Hello, readers! I’m C.M. Melillo, and I’m looking for ARC readers for my novel, The Portrait of Time: Book I.
Sofía Ellsworth never wanted to return to Aberdeen… but the past has drawn her back.
A portrait hidden for centuries pulls her into an impossible mystery—art can open a doorway through time.
When Sofía awakens in eighteenth-century Scotland, she finds herself trapped in a dangerous world where every choice could cost her freedom, her life… or her heart.
There she meets Gabriel Fairfax, a gifted young painter haunted by a mysterious commission and a promise sealed with ancient gold. As jealousy, betrayal, and a deadly conspiracy close in around them, the name of a legendary pirate emerges once more from the shadows of history.
Caught between destiny and desire, Sofía must make an impossible choice: return to the life she left behind… or remain in a time that was never meant to be hers.
Because some loves do not die with time.
They simply learn to wait.
✨ If you enjoy time-travel romance, historical settings, mystery, forbidden love, intrigue, and atmospheric Scotland, I’d love to invite you to request an ARC through BookSprout.
Hello, readers! I’m C.M. Melillo, and I’m looking for ARC readers for my novel, The Portrait of Time: Book I.
Sofía Ellsworth never wanted to return to Aberdeen… but the past has drawn her back.
A portrait hidden for centuries pulls her into an impossible mystery—art can open a doorway through time.
When Sofía awakens in eighteenth-century Scotland, she finds herself trapped in a dangerous world where every choice could cost her freedom, her life… or her heart.
There she meets Gabriel Fairfax, a gifted young painter haunted by a mysterious commission and a promise sealed with ancient gold. As jealousy, betrayal, and a deadly conspiracy close in around them, the name of a legendary pirate emerges once more from the shadows of history.
Caught between destiny and desire, Sofía must make an impossible choice: return to the life she left behind… or remain in a time that was never meant to be hers.
Because some loves do not die with time.
They simply learn to wait.
✨ If you enjoy time-travel romance, historical settings, mystery, forbidden love, intrigue, and atmospheric Scotland, I’d love to invite you to request an ARC through BookSprout.
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Thank you so much for considering The Portrait of Time: Book I. ❤️
— C.M. Melillo