A brooch, a lighthouse, a seashore, a love that transcends time…
Single, childless, and forty-three, college English professor Laura Bouvoire is determined to have a baby by in-vitro fertilization, but her plans meet opposition when she falls in love with her thirty year old college student, Dante Giovanni. Even though she becomes pregnant, she is shocked at Dante's opposition to "test-tube babies" which he deems morally repugnant. Yet the two are drawn together by forces neither understands, forces they later learn stem from a past life.
Obsessed by dreams of lovers in another century, Laura delves into that past life. There, tormented voices from another age reveal century-old karmic debts...
Excerpt from A STILL POINT IN TIME by Marsha Briscoe ...
Laura swung her BMW into the Civic Auditorium’s parking lot and cut the engine. Reaching for her red leather purse, she scanned the bulk mail flyer that lay on her dashboard.
Asheville Speaker’s Forum, October 14th
11 AM in the Civic Center’s Rector Auditorium
Dr. Ralph Jenkins: Other Lives, Other Loves
Sponsored by Greater Asheville Alpha Club
Reception Preceding the Presentation
When she saw Emily Forley pull in next to her, Laura shoved the flyer back onto her dashboard, locked her car, and got out to join her friend.
“I don’t know why I let you talk me into going to this Speaker’s Forum this morning, Emily,” Laura said as the two strolled into the Auditorium. “It better not last long, though. I’ve got a doctor’s appointment at one.”
“Laura Ellen Bouvoire, you’re always in a rush. You need to slow down.”
“How?” Laura wrinkled her brow. “I should be spending this morning getting ready for the night class of Dr. Anderson’s I promised to take over.”
“I didn’t know you’d committed to do that. I was asked, but I declined.”
“Dr. Hardwick twisted my arm. Anyway, I didn’t think it would hurt to be in the good graces of the English Department Chair when I’m up for tenure. When I accepted, Dr. Hardwick was quite pleased. Besides, I’ll be paid for it as overload.”
Inside the lobby, Emily looked around. “I think we got here too late to help our Alpha Club serve the punch. Looks like the refreshment tables have already been cleared.”
“Then why don’t I just skip the talk? Would you mind? I’m really not interested in hearing about past lives.”
“Oh, come on. It won’t hurt you.” Emily motioned Laura toward a row of empty seats. “Friend of mine heard this same speaker last month in Knoxville. She said he talks a lot about art. That’s what I’m here for.”
Sitting near the front of the auditorium, Laura drummed her fingers on the chair arm as the speaker read a poem. With her mind mulling over her doctor’s appointment, she found it difficult to concentrate on what he was saying.
“...If you will look now at the program, you can read the poem for yourself.” The speaker paused while programs rustled. “There is no doubt Dylan Leone Gordon intended these lines of ‘Sudden Life’ to convey his belief that he would reunite with his beloved in another life.”
"A Still Point in Time is a romance based on the reincarnation concept. Marsha has written a very intriguing and fast-paced book. The deep emotions that the characters face are sensitive and touching. The book is well researched and so interesting that the reader cannot let go of the book until it is read completely. The romance is very sweet and undeniably heart-warming. The book is very much recommended.
Dee Herga, Reviewer ebook Reviews Weekly
Leslie Tramposch, ParaNormal Romance Reviews...
"...Ms. Briscoe was quite creative in explaining both of the characters mindsets and emotions, paralleling their past lives, reaching the same point in their relationship through very different means. Dante is a very complex and difficult man, a diamond in the rough, with so many defenses that few women would be willing to breach them. Laura patiently tears down each wall he throws up to bar their relationship, without appearing desperate. While the two struggle to come to grips with their past and forge a future, the past is catching up with them in the form of a villain who is determined to keep them apart for all eternity. This is definitely a selling point for those who enjoy romantic suspense."--Leslie Tramposch, ParaNormal Romance Reviews
Melanie C. Duncan, The Book Dragon Review...
"...Briscoe weaves an intricate web of historical detail, lost love, and future possibilities as the romance between Laura and Dante blossoms. Their gradual realization of their feelings for each other in this lifetime, and the awakening of the memories from their previous life together, is a graceful unfolding dance...A beautifully rendered love story with a hint of mystery and a heavy dose of karmic destiny for paranormal fans to enjoy."--Melanie C. Duncan, The Book Dragon Review
About the Author
Marsha Briscoe lives in southeastern Kentucky with her life-long soul mate husband and three dogs. An award winning published poet and novelist, she has over the years taught a variety of college English courses including advanced composition, Shakespeare, British literature, and world literature. A fiction editor since 2001, Marsha has edited well over fifty novels. In addition to editing, Marsha has authored two published novels, both of which are deeply rooted in her background of teaching literature. A Still Point in Time, a PEARL Award finalist, is a paranormal romance whose past life characters are loosely based on the historical poet/artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his beloved model Elizabeth Siddal. Her second novel, A Family Matter, brings the rudiments of an ancient Greek myth into a 1990's eastern Kentucky setting.
The proud mother of three grown sons, Marsha enjoys in her spare time tennis, golf, and piano. To learn more about her novels and poems, visit Marsha’s author website.
