Coventry, England 1946- Recently widowed, Maeve Phillips is doing her best to support the war effort. A sensible young woman, she prides herself on always being in control. But her life is turned topsy turvy when she is hurled through time, landing in the turbulent war-torn fifteenth century. Scared and alone, if she is going to survive she must place her fate in the hands of the ruthless and irresistibly handsome Rhys Penyore.
An Agent to the Crown, Rhys has spent his life amongst the shadows. Fresh from the Battle of Bosworth the stakes have never been higher, as King Henry Tudor ascends the throne in a country rife with traitors and would-be assassins. As if his life were not complicated enough, Rhys finds himself bewitched by a stubborn, yet utterly alluring woman claiming to be from the future.
The first in author Anna Kensington's debut series, A Shadow in Time is the story of two unlikely lovers' perilous journey to overcome their differences and find love, in a country torn apart by years of violence and civil war.