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Meet the supporting cast in Secrets through Time: The Past

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Today, I’m introducing the supporting cast in my novel, Secrets Through Time.

Eliza Milford Mitchell

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The dutiful wife. Daughter of the man who founded the village of Milford Hollow and commissioned the original Milford Manor, Eliza has watched her childhood home change over the years. Quiet, compassionate, and devoted to her family, she spends much of her life trying to keep peace within a household overshadowed by her husband’s ambitions.

Samuel Mitchell

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The respected businessman with an iron will. To the outside world, Samuel is successful, influential, and above reproach. Within the walls of Milford Manor, however, his relentless need for control shapes the lives—and ultimately the destinies—of everyone under his roof.

Anna Mitchell

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Samuel’s illegitimate daughter. Raised in the shadows of the family she can never truly belong to, Anna longs for acceptance while carrying burdens that threaten to consume her.

Elias Greaves

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The eccentric architect. Brilliant, unconventional, and fascinated by hidden spaces, Greaves transforms Milford Manor into a masterpiece of secret passages, concealed rooms, and architectural puzzles. More than a century later, those hidden features become the key to uncovering long-buried truths.

Some secrets refuse to stay buried…

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Past and present collide when echoes of the haunted emerge, and secrets refuse to remain buried.

When Nicole, her brothers and her husband stumble upon the ruins of Milford Hollow, a ghost town long forgotten by history, they’re drawn to the only building left standing: the crumbling stone shell of Milford Manor.

Rumours circulated about the fire that devoured the town despite its closeness to Little Lake, and something unexplainable drove those who survived the inferno away.

Inside the manor’s scorched walls, Nicole senses she’s not alone. Whispers drift through the halls, and a long-faded family portrait seems to watch her every move.

As Nicole unravels the manor’s dark past, she discovers a tragedy that links her own world to the secrets of a family long dead—and learns that some fires never truly burn out.

SECRETS THROUGH TIME releases on September 5, 2026. Pre-order your copy today ($6.99 CAD) from Books2read and discover what lies hidden within Milford Manor.

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Shadows through Time – PRESS RELEASE

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SHADOWS THROUGH TIME UNRAVELS A HAUNTING LEGACY WHERE PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE
Melanie Robertson-King delivers a suspenseful time-bending mystery in the third installment of the Through Time series.

Brockville, ON – In SHADOWS THROUGH TIME: Through Time Book 3, author Melanie Robertson-King deepens her acclaimed series with a gripping blend of historical intrigue and supernatural suspense. As forgotten codes surface and long-buried secrets stir, the novel draws readers into a world where echoes of the past refuse to remain silent.

When Nicole and Mitch uncover strange symbols carved into wooden beams, what first appears to be a curiosity quickly transforms into a mystery with far-reaching consequences. Their search for answers leads them to Elias Greaves, a 19th-century builder whose legacy stretches from Brighton to Kingston. As they piece together fragments of journals and confront unsettling discoveries within aging walls, it becomes clear that Greaves left behind more than craftsmanship. He left a hidden truth.

Robertson-King masterfully interweaves past and present, revealing how choices made generations earlier continue to shape the living. Through journals, structural collapse, and ghostly whispers that seem to echo from the very foundations of the house, the story uncovers the emotional and moral cost of secrets preserved too long. Each revelation brings Nicole and Mitch closer to understanding what Greaves tried to protect and what forces now seek to expose.

SHADOWS THROUGH TIME explores themes of memory, legacy, and the burden of hidden knowledge. The novel balances atmospheric tension with carefully researched historical detail, creating a narrative that feels both intimate and expansive.

As part of the Through Time series, this third installment builds upon the emotional and supernatural threads established in earlier books while standing firmly on its own. Robertson-Kinginvitesbothlongtimefansandnewreaderstostepintoaworldwherehistorylingersinquietcornersandtruthdemandstobeuncovered.

Melanie Robertson-King is known for crafting evocative historical fiction infused with elements of mystery and the paranormal. Through meticulous attention to setting and character, she creates immersive narratives that span the past while exploring its enduring impact.

The book is now available—secure your copy here: https://books2read.com/u/boRWMv

For review copies, interview requests, or additional information, please contact:

Melanie Robertson-King Email: melanie@melanierobertson-king.com

19th Century Architecture, architectural symbolism, dual timeline, Mystery, ritual markings, supernatural elements

Shadows Through Time – Book 3 in my Through Time series

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Shadows Through Time was one of those books that took me on an unexpected journey. While it’s still a dual timeline and the characters are the same as in the first two, this one is different.

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I took the photograph of the house on the cover a number of years ago, then added some atmospheric aging to it. Beginning with a platinum effect, I used another piece of software to set it to 29% sepia, giving it an older appearance.

Blurb

Past and present collide as shadows reveal the truth and where the forgotten still linger

Nicole has always sketched the world around her.

But when she and Mitch uncover strange symbols hidden in century-old buildings, her drawings begin to connect past and present in ways she can’t explain.

In 1832, Whitmore, apprentice to the brilliant yet secretive Elias Greaves, learns that foundations can conceal more than stone—that loyalty, once broken, leaves scars as lasting as any carving.

Two timelines, bound by mystery, converge in a race to decipher Greaves’s legacy. To understand the past, Nicole and Mitch must follow the whispers that linger in wood and shadow—before the truth slips away forever.

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#snippetsunday ~ The Haunting of Kembleford Manor

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I’ve never taken part in #snippetsunday before, but I thought I would share the first draft of the opening scene in my dual timeline novel, The Haunting of Kembleford Manor.

Here goes. I’d really appreciate some feedback.

Albert Kembleford strode across the office, turned the key in the lock and left it hanging in the door. When he returned to his desk, the letter from the bank that arrived in the mail earlier in the day taunted him. The body of it was bad enough, but did the institution have to humiliate him even more with the word FORECLOSURE stamped in red on the whitespace near the top of the letterhead.

He knew it would come to this. Six months ago, he re-mortgaged the house to pump money into his lumberyard after a deal he’d counted on to bring him back from the brink fell through. Albert never told his wife they were in financial trouble. It wasn’t done. Being the breadwinner and provider for his family fell on his shoulders. He couldn’t bear his family knowing he was a failure.

The time had come. Albert reached into the middle left drawer of his desk, pulled out his Smith and Wesson revolver, and ensured the chamber was fully loaded. He had one chance to do it and wanted nothing left to error.

His crystal decanter of single malt stood on a tray with matching glasses. He’d have one before his time on this earth was up. Dutch courage. One for the road. He poured three fingers into the tumbler — two wouldn’t be enough. A ray of sun coming in the window glinted off the cuts in the glass making it sparkle and illuminating the amber liquid so that it glowed.

He would miss this house and the town of Pike Falls where he chose to settle and make his fortune. Too bad it didn’t turn out that way. He gulped down the whisky and returned the glass to its proper place. Only then did he sit behind his desk. This same place where he completed paperwork for his lumber empire — ha! — many times. 

As much as he wanted to burn the letter, he couldn’t. He needed to leave it for his wife Patience to find so she wouldn’t feel guilty thinking it was something she did to make him do what he was about to. Across the bottom of the letter he scrawled, I’m sorry, dearest Patience. Please forgive me. Love always, Albert.

Then, he cocked the gun, placed the end of the barrel against his temple and pulled the trigger.

So there you have it, my #snippetsunday offering. What did you think?

In due course, I’ll be sharing the cover image for the book, but in the meantime, watch for more #snippetsunday offerings.