Ahoy there me mateys! I be a huge Kelley Armstrong fan. I just found out that there is going to be a new book by her called twist of fate but when I went back to read me review for the first book, I realized there wasn’t one (despite the strong memory of having written one). Better late than never.

This book is a historical fiction dealing with time travel and ghosts and a romance. It takes place in Thorne Manor which is on the moors in England. Bronwyn could pass through a “time slip” when she was a little girl where she played with a boy named William. A tragedy in her teens forces her away from the Manor and she learns to put her imaginary friend into the past. Then she inherits the Manor and has to come to terms with what happened there.

This book was enjoyable enough that I want to read the next one in the series. It did have some problems. Bronwyn was pretty selfish and a bit ridiculous. The mechanics of how the time slip worked made no real sense. The murder mystery is a bit too rambling and there were a ridiculous amount of ghosts. And I could have done without the light sex scenes and one very weird seduction scene.

That said, I liked that Bronwyn did have a husband in her past. I love the cats. It was a fast read and I wanted to know what happened next. I know that doesn’t sound like a great endorsement but it just seemed not as well written as many of her other books. But I did enjoy it and it was a pleasant way to spend an afternoon. Arrrr!