Stains of Time

She struggles with regret and secrets. Forced to relive her past, can she rewrite her future? Veronica Silver's life feels like an endless list of "what ifs?" Pregnant at sixteen, her strict father shoved her into a loveless marriage far away from the woman she truly loved. But her conflicted mind is in for a reboot when a piano falls out of the sky and triggers a harrowing journey down memory lane. Reviewing her actions with the help of a mysterious figure strikingly resembling her dad, she finds herself on trial over her fateful decisions. But as she relives each scene with fresh eyes, she may trigger a chain reaction that could threaten her beloved daughter and uproot their entire family tree. Can Veronica rise above a lifetime of mistakes and forge a bright new world?

She loved him as a father. When he breaks her heart, she'll raise his darkest specters... High-school valedictorian Tracy Silver embraced her uncle as the dad she never had. But her perfect image of him shattered when she caught him with a stripper. Now he's back in town, and she's determined to render justice with a magical potion. With the supernatural elixir running through the man's veins, Tracy presents his memories as evidence in a mystical courtroom. But though she defies him to confirm he's not like every other man, her righteousness is shaken with the revelation of his dark and shocking secrets. Can Tracy prove her uncle's betrayal was real, or will she uncover a deeper truth? The Boot of Destiny is the second book in the intriguing Stains of Time family saga series. If you like nuanced characters, deep moral quandaries, and a touch of metaphysical mystery, then you'll love E. Christopher Clark's coming-of-age tale.

She's going to be famous. Her dreams are within reach. And if it all comes to pass, she will be murdered... Boston, Massachusetts, 1990. Music is the one sure thing twelve-year-old Robin Gates has in her life. Though she's disgusted by the looks she gets from grown male patrons, playing guitar and singing in her mother's strange bar provides a path to her envisioned future. Until she reads a newspaper from 2006 that contains her obituary... As a kid, Ashley Silver saw how her family's artistic efforts brought only despair and poverty. Now eighteen, she refuses to accept that fate and embarks on a lucrative career as an exotic dancer. But despite her misgivings about Robin's ambition to become a rock star, Ashley can't help but fall hard for her childhood friend. Destined to die in her true love's arms, Robin desperately seeks any means to change her fortune and protect her girlfriend from the doomed truth. But Ashley knows her partner is keeping some dark secret, and it threatens to tear them apart forever. Is Robin's death truly predetermined, or can the troubled couple force a happily-ever-after? The Chains of Desire is the extraordinary third book in The Stains of Time family saga series. If you like intriguing paradoxes, delightful characters, and emotional ups and downs, then you'll love E. Christopher Clark's compelling journey into magical realism.