Echoes in Stone: A love that brings the past to life

Some promises last longer than death.When Dr Eleanor Ashford inherits the ruins of Greyfriars Abbeyin the wild Northumberland moorlands, she leaves behind her academiccareer at Durham University to restore it - stone by stone, arch byarch. It is her calling. Her obsession. Her dream.She does not expect it to be haunted.Brother Thomas Wycliffe has been waiting in the shadows ofGreyfriars for seven hundred years, bound to earth by a vow of lovemade in the shadow of the Black Death. When Ellie discovers his namecarved into the choir wall - Hic manebo. Here I remain -and hears his voice whispering through ancient stone, she must choose: run from the impossible, or face it.She stays. She listens. She falls in love.What begins as a ghost story becomes something far more - asweeping, emotional journey across seven centuries of longing, sacrifice, and the extraordinary power of choosing to love again.As Ellie works to save the crumbling abbey, she and Thomas mustconfront the vow that binds him, the guilt that traps him, and theimpossible question at the heart of their love: Can love truly be stronger than death?Rich with the atmosphere of Northumberland's dramatic landscape, the beauty of medieval architecture, and a love story that transcendstime itself, Echoes in Stone is a deeply moving novelabout grief, purpose, redemption - and the miraculous things thathappen when we refuse to accept that some things are impossible.Perfect for fans of The Witch's Heart, A Discovery of Witches, and The Pillars of the Earth- readers who love atmospheric, intelligent romance with a magicalheart.

Pagina's: 172, Paperback, Independently published