The Scarlet Woods by Brooke Passmore
Time travel, war, slavery, cars, cell phones, and a love that was meant to be all exist in the door through time.
Modern and independent seventeen year old Morgan
Westbrook thought
she had seen all there was to see in her home town of Scarlet, Georgia. One day while walking
in the woods behind her house she discovers a mysterious door masked behind the
trees. After admiring the door’s timeless beauty she walks through its
entrance to venture into more woods, but what she doesn’t know is that the door
is a gateway through time that takes her back to the year 1863 during the days
of the Civil War in Scarlet.
Without knowing that she had traveled
back in time, she stumbles upon Danny Carson, a young gentleman with hazel eyes
and a boyish grin. Although they find each other completely different than
anyone they’ve ever known, they cannot help but feel drawn to one another. He
then invites her back to his plantation on the opposite side of the woods where
a party is being held at his home. There Morgan enters a world of lavish
dresses, southern manners, and a culture she has never encountered before.
When she discovers that she has time traveled
back to the year 1863, she is amazed at the enchantment the door in Scarlet
Woods has to offer. For months she and Danny journey back and forth through the
door to experience the joys of traveling to both of their centuries. When
dilemmas of unwanted marriage, slavery, and war are thrown at them, they must
face the perils that time travel has delivered them in the future and in the
past.
Author Bio
I live in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and am a
22 year old young woman who probably will never fully grow up. As a kid I played
with Polly Pockets, swam in my swimming pool practically every day during the
summer, and went on vacations to Disney World with my family (favorite days of
my life). I loved telling stories as a kid by playing with my Polly’s and dressing
up like princesses with my friends. Eventually everything that went on in my
busy imagination I wrote down on paper in the late hours of the night.
When I was in sixth grade I moved into a
new house with woods directly behind my backyard. I’d walk about the woods and
loved trampling through the creek or getting lost in the trees. These trips
through the woods gave me my inspiration for my book trilogy Scarlet Woods. My main character in my
book is Morgan who lives in a house where the woods are right behind her
backyard. My love for trees and anything woodsy definitely shows in my book and
I hope I painted a pretty picture in readers’ heads about what Scarlet Woods
looks like.
My favorite candies are
Skittles and M&M’s. I put ketchup on practically anything with meat (even
with chicken quesadillas). I’m a great fan of Florence and the Machine, The
Beatles, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Birdie, and recently The Civil Wars. My
favorite books are The Hunger Games, Shiver, and Wither. My favorite movies are Titanic
and Gone with the Wind. The Vampire Diaries is the wonderful TV
show I’m obsessed with (I’m a Delena lover!!). I hate ads on youtube that I
repeatedly have to skip every single time I want to listen to the newest song
from Glee. I love to smile, laugh,
and purposefully sing loud and off key whenever my brother is around just to
pester him. I have a cat named Phoebe who we named after Phoebe from Friends, a
yorkie named Coco who we named because he likes to eat Cocoa Puffs, and a shih
tzu maltese we named Indy after Indiana Jones. My favorite princess is
Cinderella but I think my personality is a tie between Ariel and Belle so
they’re all my ultimate faves. If I could choose a century to time
travel to I’d probably choose the Victorian age, the roaring 20’s, the 1950’s,
or the 1940’s. I think the Victorian age and the 1940’s were probably the most
romantic eras in history and the 20’s and 50’s would probably the most fun! 
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