Today, I’m introducing the supporting cast in my novel, Secrets Through Time.
Eliza Milford Mitchell
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
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
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
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…
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.
First up is Amy Scott, twin sister of Michael (from It Happened at Niagara Falls).
Emma Williams, Amy’s friend and co-worker. Both Amy and Emma are nurses at the new hospital in Sudbury, Ontario.
David Carter, Amy’s other half. He’s a finance officer for the City of Greater Sudbury. He’s also not very nice to Amy, but I won’t tell you more because it will ruin the book for you when it comes out.
Kyle Ferris, a Lunenburg local who works in Quality Control at High Liner Foods, and on weekends and holidays leads guided tours through the town. He’s also a descendant of Privateer John Ordronaux.
Here he is dressed for his tour.
Isabelle “Izzy” Morrison, an author who is suffering from a severe case of writer’s block and is writing to deadline not very effectively. She initiates a house swap between herself and Amy, which is how Amy and Seaumus (spelled this was intentionally) end up on the east coast of Canada in the UNESCO World Heritage site of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
