The Hand of Maud (Paperback)

Paperback. She kept the past buried for sixty years. The past refused to stay there. Eleanor MacLean has outlived everyone who might have believed her story. She's in possession of a secret no living person knows. For decades she has carried the impossible weight of years lived in medieval England-a love left behind in the stone corridors of a medieval castle and knowledge of the lost crown jewels of England that no modern woman should possess. She thought silence was enough. She thought if she simply never said it aloud, the past would stay where she left it. She was wrong. When word breaks that the treasure lost by King John in 1216 has been located, Eleanor's quiet life cracks open. She knows exactly what is buried in that quicksand-because she was there when it was lost. Now, for the first time in 60 years, Eleanor is going to have to tell the truth. * * * The year is 1964. One moment she's laughing with her friend, entirely certain of who she is. The next, she's lying on the ground at a real medieval battle-with a knight on a white warhorse bearing down on her with a raised sword. What follows is a sweeping journey into the vivid, dangerous world of medieval England, where the court of King John seethes with betrayal, where loyalty is the rarest currency, and where an ordinary woman must find a way to survive in a world that has no place for her. His name was Thomas. A man forged in the brutal realities of medieval life-faith-driven, stubborn as iron, tender as a prayer. He has no earthly reason to trust this bewildering woman who appeared from nowhere on a battlefield and cannot explain herself. And yet the love that grows between them is the kind that refuses to be erased: restrained, aching, complicated, and tested by the knowledge that surrendering to it could change the course of history forever. It is the kind of love a woman carries quietly for decades. Still unresolved. Still real. Still burning. Now the past is surfacing-and it remembers her. Eleanor's granddaughter believes she knows her grandmother better than anyone in the world. Then Eleanor quietly informs Donna that she spent two years in 13th-century England and was married to a man she never stopped loving-long before Donna's grandfather was ever in the picture. And in present-day England, the man with the metal detector is getting closer. Eleanor knows what he is going to find-and what will be missing. Some people, even now, even in this century, will stop at nothing to possess not just the treasure, but the full truth of its history. Knowledge that only one woman alive holds. Will her love rewrite history-or destroy her future? The Hand of Maud: because some stories are too important for any one lifetime to contain. Perfect for fans of: Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Knight in Shining Armor by Jude DeverauxThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsRedeeming Love by Francine Rivers And for readers who love: Time travel romanceMedieval historical romanceClean romance and clean passionChristian historical fictionInspirational romanceHistorical suspense and mysteryFaith-based love storiesSweeping, epic romance with emotional depthStrong heroines who carry impossible secrets This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…