Out of Time

Out of Time by Sylvia Townsend is set in both current times and 1700s France, and weaves together the lives of seemingly unconnected people. Tensions bubble just below the surface between Marc and Nate Bouchard, forcing them to look more closely at what lies underneath. Nate's girlfriend, Sabine, is trying desperately not to get dragged into the turmoil that is affecting her life as well. More than two hundred and fifty years earlier, a young girl is orphaned on the streets of Paris and is taken in by the mesmerising Madame, altering the course of her life in unexpected and shocking ways. But can Madame and the young girl predict what Armand, a wealthy Parisian merchant, is planning that will impact them both and his spoiled wife as well?