A witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this haunting debut novel. Helen Lambert has lived several lives-a young piano virtuoso in 1890s Paris, an actress in 1930’s Hollywood, a rock star in 1970s Los Angeles — only she doesn’t know it. Until she meets a strange man who claims he’s watched over her for … he’s watched over her for centuries, bound to her from the beginning.
At first, Helen doesn’t believe him. Her life is as normal as any other modern career woman’s. Then she begins having vivid dreams about ill-fated love and lives cut short.
Caught in a curse, Helen will be forced to relive the same tragic events that ruined her previous lives. But with each rebirth, she’s developed uncanny powers. And as the most powerful version of herself, Helen must find a way to break the curse before her time runs out.
A Witch in Time is a bewitching tale of passion, reincarnation, and magic perfect for fans of A Secret History of Witches and Outlander.
Praise for A Witch in Time:
“A sweeping story of magical, star-crossed love, as glamorous as it is romantic. Prepare to be dazzled.”―Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger
“A narrative rich in historical detail, brightened by flashes of humor, and filled with colorful characters and fascinating settings. A most rewarding read!” ―Louisa Morgan, author of A Secret History of Witches
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Four lives, one woman, a star-crossed love . . .
I just finished this audiobook, and I just… OMG! This story is breathtaking, haunting, tragic, mesmerizing, and so beautiful!!! And the narration–WOW!!! I was captivated by the story, obsessed with each lifetime, and in awe of the perfect narration and how wonderfully they portrayed each character. I’m in tears right now. I can’t believe I waited so long to listen to this. This story has my emotions all over the place, so much so that I’m having trouble writing this review. But it’s a good thing!!! There are no words to describe how magical, unique, and strong this story is, as well as the narration. This story will stay in my heart forever!
5 STARS FOR EACH LIFETIME!!!
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As you know, I’m a fan of stories that take place across different times. Well done story about a woman bound to a curse that has her reliving the same mistake in consecutive lives. Loved this book.
Recently, I discovered a book on Amazon that had me entranced just from the description. I had to have it. I ordered it on the spot and even eagerly awaited it in the mail. Still, I didn’t read it right away. My daughter likes to choose my TBR list for me, and she’d had me reading a few others first. But this book called to me from the shelf. That’s the only way I could describe it. It was begging me to read it.
So I did. Despite her objections, I made her other choices wait so that I could delve into the book that had intrigued me so much. “A Witch in Time” by Constance Sayers held me captivated so much more than other books do.
There’s not much I can really tell you or want to tell you, honestly. I absolutely hate spoilers and I don’t think one could describe the story without ruining some part of it but I’ll see what I can do.
Helen meets a man that tells her she’s lived many lives. She starts to dream of them, seeing herself and what became of her in all these other lives. The love, the hope, the tragedy. I was lost in all of it, seeing myself in the characters in ways I hadn’t expected. Maybe it was just me, but something about this book held my heart. I even shed a few tears towards the end, wrapped up in the emotion.
Constance Sayers created a book that I would have loved to have written. There’s nothing else I can say but that. If you are a fan of time travel-esque stories, this would be good for you. While there isn’t time travel, don’t get me wrong, you still get the sense of it. It feels like that kind of book, I guess.
Honestly, I just finished it right before writing this, and I feel as though I am still unpacking the story within myself. Some books are simply good stories, others are great. And then some change you when you read them. For me, this was one of those books.
Thank you Constance, for writing such a beautiful and powerful book.
Ok so as I pick up the shattered pieces of my effin heart, let me say this isn’t my “normal” type of reading, but I am so glad I picked it up. I am a fan of nearly anything to do with witches, especially if lots of lore is involved. But this one had a love story that, that, that Idk how to explain it without ruining it so just read it ok.
I had so much hope for this book. A good story, not great for me. Fantasy and time travel romance… I guess I had just hyped the book up before reading it. Definitely worth reading, but gave me so much frustration.
This is a captivating story of love and loss that gives new meaning to true unconditional love and being an old soul. In vivid detail the author will transport you from the life of an 1890s French piano virtuoso to a 1930s Hollywood movie star to a 1970s rocker to a modern-day media mogul. As the story unfolds you will fall further and further in love with Luke and Helen completely enduring you to them and all the characters featured. The addition of magic and music enrich this complex story making it a must read.
