Through the Mists of Time

London 1865Valerie Sherwood Brooks has lived her entire life vicariously through books.Due to a childhood accident, which left her with a permanent limp, Valerie has grown up under the watchful eye of her protective parents. When her banker father announces he’s taking the family to Italy to look into an investment opportunity, Valerie is overjoyed at the prospect of leaving London for the excitement of exploring the ancient ruins of Pompeii. But the romantic young woman who yearns for adventure is unprepared when an earthquake shatters their visit to the old city. Valerie is flung back in time to 79 A.D. where she’s thrust into a world of intrigue and danger in the grand home of the darkly handsome, Christos Marcellus. As Valerie tries to keep her wits about her, she is torn between her growing and complicated feelings for Christos and the impending doom of the coming eruption of Vesuvius-knowing it will bring death and destruction.