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'Till Time Do Us Part
Nika Morris’s sixth sense has helped build a successful business, lovingly restoring and reselling historic homes on Florida’s Amelia Island. But there’s one forlorn, neglected relic that’s pulled at her from the moment she saw it. The century-old Coleman house.
Quite unexpectedly, the house is handed to her on a silver platter—along with a mysterious letter, postmarked 1909, yet addressed personally to Nika. Its cryptic Find the key. You know where it is. Hurry, for goodness sake!
The message triggers an irresistible drive to find that key. When she does, one twist in an old grandfather clock throws her back in time, straight into the arms of deliciously, devilishly handsome Elijah Coleman.
Swept up in a journey of a lifetime, Nika finds herself falling in love with Eli—and with the family and friends that inhabit a time not even her vivid imagination could have conjured. But in one desperate moment of homesickness, she makes a decision that will not only alter the course of more than one life, but break her heart.
Quite unexpectedly, the house is handed to her on a silver platter—along with a mysterious letter, postmarked 1909, yet addressed personally to Nika. Its cryptic Find the key. You know where it is. Hurry, for goodness sake!
The message triggers an irresistible drive to find that key. When she does, one twist in an old grandfather clock throws her back in time, straight into the arms of deliciously, devilishly handsome Elijah Coleman.
Swept up in a journey of a lifetime, Nika finds herself falling in love with Eli—and with the family and friends that inhabit a time not even her vivid imagination could have conjured. But in one desperate moment of homesickness, she makes a decision that will not only alter the course of more than one life, but break her heart.
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Published November 11, 2024
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About the author
Stella May
20 books23 followersHello, my name is Marina Sardarova. Stella May is my pen name (or my alter ego). In many regards, we are very different, even though she is me. She’s more daring, braver and self-assured; she knows exactly what she wants. She writes because she loves it and because she has stories inside of her. She never listens when people tell her she cannot do something simply because it’s impossible. She believes in herself. In short- she’s a much better version of myself.
I was born in the sixties of the last century in a country that doesn’t exist anymore: the former Soviet Union. However, I am not Russian–I’m Armenian and proud of my heritage.
Literature and music are my two great passions. My maternal grandparents were both professional singers; my father was a jazz guitarist. My brother and I both finished musical colleges. I graduated from a Conservatory (or Music Academy) with a diploma in musicology.
When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a concert pianist. Or an artist. Or even a famous poet. I was practicing piano for hours, sketching and writing some plays and poetry. And, of course, reading books. I don’t remember myself without a book. Ever. My aunt had a huge home library that was my absolutely most favorite place on earth. I had a very happy childhood indeed!
When I moved to the United States, to a country where everything was so different (including language), I quickly realized that I needed to learn English more than I needed to eat. Because while I could easily survive on water and bread, I absolutely refused to live without books. And so, I taught myself English (with the help of children’s books and cartoons), and my dear neighbor, Mrs. Foster (God rest her beautiful soul). She truly believed I understood whatever she was saying, so she’d engage me in a long conversation whenever she could, and demanded (in her own patient and kind way) a response. She left me no choice.
As soon as I was able to read books (with a dictionary at first), my life became whole again. And the absolutely crazy idea of writing started to slowly emerge from somewhere within.
I began to write in secret, penning a few sentences here and there, using my son’s discarded, half-used notebooks. When my husband brought home our very first computer, a chunky heavyweight Compaq, I discovered Microsoft Works (how many people still remember that program?). Of course, he purchased it for business purposes, with the silly notion that I would learn spreadsheets and accounting . . . poor misguided soul.
Instead, I spent every free moment in front of my beloved computer learning to type, writing my heart away.
I guess that’s when Stella May first started to emerge. She didn’t have her own name yet, or her own identity. She was still hiding behind me, unsure and hesitant.
