The Silent Touch of Shadows

Lose yourself in the spellbinding tale of two women from the same family, separated by 600 years, but their fates no less intertwined.A love that echoes through the ages . . .After genealogist Melissa Grantham’s marriage falls apart, she escapes to her family’s ancestral home in Kent.But from the moment she arrives at Ashleigh Manor, vivid dreams of a young couple in love from the fourteenth century haunt her.Before she can dismiss them as nothing more than her imagination, Melissa meets a handsome stranger who lives in a nearby cottage. The same man from her dreams.Melissa feels a burning attraction to Jake, but can she really trust her feelings, or are they merely caused by a love so strong it has echoed through generations . . .And how are they tied to the 600-year-old tragedy locked away within the looming shadow of Ashleigh Manor?Winner of the 2012 Best Historical Read award from the Festival of Romance.Fans of Barbara Erskine, Susanna Kearsley, Irina Shapiro or Kirsty Ferry will be utterly spellbound by this absorbing and addictive timeslip romance with rich and vivid historical detail, set between the present and the Wars of the Roses.Praise for Christina Courtenay:‘Sometimes, you read a book and feel that it touches you so deeply. This is what The Silent Touch of Shadows did for me.’‘I was thinking about them when not reading the book, this is how much the characters got inside my head.’‘The characters jumped out of the page.’‘I unhesitatingly recommend A Silent Touch of Shadows on every front.’‘Will stay with me for a long time.’‘Courtenay draws the reader in with her vivid storytelling.’ALSO BY CHRISTINA COURTENAYSHADOWS FROM THE PASTBook 1: THE SILENT TOUCH OF SHADOWSMore from Christina Courtenay’s spellbinding Shadows of the Past series coming soon!