As Time Goes By

de Piaget #17

by Lynn Kurland

Some secrets are harder to keep than others . . .

When Harriet Brewster gets the chance to go to England and meet her favorite author—the possibly geriatric but insanely talented TD Piaget--she has to go. Her list of Perils to Avoid in Quaint English Villages in hand, she’s prepared for anything . . . except to discover that her favorite writer is a gorgeous, thirty-something hunk with a lovely pair of gray eyes—and not at all who he claims to be.

Samuel de Piaget is drowning in drama: a show in Stratford going sideways, match-making ghosts infesting his kitchen, and being bamboozled into pretending to be his twin brother at a mystery conference. He expects dodgy doings from the writers; he doesn’t expect to encounter a lovely faery named Harriet behind a ficus tree and find himself thoroughly smitten.

But time and events aren’t through with Sam and Harriet—or several others in their little orbit—and romantic doings in a pair of centuries are absolutely waiting in the wings to go onstage . . .

507 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 23, 2026

About the author

Lynn began her writing career at the tender age of five with a series of illustrated novellas entitled Clinton’s Troubles in which the compelling hero found himself in all sorts of . . . well, trouble. She was living in Hawaii at the time and the scope for her imagination (poisoned fish, tropical cliffs, large spiders) was great and poor Clinton bore the brunt of it. After returning to the mainland, her writing gave way to training in classical music and Clinton, who had been felled with arrows, eaten by fish and sent tumbling off cars, was put aside for operatic heroes in tights.

Somehow during high school, in between bouts of Verdi and Rossini, she managed to find time to submerge herself in equal parts Tolkien, Barbara Cartland and Mad Magazine. During college, a chance encounter with a large library stack of romances left her hooked, gave her the courage to put pen to paper herself, and finally satisfied that need for a little bit of fantasy with a whole lot of romance!

Reviews

[Rania Melhem]

what happened

I honestly don’t know what happened to Ms Kurland who seems to have gone from writing wonderful, witty time travel romances to the nine sense that she is penning these days, trite with absurd plots that are to say the least difficult if not impossible to read.

[Carolyn]

I love this series. Period.

[Tena Burton]

😊

I love her books and love this series ❤️ I've bought every book she has. I can't wait for more stories by her.

[Amanda]

Another fantastic tale!

Once again we visit my favorite time traveling family, the de Piagets. I adore being wrapped up in their adventures. I was so excited to see Sam’s story and was not disappointed. The emotion and humor of Kurland’s work has me smiling the entire book everytime. The best part is being able to see past characters and catch up on their life and family. I’m already looking forward to the next book and making guesses at who will take the stage!

[Sharen]

I really did want to like this book….

Because I have read so many other of Lynn Kurland’s time travel books. But, there were just too many characters to keep track of and sometimes I had a hard time keeping track of the ghosts vs the mortals.
It would have been a good book to curl up in a comfy reading chair with a pot of tea otherwise.

[Austin]

Hard to read

I usually love Lynn Kirkland, did she write this book? It has so many grammatical errors, it made it hard to read. Also, there were parts that were written so confusingly I had to reread to figure out what the heck was trying to be said. Usually her books are a quick enjoyable read.

[Kathryn E.]

Love all her books but this one seems like AI wrote it…such odd wording, incomprehensible for first few chapters, weak story line for one of the more interesting characters (Sam), nothing like her other books. Sadly cannot recommend

[AMY B.GOLDSMITH]

Wonderful

Thank you for another wonderful addition to the de Piaget collection. I am looking forward to reading it again and again.

[Cristen]

Loved reuniting with these characters again. Can’t wait for Theo’s book!

[Diana Perry]

Loved this book

I’ve been reading Lynn’s paranormal time travel books since her first one. I love reading them and their happily ever after stories. Looking forward to her next one

[Lyn Sweetapple]

I loved the relationship between Sam and Harriet, yet I wish she had been more developed than having a notebook.

[Katherine]

Love love love

I have read everyone of ms lynn's MacLoad and De Paget stories and this one is my favorite among favorites