The Time Mistress

In this fifth and final book in The Time Mistress Series, Cassandra must travel to Hollywood, circa 1942, to investigate why criminal and fugitive Nick Stockard mysteriously showed up in a newspaper photo of the era, when she'd thought he'd already died. The only explanation is that he cheated death and time-traveled there, but how and why? Dr. Elton Carver, inventor of the time machine, goes with Cassandra to help her in her hunt for Nick. While in 1942, Cassandra and Elton rub elbows with stars like Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, and Lena Horne, but they also have to deal with the complications of Elton being African American in a segregated and racist Los Angeles-and with the feelings they begin to have for one another. This final novel in Georgina Young-Ellis's fascinating time travel series satisfies in every way with romance, danger, excitement...even celebrities from Hollywood's golden age It's an entertaining yet poignant look at the World War II era, with all its glitz and glamour, as well as it's harsh realities. It's a page turner to the end - Barbara Silkstone, author of the Cold Cream Murders series. Time traveling to the past can be so romantic...except when there's a murderer on the loose