R. V.
Ellis
Fiction at the edge of feeling.
Forthcoming — Forthcoming
Resonance
A Novel
Eliza Marwood has always found comfort in the past. As the manager of an English stately home, she spends her days preserving the objects others have left behind. Then she discovers that some of them can take her into the moments they once belonged to. There she meets William, an immortal man who has lived through centuries without ageing. What begins as fascination becomes a love affair spanning generations, while Eliza's life in the present moves steadily towards marriage to Daniel. Torn between the future she has always expected and a man she can only reach through the past, Eliza must decide whether a safe life is the same thing as a life freely chosen. Resonance is an upmarket speculative with historical crossover about time, memory, desire, and the cost of choosing the life you truly want.
About
A happy-ever-after is simply the mid point in any love story. I am more interested in what comes after they ride into the sunset.
Praise
“R.V. Ellis's work is transportive and lush. Her writing makes you feel as if you've been dropped into a classic novel but with propulsive, commercial appeal.”
— Brittney Joan
Letters
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Occasional notes on writing, reading, and the spaces between.