*An intriguing idea which makes for a cracking, page-turning read that’s far removed from the usual historical saga – not least because of its raunchy, sensual atmosphere… just the ticket for your holiday reading’
THE INDEPENDENT, Portsmouth
Nichola Hall is a highly acclaimed actress, with a terrible reputation. Back stage and in the dressing-rooms her name is always linked to sex and scandal. And her latest affair with her famous leading man hasn’t won her any friends. Or happiness.
Then, for fun, she agrees to be hypnotised at a party. But something goes wrong. Terribly wrong! When Nichola wakes she thinks at first it must be a dream. She cannot really have been transported back to the time of the English Civil War. Nor can she possibly be Arabella, mistress of Michael Morellon, a handsome Parliamentarian and father of her new-born child.
Rescued from the menacing clutches of Arabella’s step-father, Sir Denzil Loxley, by one of the King’s noblemen, Nichola gradually discovers that she is enjoying playing the part of the seventeenth-century beauty. And when she realises she has fallen in love for the first time in her life, the once cold-hearted, calculating actress has an enormous decision to make …
