A lost town, a misplaced historical artifact, a skeleton in the family tree, and runaway slaves hiding in the attic—all the “history mystery” you could want with a squeaky-clean romance for added spice.
Abby Thomas is spending her summer in a run-down old house with a bratty pre-teen named Merrideth she is supposed to tutor. It’s not Abby’s idea of a dream job, but it does come with perks. There’s John Roberts, the devastatingly attractive neighbor who is almost too wonderful to be real. And then there are the virtual trips to the past she gets to take via a strange and wonderful computer program called Beautiful Houses—also too amazing to be real. No one knows how it works, but with the software, Abby can rewind and fast-forward the lives of all the people who ever lived in a house for a God’s-Eye view of time.
In 1858, Merrideth’s house was a train stop on the Alton & Chicago Line, and a young woman named Charlotte lived there. She takes up the cause of abolition and turns the house into a station on the Underground Railroad after hearing Abraham Lincoln pour out his heart at the debate that will catapult him onto the national stage and lead to his presidency during the dark days of the Civil War.
In book two Abby’s reluctant student finally begins warming up to her. And her friendship with John Roberts is also heating up. He’s definitely marriage material. Except he thinks she’s crazy, because a computer program that allows you to rewind and fast-forward the lives of people from long ago is surely pure fantasy…
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