'Pamela Hartshorne is an intriguing writer. Undoubtedly House of Shadows will leave you hungry for more.' Reader's Digest
'Powerful and thrilling read . . . You won't be able to rest until the end.' The Sun
When Kate Vavasour wakes in a hospital bed, she remembers nothing about her life or the family anxiously waiting by her side.
Diagnosed with post-traumatic amnesia, the doctors assure her her memories will return — except the memories that resurface aren’t hers. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, a woman who lived and died at Askerby Hall over four hundred years ago . . .
Desperate to recover, Kate returns to Askerby Hall, only to find herself trapped in a house shrouded in shadows and secrets. Unable to recognise her family, friends, or even her young son, she begins unraveling the truth behind her accident — and discovers that life at Askerby is far darker than the prestigious Vavasour name suggests. The family’s carefully crafted image is a lie.
To uncover what really happened to her and reclaim her memories, Kate must first confront the haunting mystery of Isabel’s past. Was Isabel truly mad, or had she been betrayed by the one person she trusted most?
Perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Lucinda Riley and Kate Morton.
PRAISE FOR PAMELA
'Beautifully written, atmospheric and utterly compelling.' Iona Grey
'Vertigo meets Rebecca in a twisty Tudor time slip. Addictive, atmospheric and completely enjoyable.' Julie Cohen
'It is absorbing and evocative, reminding me of that master storyteller Daphne Du Maurier. Fascinating, immersive and powerful.' Nicola Cornick
'A gripping psychological thriller inside a beautifully written historical novel. A real page turner.' Donna Douglas
'A compelling, satisfying story to curl up with in front of the fire, I found myself particularly absorbed in the Tudor strand of the story, which was authentic, vivid and gripping.' Kate Riordan
'Loved it. So clever and paced really well. A fantastic read.' Joanna Courtney
After a varied career including stints as a foreign-news desk secretary, cook on an outback cattle station, production assistant and expedition interpreter, Pamela Hartshorne stumbled into writing as a way of funding a PhD in Medieval Studies. For the past twenty years she has been able to combine her historical research with an award-winning career as a romance writer, and is now also a writing tutor and freelance project editor. She lives in York.
After a haphazard early career spent working and travelling around the world, I started writing romance in order to fund a PhD in Medieval Studies. Naturally, that didn't turn out to be quite the easy option I thought it would be, but I did in the end complete a thesis on the street and the perception of public space in later medieval and early modern York in 2004. My research formed the basis of TIME'S ECHO, and many of the individuals I encountered in the records of Elizabethan York appear in the novel.
I'm fascinated by the relationship between the past and the present and have always enjoyed 'time slip' novels and how they explore the possibility that it might be possible to go back in time and see what it was "really like". As a trained historian, I know that could never be possible, but as a storyteller, I find the premise irresistible ...
I still live in York and continue to write romances as Jessica Hart in tandem with time slip novels for Pan Macmillan - and yes I *do* often get confused by my split identities!
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