A Time to Change

<p><b>Louisa Arnold used to love playing in the grounds of derelict Hill House as a little girl. Now a devastating loss sends her running to the overgrown gardens seeking sanctuary in the manor's ruined halls.</b></p><p>There to her astonishment Hill House begins to transform around her - in place of rotting floors and sagging ceilings are vast silk rugs of embroidered roses and majestic crystal chandeliers. Maids and footmen flit busily past - is Lou dreaming or could she actually be standing in this place as it was a hundred years ago?</p><p>Lou is mystified by the warm welcome she receives as a guest of the illustrious Mandeville family. Over tea parties and shoots banquets and dancing she's suddenly living the life she always dreamed of. And though she tries to fight it she's increasingly drawn to the Mandeville heir Thomas whose heart-breaking fate she knows well from the pages of history.</p><p>As Lou falls more in love with this world the truth about Hill House and the destiny of its family begins to unravel. Will the past run its stubborn course swallowing Lou in its wake - or can she save this beautiful place and the people she's come to treasure from certain ruin?</p><p><b>A heart-breaking beautiful emotional and unputdownable read for fans of <i>The Time Traveller's Wife</i> Fiona Valpy and Lucinda Riley.</b></p><p></p>