Andrea Faye Christians

Broschiertes Buch

Happenstance

Beschreibung

The publication of "Happenstance," the second book in Andrea Faye Christians' award-winning "Time Binder Series," solidifies the series as a hybrid paranormal romance-a "paramance," with a foundation in both history and fantasy. The narrator of "Suspension," Carla Thompson-who is suspended between the here and now and the afterlife-reprises her role as a predestined Dream Walker, someone whose job it is to help souls who still have some work to do transition from life to death.In "Happenstance," the reluctant heroine is once again compelled to resume her mission as a Dream Walker. And the stakes are higher, as in the survival of civilization on earth, which is threatened by a super race: the power hungry Illumine. Characters from the first book populate Happenstance-the portal's gatekeeper, Isambard Brunel (the real-life engineer of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, which was where Carla first learned of her fate in Suspension), and Ernest Hemingway, his witty sidekick. Carla's love interest, David, plays a major role as well, in both causing mayhem and in rescuing those in need.Summoned before Brunel, the gate keeper of the portal, Carla is tasked with a mission to right a wrong that has unimaginable consequences should she fail. In pursuit of the truth, Carla ricochets through time, initially finding herself in 17th century England, followed by medieval Germany, before being transported almost two hundred years into the future. En route, she encounters a variety of characters, including those who are good and honest along with others who epitomize evil. As she faces each new challenge, Carla slowly gains a deeper understanding of her Dream Walker role and what it is that destiny has in store for her. As Carla travels both back in time and forward in an attempt to correct problems on the time continuum and rejoin her beloved David, we meet other historical and fictional characters, including an evil priest in the Middle Ages during the Crusades and a 17th-century architect who unwittingly holds the key to the only way out of a plane of existence that will be destroyed. Will Carla manage to figure out the impossible conundrum she faces as she navigates whole new worlds? And will she ever see her soul mate again? Only time will tell the tale.

Autor

Andrea Faye Christians was born and raised in Swansea, South Wales. She had a long career as a disc jockey on UK Radio and even had her own popular show where she interviewed guests. She provided voice overs for commercials and documentaries, including one for the BBC. Following a successful two-decade career using her voice and interviewing skills, she moved from London to Malta to pursue becoming a freelance writer, where she wrote for everything from interior design magazines to magazines covering the arts. Whenever she'd visit family in England, the flight path took her past the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, which had become a center for films and series. A story began to brew in her mind that she envisioned as a screenplay. But she wasn't familiar with that format and decided to write it as a series of novels. Suspension, which took shape during the Pandemic, was the result, and her debut novel garnered a Book Excellence Award as a Finalist: Fiction/Paranormal. "The heroine Carla is based a bit on me and my daughter," she says. A history buff, her love of research led her to surprising discoveries in her own ancestry. Working on Book 2 in the award-winning series, she was shocked that she had an Irish red-headed grandmother and her daughter during the 1700s who were accused of being witches. She also heavily researched the loathsome Father Konrad, a German priest who was one of the first to be appointed an official Papal inquisitor during the Crusades and became notorious for his cruelty, especially toward women. "I based him on an old boyfriend, and so whenever I write about that evil priest, I have an exact picture in my mind of what he looked like and how he might react in a certain situation." She divides her time between Malta and Sicily and is working on the next book in the series as well as a novel entitled "Chemo Club," based on her experience with breast cancer.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lucid House Publishing LLC
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9781950495665
• ISBN-10: 1950495663
• Artikelnr.: 71984468