I've enjoyed several time-slip novels in recent years and have often been told that Barbara Erskine is the master of the genre but haven't yet tried any of her novels. I was therefore very pleased to come across two for the pricely sum of 50 pence each in the Martin House Children's Hospice charity shop in Harrogate this afternoon. With luck I'll soon know what they've been recommending . . . .

Amazon Editorial Review: "Two women, centuries apart. Linked in a place haunted by its history . . . Separated by more than six hundred years of history, two women are drawn together by Sleeper's Castle, a house steeped in memory and magic. This is an epic tale of forbidden love, cruel revenge and a war that time can't forget. Grieving and lost, Miranda has moved to Hay to escape, and slowly she feels herself coming to life in the solitude of the mountains. But her vivid dreams at Sleeper's Castle introduce her to Catrin, a young women whose gift for foretelling the future embroiled her in a bloody revolt against English rule - many centuries ago. An unbreakable connection is forged across history. Catrin is reaching out . . . and only Miranda can help. But time is running out... "

I really enjoyed this time slip/double time novel but, at 528 pages, found it a little over-long, unnecessarily so!

To my friend and neighbour who BookCrosses as Blower!