Brimming with the passion and suspense Barbara Wood's fans have come
to expect, this magnificent novel portrays two lovers separated by
deadly secrets and trapped in the fateful hourglass of time.
Beautiful young Andrea travels from Los Angeles to her ancestral home in
England to meet her relatives and confront her mysterious heritage. But
from the first moment she steps foot in her grandmother's cold Victorian
house in Warrington, she senses an awesome, unsettling presence. She
knows that a rendezvous awaits her: a terrifying journey into the past,
and a shattering encounter that will mark and change her forever. Andrea
soon learns how terribly right her instincts have been. Waiting for her
is Victor Townsend, a man who reaches out to embrace her from beyond the
grave, a man for whom she hungers--even though she knows of his past
evil deeds. But Andrea also discovers the lingering horrors of the old
house, its carefully buried secrets, and a timeless, tragic passion
still burning within its aging walls.