After finishing university, Kate moves to Valhalla Hall to live with her loving grandmother and her not-so-loving mother. She expects to find a job and get her life sorted out. However, when she falls ill, Kate retreats to her bed to rest. After a troubling sleep, she wakes up to find herself in the same house but transported back in time to Victorian-era England. Now living as "Catherine," Kate must adapt to her new reality, which includes dealing with her unloving and treacherous father, avoiding marriage to an unattractive man who could be her grandfather, and figuring out how to build a life with Frederick, a Victorian gentleman who loves Catherine deeply and believes destiny has brought them together.

I enjoyed this book and the themes of destiny vs. fate, reincarnation, romance, and betrayal, and I loved the strong female characters, especially the emotional growth of Catherine/Kate as they experience and learn from their parallel lives. I found it charming, like a Jane Austin novel and felt transported to that period. Although I liked the ending, I would have liked it to have had a bit more 'oomph', perhaps a more definitive 'it's true!' moment for the reader, confirming that soul mates are real or not. Ultimately, after wholeheartedly believing in the magic of soul mates, I was left with a sense of uncertainty, which may have been the author's intent, as everyone has different belief systems.