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I am so excited that THROUGH THE VENEER OF TIME by Vera Bell is available now and that
I get to share the news!
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If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the
details below.
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Title: THROUGH THE VENEER OF TIME
Author: Vera Bell
Pub. Date: April 3, 2023
Publisher: Champagne Book Group
Formats: Paperback, eBook, audiobook
Pages: 470
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Find it: Goodreads, https://books2read.com/THROUGH-THE-VENEER-OF-TIME
How far would you go to fulfill your terrifying ancient vow?
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo meets Outlander in
this “hauntingly beautiful debut” (Julie McElwain, A Murder
in Time). Take a plunge into this mind-blowing, genre-bending world of
historical fantasy, suspense, romance, and time travel.
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If not for “The Ghost”—her FBI husband’s gruesome case—Siena Forte’s
life would have been perfect. But not when the D.C. serial killer is hunting
women like her, and when her husband is so unsettled by this case, he refuses
to discuss it. It’s a miracle her art career is thriving at all. And not only
her career.
When Siena lands a medieval mural commission at the National Gallery of Art,
she discovers a bizarre knack for astral projecting to her past life. In a
lucky strike, her visions of love and prominence in medieval Ireland are just
the creative inspiration she seeks.
What Siena doesn’t know is her vivid depiction of the past exposes her to
someone she has met before—the serial killer, reborn in this century just like
her. But when a vicious attack from the past reverberates into the present,
Siena’s life unravels in a chilling parallel.
Silenced and alone, she discovers the true reason for her visions. They’re not
the creative inspiration they seemed, but a harbinger of her centuries-old
revenge vow, and the killer cannot be stopped until she fulfills it. But there
is another person from the past with unfinished business—her husband. And
another unwelcome déjà vu—their crumbling marriage, once again
precipitated by the serial killer’s crime.
Enjoy this peek inside:
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All content subject to copyright © Vera Bell 2023. All rights
reserved.
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His words were a blast that made something inside me snap.
Why couldn’t I unlock my eyes from his? Unclench my knees despite an
unbearable compulsion to run? I dug my fingernails into my sweaty palms to
break the paralysis, drove the graphite shards into my flesh.
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“Do you ever wonder what becomes of your characters?” His
vacuous smile didn’t reach his eyes. “What comes after your painstaking
freeze-frame? Your warrior—” He pointed his chin at the mural. “He’s
cocky, but he doesn’t know what he’s riding into. Yet hours from now, he
could be lying in some field, stripped of his weapons, bleeding out into the
ground as the vultures peck at his baby blues.” His eyes widened.
“Leaving his beautiful young widow all alone.”
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His impossibly soft voice was a ringing blow in my ears. A
tremor braced my throat. I drew a frantic breath against it.
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“I’m sorry,” I squeezed out, “I’m not sure I follow.”
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“I’m sure you do.” He chuckled. “But don’t look so stricken,
Siena Forte. It’s only a painting, a fantasy. Nothing more.”
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“Excuse me…” I edged past him, cold all over.
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I rushed into the nearest restroom, tossed the broken
graphite into the trash can, and locked myself in a stall. I hugged
myself. Tight. Tighter. Gasped for air, not drawing any. My vision swam
at the edges. Flickering. Fading. My heart thudded, and breath came faster in
my chest, choking me.
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Fragments of his words whirred around me, and I grasped my
head to stop the awful cacophony. But it wouldn’t stop. The image he drew
cut like a knife, piercing through something soft and vulnerable inside.
Something I’d buried deep down and wished to keep that way. But he’d
driven it to the surface and laid it out in the open, raw and exposed.
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Someone entered the restroom, and I froze at the squeak of
the adjoining stall door. But it was only a pair of black pumps through
the divider gap. Heartbeat in my ears, I dropped the toilet lid and sat
down.
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Breathe in. Breathe out. Repeat.
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Worgen was a narcissistic egomaniac, pissed off at not
getting his way. Certainly, he could neither read my mind nor know
anything about my visions. He was messing with me. Of course, he was!
Pygmalion was a mythical sculptor, whose ivory creation came to life after he’d
fallen in love with her. And here I was, a female artist, painting a man.
As for the widow, it wasn’t a big leap to imagine a handsome warrior
leaving a young wife at home. Worgen didn’t have to know about me to
understand this mental image would upset me.
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I couldn’t tell how long I stayed in the restroom, but I
emerged more determined than ever to continue with my project. I only
needed to go outside and get some fresh air first. But Worgen was still
there, talking to a visitor, and the only way out was past him. I clenched my
jaw and went toward them.
About Author Vera Bell:
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Vera Bell is the author of the
time-travel romance trilogy Always & Forever, set in
sixteenth-century Ireland and present-day United States. Book One, Through
the Veneer of Time, is her debut novel. Besides being a writer, she
is a wife to her high-school sweetheart, a mother to two teenagers and
one fur baby, a former commercial artist and boutique owner, and a member of
the Historical Novel Society, Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and
Romance Writers of America. Her favorite place to write is on her porch,
overlooking a pond lined with river birches and magnolias. The topics she
never tires of are Ireland, past lives, and love that transcends time and
space.
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