The Silent Touch of Shadows
Professional genealogist 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,...
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Professional genealogist 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.What will it take to put the past to rest?Jack 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 influence?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...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781906931766 (1906931763)
Publish date: July 7th 2012
Publisher: Choc Lit
Pages no: 323
Edition language: English
At once I knew, this could not end well. Ok so not Melissa, but the other story. If there is a ghost there can't be happiness and I raced to see what had happened.The book is two stories in one. First we have Melissa, a single mother trying to get by. A history lover (and this made me like her even ...
(This story is based on a real house and a real ghost)The scene in the Prologue is so descriptive I could feel the restless energy of the past! A brilliant start to what underpins the whole story.Chapter One finds us in present day Kent as Melissa and daughter Jolie are arriving at Ashleigh Manor. ...