If you’re in the mood for a time-traveling romance that will take you beyond the realms of reality, Never Leave Me should be at the top of your TBR queue. The characters mesh well with the story, and with the author’s writing this hard to believe tale seems plausible.

The struggle to let go of past worries is difficult for Ellen due to her sudden lifestyle change brought on by the healing and she’s plagued by the ethical dilemma of the holy water. Even with the Middle Ages thrown in, the violence was minimal. Their sweet romance was enjoyable with a few slightly steamier scenes, but still docile compared to the first book. The concept of healing waters from the first book splash onto these pages also with Ellen and Harrison using the healing water to aid with their own healing. This second novel spends most of its time in the present tense, but does dip into the past for some perilous encounters.

This book was eagerly anticipated after reading Hedlund’s first book in the series, Come Back to Me. Dangerous criminals are also seeking the holy water, and Ellen soon learns they will go to any lengths to get the powerful drug–including sending her back into the past to find it for them.īestselling and award-winning author Jody Hedlund plunges you into the swiftly flowing river of history in a race against the clock in this breathtaking, emotional second Waters of Time story. In an effort to convince her to take it, Harrison ingests the contents first, and when Ellen witnesses the effects, she can no longer deny the power of the substance in the bottles. When he locates two flasks, Ellen refuses to drink one of them because she believes the holy water killed her sister and father. However, he’s desperately trying to save her by finding the holy water that is believed to heal any disease. Harrison cares deeply for Ellen, but as a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, he’s never allowed himself to get serious in a relationship. In the last stages of a genetic disease, Ellen Creighton has decided to live out her remaining days at the estate of her longtime friend Harrison Burlington.

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