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An Hour Unspent
Christian Historical romance
An Hour Unspent
Book 3 of the Shadows Over England series
413 pages · First published 2018
Barclay Pearce has spent his life as a thief, but wartime work for Britain has given his unusual ability to understand machines a purpose he never expected. His final assignment brings him to clockmaker and inventor Cecil Manning, whose revolutionary technology could alter the war, and to Cecil’s daughter Evelina, who has little reason to trust the stranger entering their lives. Enemy agents want the invention, while Barclay’s growing faith and responsibility to his found family make the cost of failure intensely personal. The third Shadows Over England novel combines World War I espionage, engineering, romance, and redemption around a man learning that time cannot simply be stolen back. An engaging choice for readers who enjoy wartime espionage, resourceful outsiders, and a romance shaped by redemption and second chances.
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Wartime/battle violence and peril · Mild romantic content, including kissing
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