Susan Reiss trained as a concert pianist then worked as a television writer/producer for many years. Her work received a New York International Film Festival Silver Medal, the Cine Golden Eagle, three Tellys, and a national Emmy nomination.
Recently, the three books in her IN Time series have ranked in the Top 100 category, Time Travel Romance. Letters in Time, the first book in a historical fiction/mystery/romance series, won a Gold Medal in the Bookfest Awards. Messages in Time, the third book in the series spent time in Amazon’s Top 100 Bestsellers-Historical Fiction.
In 2016, she was named Scribe of the Eastern Shore.
Susan Reiss trained as a concert pianist then worked as a television writer/producer for many years. Her work received a New York International Film Festival Silver Medal, the Cine Golden Eagle, three Tellys, and a national Emmy nomination. Recently, the three books in her IN Time series have ranked in the Top 100 category, Time Travel Romance. Letters in Time, the first book in a historical fiction/mystery/romance series, won a Gold Medal in...
Deceit in Time introduces you to the award-winning IN TIME series that combines historical fiction and mystery with a touch of romance. Winner of the Bookfest Gold Medal for Best Fiction Series. Meet Emma when she was a college sophomore and her beloved Uncle Jack as they uncover two historical mysteries that have a connection: one from the Civil...
When Emma Chase, a kindergarten teacher, moves into a charming cottage on the historic grounds of Waterwood Plantation, she stumbles upon an antique plantation desk — and a letter dated 1862, signed by someone named Daniel. Intrigued, Emma becomes tangled up in a poignant love story that weathered the chaos of the Civil War. But Emma begins to...
The first book in this series, Letters in Time, ended with one question still hanging: Were Emma and Daniel reunited?
Now, the sequel, Diaries in Time, answers that question...and leads modern-day Emma to learn that choices people make create patterns as intricate as handmade lace.
Decisions can haunt a person like a ghost across time. Emma Chase...
Dear Diary, After the carriage ride out of the city to the wharf, being jostled around like rag dolls as I think we hit every rut and hole on the roads. I avoided going to my cabin because the air was fresh and spring-like on deck. After we cast off and left the wharf in our wake, I noticed dark clouds forming in the distance and we are sailing directly toward them.
Later… I am taking a moment here in my small cabin to record the fact that I have left Philadelphia,...
Nathaniel had decreed that Priscilla must leave Philadelphia, travel down the Chesapeake Bay by boat, and stay with her sister at Waterwood. He believes he is protecting her from growing anger and unrest that might threaten his wife. But he could be sending her into the center of a gathering storm.
Philadelphia, Colony of Pennsylvania March 3, 1774 Late Afternoon
Dear Diary, I leave tomorrow for Waterwood. It is still shocking to me that the time has come already. The days since Nathaniel made...
As Priscilla writes in her diary, life is becoming a whirlwind of parties, gorgeous gowns, and fancy foods. But a change in the atmosphere, one of anger and unrest, can change the life of a young woman entering the City’s high society in a moment.
Philadelphia, Colony of Pennsylvania February 20, 1774
Dear Diary, What a relief it was that Becky came to me almost at once upon receiving my note. Safe in her private company, I could cry and try to make sense of what was happening. She offered me...
