Betty Greiser
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Take a journey across the sands of time with this historical fiction based on local lore.
Grant, a high school student, has ghostly encounters while mountain biking in the nearby trails. His experiences are explained by a Native American who retells the legend of Lover’s Lane and
The Hermitage in Ancaster, Ontario.
In the early 1800s, Colonel Otto Ives immigrated to Upper Canada. He hired a Coachman/English tutor, William Black, who fell in love with Angelica, the sister of the Colonel’s wife. Black asks Mr Ives for her hand in marriage. Mr Ives rejects the proposal, and the next day William does not show up with the coach as expected. He is discovered hanging by the neck from the rafters of the barn.
Because William Black committed suicide, he could not be buried in consecrated ground and was laid to rest near the crossroads of what is now called Lover’s Lane and Sulphur Springs Rd.
Urban legends suggest that apparitions manifest around the site of the Hermitage and that William Black cannot rest but wanders the area to once again be with his true love.
Grant is deeply affected by the tragedy. He decides not to let anyone influence his decisions and to stand by his convictions regarding the direction he wishes to take in his own life.
“This story is incredibly readable and is fully immersive. The writing flowed so well, that I was caught up in huge sections of it. It has a broad landscape with sweeping narratives that are hypnotic.
I also like how you tied the two historical timelines together and how the relationships mirrored each other at times. That displays intelligent writing, which is hugely appealing.”
-Shaun Baines, author, The Wrong Lie.
“The Ancaster Hermitage is a powerful story of rich characters wrapped in the kaleidoscope of the human spirit. Perfectly paced, Betty Greiser has authored a deeply moving page-turner leaving the reader a ghostly visitor to the 1800s."
-Ben Guyatt, author of Billy Green Saves the Day.
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