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Jilly Bond
About this listen
Professional genealogist Melissa Grantham receives an invitation to visit her family's ancestral home, Ashleigh Manor. From the moment she arrives, life-like dreams and visions haunt her. Jake Precy, owner of a nearby cottage, has disturbing dreams too, but it's not until he meets Melissa that they begin to make sense. He hires her to research his family's history, unaware their lives are already entwined.
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- 06-06-23
Narration was not my favorite
I love Christina’s other books but this narrator was difficult to take. Unfortunately makes it hard to concentrate on the dialog when character impressions are so forced.
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