earth beneath his feet. The present starts eerily to mirror the past as Cat must fight to protect her safety and to forge a new path from the ashes of her old life . .. .. .. .. .. Just some of the rich praise for Christina Courtenay's pacy evocative and romantic novels including Echoes of the Runes The Runes of Destiny and Promises of the Runes: I've been looking forward to this book and it far exceeded my hopes and expectations. Romantic fascinating and gripping it's one of my favourites of the series Nicol a Cornick As a reader I was delighted and absorbed accompanying Ivor on his quest to the 9th Century. Courtenay writes so beautifully drawing you in to each scene that time and pages slip by effortlessly ERIN Green Whenever I need a break from the Twenty - First Century I read one of Christina Courtenay's novels SUE Moorcroft I wonder if I too can find a way to travel back in time If not reading this book was the next best thing GILL Stewart Seals Christina Courtenay's crown as the Queen of Viking Romance Catherine Miller This epic romance is sure to sweep you off your feet! TAKE A Break An absorbing story fast - paced and vividly imagined Pamel a Hartshorne A love story and an adventure all rolled up inside a huge amount of intricately - detailed well - researched history. Thoroughly enjoyable Kathleen Mcgurl
Title: Shadows In The Ashes The Breathtaking New Dual - Time Novel From The Author Of Echoes Of The Runes
Author(s): Courtenay Christina
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Barcode: 9781472293220
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 1/18/2024
Category: Historical Romance