TIMEPIECE

Due to her absentee father, our heroine discovers the psychological & physiological effect of patriarchal rejection, and then the resulting desire to pursue unrequited love as an adult.

Set in contemporary England, Amelia Beart is bequeathed a watch when her grandmother dies, with a mysterious caveat, that the antique watch be mended, nay revived, by a particular clock mender in the south. When Amelia and Henry meet, in the quaint coastal town of Farleigh, amidst a sea of obscure and obsolete clocks, there is an immediate connection that stirs the past and the present into a rousing fervor of curiosity. Setting the pulse of time in motion in the once stagnant heart of the mysterious clock mender.

A successful advertising executive, due to her blue-blooded roots in patrician England, Amelia is suddenly overcome with romanticism, which bleeds a distinct creative influence into her work. Her equally aristocratic boss, William, a notorious playboy, is smitten with Amelia’s newfound disposition and increased disinterest in him, and seduces her with the finesse and allure of a seasoned connoisseur.

Amelia’s childhood friend, and fellow employee, the hilariously flamboyant Trilby, disapproving of the infatuation Amelia develops toward the lowly Henry, wields her capricious way enticing Amelia up the corporate ladder and into the arms of their dashing boss, William. Unsatisfied with the glamor and clamor of not so noble London, Amelia pursues her unshakable interest in Henry, discovering to her dismay that he and his quirky, anachronistic clock shop have vanished.

During a business trip to Paris, on her sovereign perfume campaign, she scours Les Puces flea market for inspiration and there she and Henry collide. Newly intrigued Amelia covertly follows him to a historic villa in the seclusion of hectares of lavender, she soon discovers belongs to her own family. Upon her return to England, Amelia employs her grandmother’s estate lawyer to research Henry and his connection to her past. What she discovers as she unravels her ancestry is unfathomable. A jilted lover- a war-hero, an illegitimate daughter, and a heart so broken it could not heal without the love of her own.

The story rewinds the fate-filled journey that tips back & forth like a metronome, between the past and present as both lovers are caught in an incongruous net of time.