The Widow's Timeless Wager

By Maggie Shayne

A RITA® AWARD NOMINATED time-travel romance!

A woman on a mission....
19th century widow Emily Hawkins is raising her sister's orphaned children and trying to save their farm, the only home the two kids have ever known, from a greedy banker who wants more than just a mortgage payment. She has until fall to raise a crop, harvest it, sell it, and pay off the loan to get the lecherous man off her back.

A man out of time...
21st century con man Jack McCain vowed never to work a day in his life. And he was smart enough, smooth enough, and charming enough, to make plenty of money without having to. Right up until he conned the wrong people and wound up running for his life through the woods near his childhood home.

Brought together across ages...
In those very same woods, there's said to be a magic wishing well that appears only when needed and only to those deserving of its powers. And somehow, when Jack dives for cover from the bullets flying after him, he lands in Emily's time.

Is Emily the answer to Jack's wish
Or is he the answer to hers?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oliver-Heber Books
• Release date: Apr 19, 2019
• ISBN: 9798201659516

Maggie Shayne

RITA Award winning, New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shayne has published over 50 novels, including mini-series Wings in the Night (vampires), Secrets of Shadow Falls (suspense) and The Portal (witchcraft). A Wiccan High Priestess, tarot reader, advice columnist and former soap opera writer, Maggie lives in Cortland County, NY, with soulmate Lance and their furry family.

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