They say time heals all wounds, but it has bound me instead.

Matt was my husband. I was supposed to be with him for the rest of my life when the accident happened and took him away from me. I wouldn't love anyone else. I believed.

Until, I meet Leif. He tells me to trust him and to take my chance with him.

Except, I'm his hostage. Not only am I his hostage, but time is holding me captive too, and I'm suddenly trapped in a world that is not mine. The year is 1756, and I am strangely in Massachusetts Bay Colony. War between Great Britain and France explodes across New England, and terrorizes the territory.

I don't know how I got here, and all I want to do is find a way home. But, the more time I'm stranded here, the more I spend time with Leif, and I am compelled toward him.

Our lives are becoming inextricably entwined, and I'm afraid of losing everything that I once knew and loved.

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Time is a fickle fate, never yielding to one's will, when it has a will of its own.
I find myself unexpectedly thrust back into the world from where I came in the twenty-first century, ripped apart from Leif, who remains trapped in a world three centuries ago.
Haunted, I now strive through this world, resuming my former life, as if my fateful encounter with him had never happened. I try blending into this familiar but strange environment of mine. Still, my heart aches with longing for the love I once shared with him.
Memories of us torment me, leaving me incomprehensibly lost.
Time is a cruel and mysterious force, with its own plans. As for love? He told me ours was unbreakable...

Bound by the heart, stranded in the past.

Time broke me. Then, it stole me before it healed me. Like each stitch sewn into cloth, each day weaves into the fabric of time tying me to a man in unbreakable love.

I'm married to Leif now and my former life is fading away from me. All that I've ever known and loved no longer exists. And as I grapple with my new reality in 1756, I realize that I'm falling for him in a way that is uncommon; it is not only important to my survival, but is fundamental to my existence.

I struggle to make sense of it all...

War wages across the territory and Leif balances between his duty as a British officer and self preservation as he serves the king. Leif's life is a mystery to me. But as I learn more about him, I discover the perils he faces to his own survival and I fear for him.

I loved and lost once, and I've come to see that time and fate show no mercy. Now, I...]]> Mon, 03 Jul 2023 18:05:13 +0300