2004: In historic Charleston, recently divorced art conservator Gamble Vance throws herself into her career restoring centuries-old miniature portraits. But one portrait haunts a woman in a fox stole, with familiar hazel eyes. When Gamble meets a girl in an alley, she' s convinced it' s the same woman— and it' s not the first time they' ve met.
For help, Gamble turns to African American Studies scholar Tolliver Jackson— a former foster kid with secrets of his own. But as Gamble' s memories resurface, the pair discover a connection which may endanger more than one life... in more than one lifetime.
1804: Miniature portraitist and fallen-away Quaker Daniel Petigru paints for Charleston' s high society. Daniel and his sister live with a free Black family, their connection long and complicated. When Gamble arrives from the future and her presence puts them all at risk, Daniel must decide if he loves her enough to let her go.
THE MINIATURIST' S ASSISTANT explores the mystery of time, how our choices ripple throughout history, and what it means to be a fully-realized woman— in any century.
"What a lush, bold novel ... a story that is as suspenseful as it is wildly romantic. An astounding journey through the Charleston of the present and the very long past which transcends genre and takes the reader places entirely new." ~ Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean
2004: In historic Charleston, recently divorced art conservator Gamble Vance throws herself into her career restoring centuries-old miniature portraits. But one portrait haunts a woman in a fox stole, with familiar hazel eyes. When Gamble meets a girl in an alley, she' s convinced it' s the same woman— and it' s not the first time they' ve met.
For help, Gamble turns to African American Studies scholar Tolliver Jackson— a former foster kid with secrets of his own. But as Gamble' s memories resurface, the pair discover a connection which may endanger more than one life... in more than one lifetime.
1804: Miniature portraitist and fallen-away Quaker Daniel Petigru paints for Charleston' s high society. Daniel and his sister live with a free Black family, their connection long and complicated. When Gamble arrives from the future and her presence puts them all at risk, Daniel must decide if he loves her enough to let her go.
THE MINIATURIST' S ASSISTANT explores the mystery of time, how our choices ripple throughout history, and what it means to be a fully-realized woman— in any century.
"What a lush, bold novel ... a story that is as suspenseful as it is wildly romantic. An astounding journey through the Charleston of the present and the very long past which transcends genre and takes the reader places entirely new." ~ Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of The Deep End of the Ocean