First published 2002
Sarah Harden lives in 1860s Lexington, Massachusetts, where her father champions the abolitionist cause. When Silas Person arrives via the Underground Railroad, Sarah finds herself drawn to the runaway slave despite the impossible barriers between them. Their forbidden romance unfolds as the nation edges toward civil war, but their story ends in murder that will echo through generations. In present day Lexington, Lee Seymour inherits more than just the old Harden family property. She discovers that some deaths refuse to stay buried, and some wrongs demand justice across the centuries. As supernatural forces intrude on her modern life, Lee must confront the violent secret that connects her to Sarah and Silas. She learns that the past doesn't simply fade away when murder goes unpunished. The story moves between two time periods, showing how Sarah's doomed love affair with Silas creates consequences that Lee must face generations later. Both women struggle against injustice in their own eras, finding that love can transcend death but cannot escape the need for truth.
Genres: romance, american-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-romance, time-slip
Setting: Lexington, Massachusetts
Period: 1860s, Present Day
302 pages · Hardcover · Five Star
Content warnings: racism, slavery, violence