Susanna Kearsley

This novel is centered around a very old house near a small village in rural England - a house Julia Beckett knows from childhood is meant to be hers. When she finally is able to move into the house as an adult, she soon finds herself pulled back into the past - to a previous life she lived as Mariana in the 17th century. This novel made for a quick read and included a final twist that I absolutely loved.

Mystery

Surprisingly good. Kept my interest all through. Two parallel stories: an author comes to the Aberdeen area and writes a novel about the 18th century and a Jacobite rebellion, which more or less "writes itself." She is told this is "genetic memory." The characters in her novel are from her own family's past but with her writing in her current love interest as her heroine's--a family ancestor.
Fact and fiction blur with amazing coincidences in plots.

*3.5