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...
It is 1774. People, especially women, relied on the mail for news that affected them directly. They wrote in their diaries, journals, and ledgers to record events, their reactions to them, and the direct effects on their lives.
After observing the Lord's Day, a letter arrives that causes alarm and could put Priscilla in danger. A local discovery adds to the distress of the day and the disruption of Priscilla’s world.
Priscilla has traveled home to the Eastern Shore at the urging of her husband. At Waterwood, he believes she will be safe there surrounded by friends and family. Only she is to discover she will be a prisoner.
Priscilla's Diary Entry #7
Waterwood House March 13, 1774
Dear Diary,
My welcome back to the Eastern Shore, hugging my sister, and seeing Waterwood House have filled my heart to almost bursting with joy.
This day of drizzling rain finds me warm and comfortable at my sister Abigail’s home....
They say you can never go home again. After a torturous journey over land and water, Priscilla has Waterwood in sight…and her sister, Abigail is waiting with open arms.
Aboard a Boat March 11, 1774
Dear Diary,
This morning, we sailed into Eastern Bay. It felt so good to linger on deck by the rail, listening to the gentle waves lapping against the wooden hull. There is something both soothing and restorative about the sounds of water when it is not whipped up by a torrent of angry winds. After a...
