Estimated Reading Time 1 Minutes
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark; first edition (April 1, 2012)
Paperback : 384 pages
ISBN: 978-1402258671
Thoughts: This is a really fun book and I’ve come back to it more than once. It’s a cross between a romance and a ghost story in a historical setting. It’s a book that you can get lost in for a day and feel better when you come back to reality.
First sentence: I first saw the house in the summer of my fifth birthday.
Favorite Quote From the Book: It’s too easy, you see, to get trapped in the past. The past is very seductive. People always talk about the mists of time, you know, but really it’s the present that’s in a mist, uncertain. The past is quite clear, and warm, and comforting. That’s why people often get stuck there.
Summary from Amazon.com:
“I’ve loved every one of Susanna’s books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly’s delicate touch with characters―sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won’t let go!”― DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander
The next book from New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Susanna Kearsley, Mariana is a story of incredible romance traveling in time from modern day England to a haunted Gothic past.
When Julia Beckett moves into a beautiful old farmhouse, she soon discovers she’s not alone there. She encounters haunting remnants of a beautiful young woman who lived and loved there centuries ago. Julia finds herself transported into 17th-century England, and into the world of Mariana.
Each time Julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past… until she realizes Mariana’s life is eclipsing her own. She must lay the past to rest or risk losing the chance for happiness in her own time.
With heartbreaking romance, escapist fantasy, and powerfully drawn characters, Kearsley takes you on a time-traveling journey you’ll never forget.
Also by Susanna Kearsley:
The Winter Sea
The Rose Garden
The Shadowy Horses
The Firebird
The Splendour Falls
Season of Storms
A Desperate Fortune
Named of the Dragon
Bellewether
