All Our Yesterdays

by Janet Lane Walters

Captive of an ancient curse, Astrid must journey through the ages, through deceit and betrayal, to find true love and break the curse....

Egypt

When the touch of an ancient Egyptian necklace hurtles her back through time into the turbulent life of another woman, she discovers the trap holding her spirit captive...

Babylon

When Astrid touches an ancient Babylonian necklace, she's thrust into the life of a priestess in the temple of Marduke. When the temple is captured by an Assyrian warrior, he claims all inside as his own ... including her.

Britain

The heat between Astrid and Duncan becomes incandescent. When she finds a pair of Viking gold medallions, she re-lives her life as Starr, daughter of a village headman about to be forced into marriage with a man she doesn't like or trust. Her flight sends her into the arms of Ragnar, a Viking. Eight realms await her. Eight chances to redeem herself and break the curse holding her spellbound... perhaps for eternity...

Rating: Contains graphic sexual content, adult language, and violence.

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

"I am a nurse who's been spinning tales for years, especially when many of the people whose stories I tell are involved in the medical profession. Since dark nights on the front porch of the house where I lived and in the garage where my friends put on the plays I wrote, I've been a story-teller. That was my beginning and there were other steps along the way. Take third grade and my book report. I choose "Anna Karenina" and ended the book with these words; "She loved him so she threw herself under a train. There are a lot of things she could have done other than that dumb thing." After telling me I couldn't read that book, my teacher informed me I couldn't change the ending. My next experience with the world of critiquing came during my pursuit of a career as a nurse. I wrote a care study of a little boy I'd come to love. My instructor told me this was a scientific study and I should not have included emotional elements. After graduating, I married. My husband, a doctor, and I ended up in a small town where the Public Health service had a hospital. In the town was a small library. Within two months, I'd read every book and needed something to do. For Christmas, my husband bought me a typewriter and a ream of paper. Faced with a blank page, I began to write, badly at first. My first attempts were short stories, many published. Then I received a rejection that says this sounds like a synopsis of a novel. Once again, I learned. Three books and four children later, I returned to nursing to send those children to college. Once that was accomplished, I returned to exploring the world where I can change the ending, put in emotional elements and write the things I'd like to read."

Reviews

[Pamela aka Scottieluvr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Historical Romance Book Book Club - Covent Garden Romance Across the Ages 2019 Challenge - Month of February: Ancient World/Prehistorical 3000 BC - 500 AD

A new author for me and one I'll be keeping an eye on for future escapism. The time travel to historical events via antiquities was entertaining and well done. The sturdy characters made the whole premise believable, supported by well developed dialog and world building.

[Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a really interesting, unique, and different book. I love historical fiction, especially ancient history and this book hit all my sweet spots - Babylon, Eygypt, China, Japan...The visits to past times/lives were so vivid and immersive, full of wonderful detail I hated to come back to the present each time :-)

[Kat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read that switichs back and forth between the present day and some of most exotic historical empires over the ages.

[Jennifer Probst · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book and author.