A single thread, pulled, cut, or changed has the potential to effect the entire pattern of a tapestry. This profound metaphor provides an ingenious framework for TAPESTRY by Ariana Overton. Like any expertly woven masterpiece, TAPESTRY has several complex plot lines woven together resulting in an extraordinary tale of romance, suspense, and murder.

The first thread: Katherine (Kat) Hurston considers her life to be lacking. At the age of 48, she's lost the man of her dreams. Miraculously, she has learned the ability to go back in time and effect the present. She intends to coach her younger self into wealth and love with the man she's presently lost. But she never considers the negative consequences to herself or the timeline with such meddling.

The second thread: Dr Max Martin dreams of scientifically proving the paranormal by finding people like Kat who have the ability to go back in time. His hidden agenda is to find and bring to justice the man who brutally murdered his younger brother. Moreover, his budding relationship with Kat complicates both their plans.

The third thread: Nick Kharija owns the company funding the time travel research. His daughter is dying a rare of blood disease believed to have been cured in ancient Egypt. Those cures were recorded on the scrolls that Max's brother Michael had discovered, but were lost upon his death. If he has a further agenda, he doesn't intend to tell anyone.

One again author Ariana Overton presents the reader with a tale of intrigue guaranteed to entertain. Using the image of a woven tapestry, and questioning what happens when a thread changes, Ariana weaves a tapestry of thoughtful suspense.

Reviewed by Cindy Penn
Wordweaving
Very highly recommended

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Katherine Hurston and her married lover, Steve Davis, have a cabin out of town, but Steve can only visit her on weekends. He must stay close to his law office during the week, he tells Kat. It is Steve who breaks off the affair because he just can't take the pressure of sneaking around anymore. Kat is devastated and goes into a depression mood.

Callie Barnes tries to tell her that Steve is not the one for her anyway. Kat has known her psychic friend for years and has believed all of Cal's predictions - until now. Kat still insists that Steve loves her and will eventually leave his wife and marry her. She keeps bemoaning to Cal that she wishes she could go back in time and change things so that she, Kat, is the one who marries Steve, and that the other woman is out of the picture altogether. Oh, well, we all have our dreams and wishes. Right? But this reviewer has always heard that one should be careful of what they wish for. You might get your wish, but not in the manner you envision.

Cal convinces Kat to come to her home for a bbq and swimming. It takes some urging but she finally gives in. One of the guests is Max Martin, an old college friend of Cal's husband Chuck. Max is a Clinical Psychologist, Biologist and Sociologist, whose specialty field is the Paranormal. When Kat learns that Max's company is dabbling in research that allows illusion to become reality, she becomes interested in being tested for the susceptibility to the drug that is used since there have been so many people who didn't respond. In the experiments, Kat proves to be a good subject.

Somehow this information reaches a Mr. Nick Kharija. Mr. Kharija sends for the scientific team and requests that they send Kat back in time to retrieve some ancient scrolls that contain the formula of a cure for a blood disease that only affects certain Egyptians. He says that his 10-year-old daughter has the disease and only the information the scrolls hold is all that can save her. He has plenty of money to continue with the research, so will they please keep experimenting. The team learns that the last owner of the scrolls was a Dr. Michael Renner, but he has been murdered.

Since Kat has had success in past experiments, she accepts the challenge. But does she venture too far with the illusions in trying to get to the past? Is it all that easy to get back to the present? Does she always land in the time area she imagines?

Ms. Overton has given the reader another exciting tale of mystery and intrigue into the world of time travel. And another unique way of solving a murder.

What really made this reviewer nervous was the fact that the author assured me that some portions of the story are based on fact. No, I didn't ask which parts. I don't want to know because the knowledge might interfere with my sleep.

Reviewed by: Shirley Truax, Member of RIO
For Ivy Quill Reviews
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