WOW! Best book I have read in months! I finished the book in one day. One of ht few books you read that leave you with ‘this should make this story into a movie’ or a series exploring more about Luke, Marie and Paul.
A captivating tapestry of a tale, A Witch in Time weaves together the supernatural, historical fiction, and a humorous present day heroine, while traveling the macabre brambles of a dark curse-through lifetimes-with a compass to the heart.
Fresh and original… a narrative rich in historical detail, brightened by flashes of humor, and filled with colorful characters and fascinating settings. A most rewarding read!
I fell in love with Sayers’ perfectly plotted debut. There’s history and romance, humor and heartache, Paris and Hollywood, and a protagonist who’s bewitching no matter the decade. It’s time travel with a fresh twist!
With lush historical details and a wicked sense of humor, A Witch in Time fully immerses the reader in the story of Helen and her fated demon, unpacked like nesting dolls across time and lives, fortune and chance. From Belle Epoque France to modern-day D.C., from worlds pastoral, decadent, flashy to commercial, Sayers weaves a spell of love, lust and magic to create a page-turner like no other. All the thrill of a Discovery of Witches, with all the mystery and epic romance of Richard Matheson’s classic Somewhere in Time.
A Witch In Time has all the elements that attract me to a book: witches, demons, past lives, reincarnation, and a cursed/doomed love. This book is about a human, a witch, and a demon stuck in a perpetual looped curse that three of them have to relive in multiple lifetimes. It all starts in 1895, when a Parisian painter, Auguste Marchant, seduces sixteen-years old Juliet. Juliet’s mother, a minor witch, curses Auguste to eternal damnation, accidentally tying Juliet to Auguste’s fate. Lucas is the demon who is chosen to be the so-called administer of terms of the curse and whose job is also to protect Juliet. Lucas falls in love with Juliet but is forced to witness Auguste and Juliet’s doomed love affair time after time.
I loved almost everything about this book, it’s like it was tailor-made for me. The only thing that I wished to see more of is Lucas and Juliet’s relationship, instead of Auguste and Juliet’s doomed affair. A Witch in Time is one of the most unique love stories I’ve ever read. I definitely would recommend it to anyone who loves to read fantasy romance and books about witches, demons, and curses.
A Witch in Time earns 5/5 Mysterious Lifetimes…Entertaining Epic!
Helen Lambert is the reincarnation of Juliet, Nora, and Sandra; each lifetime set in a different city, a different time, a different lifestyle with different trials and tragedies. The drama begins in Washington, D.C., 2012. Helen Lambert, through vivid dreams, begins to unravel the mystery of her past, her distant past, her connection to three women, and the tragic end her own life is destined to repeat. She learns of young Juliet LaCompte in 1895, Paris, whose mother used drastic measures to protect and free her young daughter from a tragic affair. It backfires. The curse she cast to rid Juliet of the older Marchant instead fuses her daughter to the artist and to the demon she inadvertently summoned. The trio are destined to relive their tragic connection in the subsequent incarnations ending, unfortunately, in the young woman’s death at her thirty-fourth birthday. Memories disappear each time leaving each woman at the mercy of fate. For Helen, she learns of Juliet, then Nora Wheeler of 1932, and Sandra Keane of 1970, all lives ending tragically. However, Helen is determined to uncover the mystery, as she is also coming into her powers, and hopefully making it past her birthday.
Constance Sayers has penned an engaging epic that crosses space and time, but the idea of magic or witches, even demons, was not a driving force. Descriptive language and dialogue set an intriguing premise using a first-person narrative with present-day Helen as the main character, then the perspective switches to a third-person for the stories involving the incarnations. It is easy to follow like flashbacks. Sayers’s writing style is engaging with tone changing for each era filled with google-worthy historical references and cultural issues. Beware…there are some very adult situations I felt were a bit more gratuitous than necessary to drive the drama or for character development. The journey is compelling and characters well-developed with different personalities from naive to introspective. The final resolution to Helen’s predicament was not a complete surprise, but seemed the only way to conclude…sacrifice always seems to be key to breaking any conflict or curse. But, it does end with a smile.
For fans of A Discovery of Witches, Outlander, and (dare I say it?) The Taker, A Witch in Time is a story of star-crossed love across the centuries.