Shadows in the Ashes

By: Christina Courtenay

Narrated by: Eilidh Beaton

The next stunning dual-time romance from Christina Courtenay, transporting listeners from the present day to ancient Pompeii.

Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay's gripping dual-time novel travels from the present day to the fires of ancient Pompeii.

The sunlight caught her gold bracelet, sending a flash that almost blinded her.

She closed her eyes, but jumped when the earth started shaking and there was an almighty boom behind her.

Present Day

Finally escaping an abusive marriage, Caterina Rossi takes her three-year-old daughter and flees to Italy. There she's drawn to research scientist Connor, who needs her translation help for his work on volcanology. Together they visit the ruins of Pompeii and, standing where Mount Vesuvius unleashed its fire on the city centuries before, Cat begins to see startling visions. Visions that appear to come from the antique bracelet handed down through her family's generations...

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Sold by his half-brother and enslaved as a gladiator in Roman Pompeii, Raedwald dreams only of surviving each fight, making the coin needed to return to his homeland and taking his revenge. That is, until he is hired to guard beautiful Aemilia. As their forbidden love grows, Raedwald's dreams shift like the ever more violent tremors of the earth beneath his feet.

The present starts eerily to mirror the past as Cat must fight to protect her safety, and to forge a new path from the ashes of her old life...

©2024 Christina Courtenay (P)2024 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

Love the author

Absolutely loved this book!!! I am a huge fan of Christina Courtenay’s books!! Love the Viking time travel idea.

Shadows in the Ashes

I have loved so many of this authors books. Her “Runes” series being a cherished. Great character development. Very good at seamlessly changing places & times. Love that first person impressions are given by all main characters. Both current & past stories are appealing. It becomes a book that is intriguing, exciting, & heartfelt. Justice is so important to me in books. This one would be great for an archeological sequel.
Excellent narration. This narrator is one of my absolute favorites!