A Timeless Star — Diane Wylie

First place winner in the 2017 Chanticleer Chatelaine Book Awards for Women's Fiction and Romantic Fiction (under former title MAGIC OF THE PENTACLE).The human mind. This is something psychiatrist Juliana Nelson has in common with magician Richard Blackstone. But one seeks to explore and heal while the other is out to trick and amaze the human mind. When their paths cross, the lines between reality and magic begin to blur. Juliana soon discovers that Richard's tricks are not merely sleight of hand when he transforms a broken umbrella into a sword to defend her from attackers.Since the time of lords and ladies, Sir Richard Blackstone, a knight of the Order of the Garter, walked upon this earth and never found a woman worth loving...until now. The key to Richard's magical abilities are soon exposed when Juliana finds him lying in the moonlight wearing only his five-pointed star amulet, the Pentacle. As events spin out of control, he knows must face the truth of his past and place his trust in Juliana or risk losing her for good.Only one place can hold the secret to the Pentacle—Bodiam Castle in East Sussex, England—the place where the amulet came into Richard's life and scene of horrific tragedy so many years ago. With Juliana by his side, Richard returns to the present day ruins of the castle and immediately encounters strong emotions of sorrow and terror. They discover the spirits of his family and friends, who were killed during the siege of 1483, trapped for all time in Bodiam. To free their souls from the castle, Richard must complete the quest and battle legions of spirit warriors to fulfill the five virtues of knighthood—courtesy, fellowship, noble generosity, compassion, and purity.Can Richard complete the quest and live? Or will the glowing points of the Pentacle spell the end of his immortality...and his life.