{"id":18153,"date":"2026-08-19T07:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18153"},"modified":"2026-08-19T07:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T11:02:15","slug":"meet-the-supporting-cast-in-secrets-through-time-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=18153","title":{"rendered":"Meet the supporting cast in Secrets through Time: The Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I’m introducing the supporting cast in my novel, Secrets Through Time.<\/p>\n

Eliza Milford Mitchell<\/h2>\n

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The dutiful wife.<\/em> 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\u2019s ambitions.<\/p>\n

Samuel Mitchell<\/h2>\n

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The respected businessman with an iron will.<\/em> 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\u2014and ultimately the destinies\u2014of everyone under his roof.<\/p>\n

Anna Mitchell<\/h2>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Elias Greaves<\/h2>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Some secrets refuse to stay buried…<\/p>\n

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Past and present collide when echoes of the haunted emerge, and secrets refuse to remain buried.<\/h2>\n
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When Nicole, her brothers and her husband stumble upon the ruins of Milford Hollow, a ghost town long forgotten by history, they\u2019re drawn to the only building left standing: the crumbling stone shell of Milford Manor.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Inside the manor\u2019s scorched walls, Nicole senses she\u2019s not alone. Whispers drift through the halls, and a long-faded family portrait seems to watch her every move.<\/p>\n

As Nicole unravels the manor\u2019s dark past, she discovers a tragedy that links her own world to the secrets of a family long dead\u2014and learns that some fires never truly burn out.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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