Her previous self

 

Her Previous Self

Two women, living two hundred years apart but closer than sisters.

Mary, miserable in her  marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer and living in the newly-built family mansion in Georgian Guernsey.

Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion.

Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time. How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is forced to come to terms with Mary’s grief as well as her own. 

The more enmeshed she becomes the more anxious Lucy is to discover the truth. Why is Mary still restless? What caused her mysterious disappearance two hundred years ago? 

And can Lucy move on from her own loss to find happiness again?

Purchase Links 

UK - – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Previous-Self-Guernsey-Novels-Book-ebook/dp/B096G8ZH7K

US - https://www.amazon.com/Previous-Self-Guernsey-Novels-Book-ebook/dp/B096G8ZH7K

Author Bio –  

Anne Allen lives in Devon but originates from Rugby. Finding early on in life that she loved the sea she spent most of her adult years moving from one coast to another. Her happiest time was spent in Guernsey where she lived for nearly 14 years and her books are all set on that beautiful island. Until recently Anne was a psychotherapist but has now retired to write full time. So far she has published Dangerous Waters, Finding Mother, Guernsey Retreat, The Family Divided, Echoes of Time, The Betrayal, The Inheritance and Her Previous Self, forming the Guernsey Novels series. The books focus on love, mystery, drama and relationships. In her spare time she dabbles in art and very occasionally housework.

 

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My Review

I love dual timeline stories and this time slip mystery is very cleverly done via a painting. The book deals with loss and grief and the relationship between the two women living two hundred years apart will pull on your heartstrings. There are light-hearted moments too and I loved how Lucy began to bond with her grandfather. Of course, Anne Allen paints a wonderful picture of the Guernsey scenery as Lucy meets some of the characters from previous books. Just as the painting begins to haunt Lucy, this book will haunt the reader just a little too. A wonderful series.