Out of Time

By Michael Llewellyn

Madeleine St. Jacques, the feisty, unstoppable librarian/heroine of Michael Llewellyn's Madeleine Time Slip Series is back for a third page-turning adventure Transported from New Orleans to 1820s Haiti, as the guest of King Henry I, Madeleine St. Jacques is dazzled by his opulent palace and fanciful court with a Duke and Duchess of Marmelade and Royal Pages called Bonbons. Slaves only a generation ago, these extravagantly costumed courtiers dance the minuet and worship in a Catholic Cathedral while voodoo ceremonies flourish and the mountains throb with the drums of Africa. Madeleine soon discovers ominous forces at work in this bizarre fairytale kingdom as fragile as it is exotic. Consumed with power and determined to make Europe respect his tiny island nation, King Henry builds on a Pharaonic scale-grand palaces, sugar plantations, new harbors and the largest fortress in the New World- at a terrible cost of human lives. When his obsessions morph into madness and her world careens toward chaos, Madeleine is warned by an ally: "You need not be frightened, my dear. I'm frightened enough for both of us." As the clock ticks, Maddy is terrified that she'll never learn why she's been sent back and becomes desperate to return home before running Out of Time.

Earlier reviews:
"Still Time is a new kind of historical time-travel/mystery/thriller that delights and informs the reader. Steeped in New Orleans past and present, Llewellyn creates a steamy, sultry, romantic atmosphere that will have you craving gumbo and beignets. Heroine Madeleine St. Jacques transforms quite satisfyingly from quiet librarian to cunning, action-oriented belle-of-the-ball once she is singled out by transcendent 'forces' to fulfill a critical mission in the past. Llewellyn's history is accurate and illuminating, especially in regard to the looming Civil War, which will make historical fiction readers happy, and his time-travel devices are innovative and clever, so time-slip fans will appreciate that as well." -Mary F. Burns, author of The Spoils of Avalon

"Don't miss Past Time This cleverly constructed time-slip to Tsarist St. Petersburg is as entertaining as a wild Russian sleigh ride. Thoroughly researched and packed with solid plot twists and turns, it's a well-paced page-turner that informs without being obvious and is great fun to read. I adored Madeleine " -Ciji Ware, author, Landing by Moonlight

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540704815
• ISBN13: 9781540704818
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"