Augustus Johnson’s peaceful life as a scholar in Victorian London is turned upside down when he chances upon Alissa, a beautiful stranger from the twenty-first century whom he falls deeply in love with. Their time together moves like a pleasant dream, slow and delightful, but when she disappears one day as suddenly as she arrived, Augustus is heartbroken. When she doesn’t return, Augustus resigns himself to his lonely fate, distracting himself with his work and isolating himself from the world by locking himself up in his study. But when Alissa makes a re-appearance at long last, he tries to keep his distance, fearing that she will break his heart once more when she inevitably leaves him in favor of her own time. However, try as he might, Augustus finds that the attraction between them is far too strong for him to resist as he falls in love with his time traveler all over again.
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Augustus Johnson’s peaceful life as a scholar in Victorian London is turned upside down when he chances upon Alissa, a beautiful stranger from the twenty-first century whom he falls deeply in love with. Their time together moves like a pleasant dream, slow and delightful, but when she disappears one day as suddenly as she arrived, Augustus is heartbroken. When she doesn’t return, Augustus resigns himself to his lonely fate, distracting himself with his work and isolating himself from the world by locking himself up in his study. But when Alissa makes a re-appearance at long last, he tries to keep his distance, fearing that she will break his heart once more when she inevitably leaves him in favor of her own time. However, try as he might, Augustus finds that the attraction between them is far too strong for him to resist as he falls in love with his time traveler all over again.