Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for my gifted ebook to write my honest review.
A love that will change them forever
A treasure that will bring them home
West Mercia, AD 873 – Merewen’s settlement is on guard against the outside threat of the ‘Heathen’ Norsemen. But for Merewen, the real threats come from within, as her future is cruelly snatched away from her.
Eirik, a Norseman, finds himself abandoned and injured after his uncle’s plunder of Mercian land goes wrong. He thinks his fate is sealed – until Merewen saves his life.
Hereford, Present Day – Left reeling after a huge betrayal, Alix moves to her grandfather’s farm in Hereford to heal her broken heart. There, after being given a family heirloom, she soon finds herself haunted by memories of a life she never lived, a relationship she never had, and a time in which she never existed.
Local farmer Noah is being hounded by the police to find the Viking hoard that his sister and her criminal boyfriend stole from his farm. Noah must prove his own innocence while struggling to decipher the curious connection he has to newcomer Alix – a bond that seems to transcend their own reality.
As they search for the lost treasure, Alix and Noah start to feel the whispers of a love they never expected, one powerful enough to echo through history.
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My Review
Christina Courtenay is an author I always veer towards. Whenever she has a new book out, I need to read it. She writes dual timeline novels that always grip me and immerse me in the past.
Ripples Through Time is set in AD 73 and the present day. The past follows Merewen and Eirik, who is in a Viking raiding party led by his uncle . The present-day story tells of Alix, who has moved to her family’s farm to get over a broken heart. Noah is a struggling farmer whose sister and criminal boyfriend have discovered Viking treasure on his land. He is being pressured by the police to find the rest of the treasure and at the same time try to work out the unusual connection he has with Alix.
Without a doubt, Christina Courtenay is a masterful storyteller. Her research is excellent, and it creates a vivid tale. I find myself forgetting all about my modern-day life when I open her books. I get so invested in her characters , and it was no different with this book. I rooted for Alix and Noah, hoping everything would work out!
The two stories move seamlessly from one to the other. I always appreciate the skill this author has in keeping me within the world she has created. The authenticity of the descriptions from AD 73 did make me wonder where history ended and fiction began! Yet another fabulous book to add to Christina Courtenay’s collection of dual timeline and timeslip novels she has written. I wait for her next one as patiently as I can!
Author Bio
Christina Courtenay writes historical romance, time slip/dual time and time travel stories, and lives in Herefordshire (near the Welsh border) in the UK. Although born in England, she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden – hence her abiding interest in the Vikings. Christina is a Vice President and former chairman and of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association and has won several awards, including the RoNA for Best Historical Romantic Novel twice with Highland Storms (2012) and The Gilded Fan (2014) and the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 with Echoes of the Runes. RIPPLES THROUGH TIME (dual time historical romance published by Headline Review 21st November 2025) is her latest novel. Christina is a keen amateur genealogist and loves history and archaeology (the armchair variety).
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