Moment in Time
by Ilene Bates
Immerse into this beautiful historical romance as author Ilene Bates weaves a wonderful tapestry of love, passion, history, Scotland, art, and more in a Moment in Time.
Anna Sinclair has just become a widow. Though she has lost her husband of ten years, they have lost all romance and love way before his death. And now, hours after his burial, she cries not because of her loss but because of guilt—that they didn’t try harder to work things out. To escape from all this, she decides to accept the job offer from a museum in Inverness, Scotland.
As she starts working in the museum, she has particularly noticed a portrait of a beautiful eighteenth century Scottish Highlander with amazing green eyes. From the very first time she saw it, she has been drawn to it. She cleans it everyday and has always enjoyed “talking” to the man in the portrait. One day, before the museum’s curator has arrived to study on this particular portrait, she stands in front of it and examines it—trying to read the signature of the artist. But as she draws nearer, she feels a tingling sensation. The closer she gets, the stronger the feeling—until the museum has disappeared and she wakes up lying on the soft, wet grass outside.
She doesn’t understand what happened. When she finally looks up, she finds herself staring straight into the piercing, deep emeral green eyes of the Scottish Highlander from the portrait—very alive and real. She has so many questions: who is this man, where is she, what year is it, how did she get here—and she’ll soon find out the answers, and more, in this mesmerizing story.