故事敘述，女主角葛瑞絲(Grace)從現代世界，穿越時空回到16世紀的英國，書中豐富的歷史場景描述將令讀者深深著迷，是一部帶點魔幻和強烈浪漫色彩的作品。
This novel has powerful and striking storytelling, packed full of atmosphere. This is female fiction at its riveting best and brings to mind writers such as Philippa Gregory, Kate Mosse and Barbara Erskine, punctuated with a little witchcraft, strong romantic elements and a richly drawn historical setting.
It tells the story of Grace, who is trying to put her life back on track after surviving the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami. But as she takes up residence in her godmother's flat in York, she starts having nightmares that take her back to Elizabethan York and into the life of a serving girl called Hawise. The more Grace tries to build her new future, the more frequently she finds herself slipping back into the 16th Century and she begins to realise she is reliving Hawise's tragic life and its desperate end.
