"She had thought, for a while, that she’d lost the magic of it: the ability to immerse herself in another time, another place. It had felt like forgetting to breathe. But she needn’t have worried. Now, worlds, characters, even sentences linger – burning like beacons in her brain. Reminding her that she’s not alone."
Three women from the same family living in different centuries all have their lives upended by vicious men intent on controlling them, and all of them manage to find ways to subvert their tormentors (in at least two cases, with the help of good men, it has to be said) & remain true to themselves.