Camelot & Vine

A Novel

By: Petrea Burchard

Narrated by: Petrea Burchard

Casey Clemens is having a bad day. And it’s going to get worse.

It’s the day before Casey’s fortieth birthday and Hollywood doesn’t want her anymore (not that it ever did). Her career and personal life are a disaster. Frantic to escape her own emptiness, she hops on a plane to England and heads to the countryside to hide. But she can’t hide from herself.

A lightning strike, a skidding car, and a horse that might be magical send her through a gap in time to the Dark Ages, where she inadvertently saves King Arthur from Saxon warriors. Mistaken for a wizard, she goes from prisoner to friend to confidante of the King and of his young wife, Guinevere, earning the enmity of powerful men. Surrounded by enemies, caught up in a love triangle, and secretly attracted to the king, she’ll need more than a magic horse to get herself back to the twenty-first century.

A delightful intersection of contemporary fiction and historical novel, Camelot & Vine is a funny, bittersweet tale of friendship, love, and betrayal through the eyes of a woman who is lost in the present and finds her true self in the past.

©2023 Petrea Burchard (P)2024 Spoken Realms

The PERFECT summer escape listen!

This is an audiobook experience you don't want to end! The story is charming and whimsical while still very contemporary and fresh. CAMELOT & VINE is rooted in authenticity, leaning into the legends of King Arthur while providing us with vivid descriptions of locations and life during medieval times. Petrea Burchard, as author, writes with great heart and always with a twinkle in her eye; there's humor throughout and honesty in the bones of the characters. So easy to relate to Casey, and you will most certainly end up rooting for her. Petrea Burchard, as narrator, creates a world where the possibility of tumbling from a screwed-up, complicated, modern life into a time of knights and wizards is astounding and utterly believable. This is one of the most fun listens of the year!

Utterly Delightful!

Wonderful story, and excellent narration! Great character voices! A lovely way to get lost in time for a bit. Well written and well narrated by a very talented artist!