Then, one night, I saw in my dream a very young woman, almost a girl, who was standing in the middle of a crowd, clutching a baby. She was skinny, badly dressed and scared. She had green eyes and curly red hair, and her name was Natasha. She was at the JFK airport. Somehow, I knew that. I also knew that the baby wasn’t hers. Above her head I saw a banner: Welcome to the United States of America. And that’s how the idea of Rostoff saga (Once & Forever ) came to me. And that’s when Stella May was born.
It took me twenty years, between raising my son and running a business with my husband, to bring this story to life. In 2018, after many unsuccessful attempts to submit my book to a traditional publisher, I split my first book into three parts (my son’s brilliant idea), and self-published it as the separate books: The Children, The Parents, and The Lovers. I sold more than 1100 copies.
After I said good-bye to the Rostoffs, I almost had postpartum depression (ha-ha) until I started to play with the idea of past-lives remembrances and dreams. I decided to read more on the subject . . . and the idea of Rhapsody in Dreams came to life. This time around, I deliberately chose to self-pub
I was born in the sixties of the last century in a country that doesn’t exist anymore: the former Soviet Union. However, I am not Russian–I’m Armenian and proud of my heritage.
Literature and music are my two great passions. My maternal grandparents were both professional singers; my father was a jazz guitarist. My brother and I both finished musical colleges. I graduated from a Conservatory (or Music Academy) with a diploma in musicology.
When I was a child, I dreamed of becoming a concert pianist. Or an artist. Or even a famous poet. I was practicing piano for hours, sketching and writing some plays and poetry. And, of course, reading books. I don’t remember myself without a book. Ever. My aunt had a huge home library that was my absolutely most favorite place on earth. I had a very happy childhood indeed!
When I moved to the United States, to a country where everything was so different (including language), I quickly realized that I needed to learn English more than I needed to eat. Because while I could easily survive on water and bread, I absolutely refused to live without books. And so, I taught myself English (with the help of children’s books and cartoons), and my dear neighbor, Mrs. Foster (God rest her beautiful soul). She truly believed I understood whatever she was saying, so she’d engage me in a long conversation whenever she could, and demanded (in her own patient and kind way) a response. She left me no choice.
As soon as I was able to read books (with a dictionary at first), my life became whole again. And the absolutely crazy idea of writing started to slowly emerge from somewhere within.
I began to write in secret, penning a few sentences here and there, using my son’s discarded, half-used notebooks. When my husband brought home our very first computer, a chunky heavyweight Compaq, I discovered Microsoft Works (how many people still remember that program?). Of course, he purchased it for business purposes, with the silly notion that I would learn spreadsheets and accounting . . . poor misguided soul.
Instead, I spent every free moment in front of my beloved computer learning to type, writing my heart away.
I guess that’s when Stella May first started to emerge. She didn’t have her own name yet, or her own identity. She was still hiding behind me, unsure and hesitant.
Then, one night, I saw in my dream a very young woman, almost a girl, who was standing in the middle of a crowd, clutching a baby. She was skinny, badly dressed and scared. She had green eyes and curly red hair, and her name was Natasha. She was at the JFK airport. Somehow, I knew that. I also knew that the baby wasn’t hers. Above her head I saw a banner: Welcome to the United States of America. And that’s how the idea of Rostoff saga (Once & Forever ) came to me. And that’s when Stella May was born.
It took me twenty years, between raising my son and running a business with my husband, to bring this story to life. In 2018, after many unsuccessful attempts to submit my book to a traditional publisher, I split my first book into three parts (my son’s brilliant idea), and self-published it as the separate books: The Children, The Parents, and The Lovers. I sold more than 1100 copies.
