Links |
|
|
|
Irina Shapiro
Author Page
Biography Events Contact Irina Like me on Facebook Links
|
|
|
Is there anything better then a great story that makes you feel transported to another time and place? (Well, I can think of a few things, but this is not that type of website!) I love a good romance that's set against the rich backdrop of European history. What makes a story even better is a touch of mystery and just a sprinkling of the occult. If you enjoy a similar type of story, check out my novels available for sale at Amazon.com.
I am particularly interested in things that might or might not be real, like reincarnation, ghosts, sixth sense and time-travel. I think these things can add an interesting new dimention to a story and provide the reader with an unexpected twist.
A Game of Shadows (The Hands of Time Series: Book 4) coming soon!
|
|
|
A Message from the Author:
First and foremost, I'd like to thank you for all the e-mails and praise for A World Apart. Keep them coming! As I finished the third book, I wasn't sure if I should continue the series, but so many of you have reached out and asked me about the next installment that I feel compelled to continue. I already have some good ideas and am working on developing them into a plot worthy of the series. I will keep you posted on this website and my Facebook page. In the meantime, happy reading! |
|
|
Reunited with her sister at last, Louisa settles in colonial Virginia, but an unexpected visitor throws life into turmoil once again by offering Valerie and Louisa an opportunity to return to the future.
Before the sisters have a chance to make a decision, the unthinkable happens; ripping the family apart, and scattering them over continents and time itself. No one is spared as child is torn from parents, sister is parted from sister, and a devastating famine threatens the colony. The Whitfields and Sheridans must fight for survival and face challenges they never imagined as they are cast a world apart. |
|
|
Alone and bereft, Louisa makes the fateful decision to follow her sister into the seventeenth century. But, the best laid plans often go awry, and she finds herself on the wrong continent, and in the wrong year. Louisa must cross the Atlantic to get to Virginia, hoping that Valerie is still there in 1620, and face the uncertainty of her situation as she makes the dangerous journey to the New World.
Meanwhile, Valerie is facing troubles of her own. She must discover the truth about the men in her family in order to save her marriage and solve a possible murder.
Will the two sisters reunite, or will they pass like ships in the night, never knowing how close they came to finding each other? |
|
|
On a cold, December morning in 1815 the body of nineteen year-old Lady Elizabeth Flynn and her stepson, Captain Jeremy Flynn, are found floating in a lake on the Flynn estate. Sir Henry is devastated by the loss of his young wife and heir to the estate, especially since there is no evidence, no witnesses and no apparent motive. But nothing is what it seems and the gruesome find is only one link in a chain of events that started long before.
Forbidden love, family secrets and betrayal have led to this moment, ending months of speculation and gossip and bringing it to a shocking conclusion. |
|
|
When a young woman vanishes without a trace from a quaint fishing village on the coast of England only one person knows the truth, but he remains silent allowing the authorities to search for her in vain.
|
|
|
When the skeletal remains of a young woman and her baby are found entombed behind the kitchen wall of a historic Tudor house, Cassandra is overcome with grief. She seems to know who the young woman was, but not how she knows or how she came to be there.
Cassandra becomes inexplicably drawn to the house and the mystery of the "Bones of Blackfriars." As she begins to learn the truth about the Thorne siblings who occupied the house during the reign of Elizabeth I, her own life takes an unexpected turn and she finds that her fate is linked to the Thornes in ways she never dreamed of.
|
|
|
Katie Price is baffled when a man claiming to be her grandfather leaves her his entire estate in the Scottish Highlands. The bulk of the estate consists of a thriving whiskey distillery and a moldering castle where the eccentric old man actually lived until his death. The Will stipulates that Katie must travel to Scotland and claim her inheritance in person.
As Katie’s stay extends from weeks into months she uncovers the secret that led to her mother’s birth and begins to unravel a two hundred fifty year old mystery surrounding the beautiful, young wife of the last laird of Clan McBride. According to local lore Isobel McBride vanished from the castle without a trace shortly after the Battle of Culloden and some believe that her ghost still walks the battlements at night. A strange dream in Isobel’s tower room leads Katie to Isobel’s hiding place where she discovers love letters from a man other than Isobel’s husband, his initials being the only clue to his identity. As Katie begins to unearth the clues to Isobel’s fate, she embarks on a romantic journey of her own and finds a new life she never expected.
|
|
|
After suffering a minor head injury during a mugging, Rebecca begins to have vivid, detailed dreams of Lily, a young woman living in London during the Blitz. As Rebecca lives through Lily’s joys and heartbreaks she gets drawn deeper and deeper into Lily’s world.
Who is Lily and what is her connection to Rebecca? Are these dreams a product of her imagination or are they memories of another life? Unable to suppress her need for answers any longer, Rebecca travels to London to search for clues and as she delves into the past, she finds her own unexpected future.
|
