Shadows in the Moonlight
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4.6 • 15 Ratings
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- £9.99
Publisher Description
THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND THE FIRST BOOK IN A SENSATIONAL NEW SERIES!
'Remarkable and compelling' JULIAN FELLOWES
'Fantastic, moving and beautifully written' TRACY REES
'Enjoyable and engaging, I loved it!' BARBARA ERSKINE
'A love story to break your heart!' LIZ FENWICK
'Beautifully written, haunting and enchanting' FIONA VALPY
'Irresistible! Full of passion, love and loyalty' CAROL KIRKWOOD
'A sweeping, romantic mystery I couldn't put down!' ANTON DU BEKE
'Original, suspenseful and intriguing, the perfect holiday read' RACHEL HORE
A FORBIDDEN LOVE.
AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE...
When Pixie Tate is summoned to the wild Cornish coast to investigate a mystery at St Sidwell Manor she senses that something malevolent is hiding in its shadows.
Over one hundred years ago, in the deepest night, a little boy vanished from his bed - and Pixie must find out what happened to him.
But Pixie is no ordinary detective. She has a unique gift: she can travel through time. As she slips back to 1895, secrets are revealed, love affairs exposed and, ultimately, Pixie will be forced to make a devastating choice that will change her life forever...
Shadows in the Moonlight is a sweeping and devastatingly romantic time-travel mystery, and the first book in Santa Montefiore's sensational new series.
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'Lots of twists and turns, I couldn't put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Brought tears to my eyes' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'A treasure you will want to read over and over' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Customer Reviews
Enthralling
I really couldn’t put this one down. I’m so glad I found it recommended on The Lady’s book shelf. I’m really looking forward to the next one in the trilogy and that the author managed to get this into words to give us mere mortals a glimpse x
*Otherworldly*
**4.5 Stars**
This was a wonderful story that marks the start of a new series which may end up as a 3 part series. I found that the characters were quite well developed as this story is set in two worlds one in the present and one over a hundred years apart.
We start off with a family who move into
St Sidwell Manor on the Cornish coast. The Manor House needs much work but at night all is not well when they hear someone crying. The arrival of an eccentric Aunt who also hears the crying knows who to call.
She calls Pixie Tait, who is a time slider. When she arrives on inspection of the house she sees the ghostly figure who cannot rest until she finds her missing son.
When pixie time slides in the present it May seem like she is deep in thought. But when she time slides in the past it could be for days but in the present it’s a few hours.
Time sliders must not alter anything in the past, because even the smallest change can cause the butterfly effect
When she is transported back into the past it is roughly 9 days until the disappearance of the little boy Felix. As she finds out more about the family in the past, she discovers the many hidden passages within the house.
Pixie in the past finds herself often wanting to change things but she must remember she is here to observe and not to interfere or influence things
Time sliders find it is their cross to bear, knowing the fate of those that have passed. It is eerie when you have slid into their world.
Within her time in the past the countdown is on, as the day fast approaches when the mystery of how the little boy vanishes gets closer.
Will she get to the bottom of what happened? How does she deal with an attraction and discovering forbidden love? Her ultimate task is to find and reunite the mother who cannot rest until she finds her missing son. If she succeeds the house can rest.
One thing I found fascinating is that Pixie slides into another body. It must be strange to look in the mirror and know it’s you but someone else’s face stares back at you.
Enchanting
What a book. Hope it’s the start of a series. The narrator brought the magic to all the characters.