After I said good-bye to the Rostoffs, I almost had postpartum depression (ha-ha) until I started to play with the idea of past-lives remembrances and dreams. I decided to read more on the subject . . . and the idea of Rhapsody in Dreams came to life. This time around, I deliberately chose to self-pub
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October 23, 2021
A time travel novel that ended too soon
A time travel novel that ended too soon much of the novel It's very predictable In this novel much like the Outlander is the Outlander a woman goes back in time fighting the love of her life Vic gavo is this gobble was predictable at least in my sense I knew Abby was gonna go back to the future however I however I thought the ending would be that Daisy went back and it would end at their wedding Instead it doesn't end quite that way so late on is the author left hanging as a frequent Not completing the book and leaving at end with the hope of a second book is not something that I would like Other than that it was a very good book I highly recommend it
A time travel novel that ended too soon much of the novel It's very predictable In this novel much like the Outlander is the Outlander a woman goes back in time fighting the love of her life Vic gavo is this gobble was predictable at least in my sense I knew Abby was gonna go back to the future however I however I thought the ending would be that Daisy went back and it would end at their wedding Instead it doesn't end quite that way so late on is the author left hanging as a frequent Not completing the book and leaving at end with the hope of a second book is not something that I would like Other than that it was a very good book I highly recommend it
August 13, 2024
Beautiful but unfinished
The story is rich with detail. The chacterters come to life as they are unfolded before you. The ending was a surprise. I wanted more. The reason I gave it a 3 star rating is because it never should have been published with all the spelling and grammar mistakes. It's like no one read it before it was published. I just hope the next book in the series has been carefully proof read and edited because I plan to read it.
The story is rich with detail. The chacterters come to life as they are unfolded before you. The ending was a surprise. I wanted more. The reason I gave it a 3 star rating is because it never should have been published with all the spelling and grammar mistakes. It's like no one read it before it was published. I just hope the next book in the series has been carefully proof read and edited because I plan to read it.
November 4, 2021
Well written story with an unsatisfactory ending.
Enjoyed it and read it in one sitting however frustrated with the ending as one has to guess or imagine the process of how they came to be together again Was it years or months and what happened in between? Inconclusive, so please fill in the blanks…
Enjoyed it and read it in one sitting however frustrated with the ending as one has to guess or imagine the process of how they came to be together again Was it years or months and what happened in between? Inconclusive, so please fill in the blanks…
December 30, 2021
Proofreader's nightmare
I am not a proofreader by profession, but this book
drove me crazy with errors. They consistently wrote O'Brien and O'Brian. Errors so often I kept losing the story
I am not a proofreader by profession, but this book
drove me crazy with errors. They consistently wrote O'Brien and O'Brian. Errors so often I kept losing the story
June 4, 2022
terrible
After dragging her feet an the story development the author the dumps everything in the last few sentences and does not even bother to truly wrap things up. Just leaves everything hanging. Terrible terrible writing
After dragging her feet an the story development the author the dumps everything in the last few sentences and does not even bother to truly wrap things up. Just leaves everything hanging. Terrible terrible writing
January 27, 2023
Be warned
This is one of those free books that the next ones are not free. I won't miss the rest since it was a long drawn out plot where the same subject is repeated over and over. Just in a slightly different way.
This is one of those free books that the next ones are not free. I won't miss the rest since it was a long drawn out plot where the same subject is repeated over and over. Just in a slightly different way.
March 7, 2022
Hi story
Loved it! But it so left me hanging. Loved the history...can't wait to read the next in the series. Lets go
Loved it! But it so left me hanging. Loved the history...can't wait to read the next in the series. Lets go
Read
March 7, 2022I really enjoyed this book. I just wish there was a sequel
June 6, 2022
not finished yet
The story didn’t feel finished. Please you need to finish with Daisy getting back. I wanted Daisy to find the key.
The story didn’t feel finished. Please you need to finish with Daisy getting back. I wanted Daisy to find the key.
abandoned
April 15, 2023**Abandoned at 15%**
This book was well written but not for me. The tone was more like a ghost story and it took too long to get to the actual time travel.
This book was well written but not for me. The tone was more like a ghost story and it took too long to get to the actual time travel.
August 2, 2023
Time Travel
And romance. What could be better? Lovely story! Grammar is atrocious and definitely needs a proofreader. Appears to have been Translated into English but not well.
And romance. What could be better? Lovely story! Grammar is atrocious and definitely needs a proofreader. Appears to have been Translated into English but not well.
February 6, 2025
I do love a time travel book and this one didn't disappoint on that score. There were a lot of typos which was distracting but the story was good.
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