Beyond the Grave: A Cold Case Psychic Spin off Novella

By: Pandora Pine

Narrated by: Stephen Dexter

Length: 3 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

Museum curator Harrison Kirkpatrick has been fascinated by the American Revolution since childhood, but never in his wildest dreams did he ever imagine falling in love from afar with a soldier who fought for America's freedom. Through a series of events too wild to be believed, Harrison is thrown back in time to 1775, mere days before the Battle of Bunker Hill, finding himself at the business end of a musket held by the very man he has been pining for.

Massachusetts Militiaman Gannon Chalmers does not know what to make of the strange man he finds wandering around Bunker Hill days before his unit is to engage the British Redcoats. Is this man friend or foe? What he does know is that there is an undeniable attraction growing between them that he must resist at all costs.

As the battle draws closer, so do Gannon and Harrison. Can they deny the passion threatening to explode between them like a powder keg? Or will Gannon's abundance of caution keep him from giving in to the one man who could lay claim to his heart?

On the brink of a war that will change the history of the world, the pair must decide what price they are willing to pay for freedom, and how much they are willing to sacrifice for love.

©2018 Pandora Pine (P)2018 Pandora Pine

Bittersweet

Beyond the Grave is a spin-off novel from Cold Case Psychic series. However you don't need to read the first series to fully enjoy this book, they are only connected at the very end and not in a way that will leave you confused in any way.

Harrison Kirkpatrick is a curator at a museum in Boston. He's been obsessed with the American Revolution since he was a little boy. One day he receives a mysterious box containing letters and memorabilia from a soldier fighting in the war back in 1775. This is the start of his obsession with Gannon Chalmers. A couple of years later, he's well and truly in love with the fallen soldier and his highest wish is for a moment in time with said soldier.

Be careful what you wish for, because suddenly he finds himself back in 1775, staring up at the man he's been dreaming about. Not only has he travelled back in time, he's also travelled back to the battle he's been studying for so long. A battle he's now a part of. The two spend a few days getting to know each other. Falling for each other. Normally this is the happy times, full of promises and joy, but not in this book, there's always danger looming and in the back of your head you know that there won't be a happily ever after for this loving couple. Their love is beautiful, it's innocent in a way, and I loved being there for all the moment they shared.

Their love is a bittersweet one and I freely admit to shedding a few tears. While listening there was always this feeling of time running out, that they wouldn't get their happily ever after. But the love that they did share made up for that, it transcended time itself.

This was the first time I listened to Stephen Dexter and I have to say I really enjoyed his narration. I liked how he portrayed the characters, the voices he had for Harrison and Gannon fit with who they were. The feelings were spot on and he made you a part of the story, made you feel for the characters. Made you root for them. Sometimes changing narrator for a series can be a bit iffy, but for this book it worked. Dexter is a great narrator and add to it that the characters in this book don't appear in the original series, part from a minor cameo with Ten and Ronan in the end.

All in all, I really enjoyed this book, I loved the atmosphere and the characters and the narration made it all come alive.

A copy of this book was generously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review for Love Bytes.

Oh the feels in this one

This was sooo good. I cried both sad & happy tears. Even though we knew what was going to happen to Gannon, I was still hoping that the past would have been changed. I felt Harrison's gut wrenching pain & sorrow. I loved getting to see some of the day to day going on's back in 1775.