What the Moon Saw

An expansive, time-travel tale of mystery and romance that follows a couple across centuries.

When newlywed FBI agent and brilliant linguist Libby Shaw is warned her death is imminent, she’ll do anything she can to survive–even submerge in the mineral water at Bedford Springs. Libby finds herself thrust back in time to 1926, where danger and intrigue surround her. 

Libby tries to adapt to her new life and finds herself drawn to the town sheriff who seems to know her far better than she knows herself. Yet, he seems eerily familiar and as pieces of a past start surfacing in dreams and visions, Libby seeks out the handsome sheriff for answers, only to find more questions. 

As Libby learns someone is following her to change history, she must join forces with the sheriff to uncover the mystery of their past. Will they be thwarted by the master criminal who’s determined to destroy them both or will they be able to build a life together after lifetimes of being pulled apart by nefarious forces?

What The Moon Saw provides contemporary mystery, historical intrigue, suspense, time-travel, a romantic triangle, and a lot of hurdles for our feisty heroine, Libby.

Meet the Main Characters

LIBBY SHAW: 29-year-old linguist and interpreter for the FBI. She marries new love Andrew Grey after learning she is dying. To save her life, she “takes the water” in mineral springs, but emerges in 1926, discovering dangers and people(!) associated with the Matryoshka investigation she left behind in the future! She longs to be reunited with her husband, until she meets an intriguing stranger in her new town. Libby desires to develop a new life and career in her new environment/era, and to resolve the deception that kept her from her real husband.

ANDREW GREY: FBI agent and computer forensics expert, and new husband of Libby. He helps Libby save her life by “taking the water” at a medicinal spring. He will stop at nothing to be reunited with her, and to reclaim what he believes is rightfully his.

NATHAN MCKENZIE: young frontier explorer who is shot when encountering a fiend. He “takes the water,” coming forward in time to the 1920s and becoming new local sheriff, Brogan Harrow. He longs to make sense of his past, which includes a stint as Mohawk-captive Broken Arrow, after he set out into the wilds of unsettled America to bring back kidnap victim Elisa Macay whom he later marries. But their time together was tragically short, and he longs to have her back.

COLETTE MA: FBI agent. Shares an apartment with Libby. Readers learn Colette has been investigating a mole in the Bureau. She hails from a long line of FBI agents. Colette is sharp, feisty, acerbic, and part of the Bureau’s Specialized Weapons and Tactics team. She hopes to rise through the ranks at the FBI, but finds that the Matryoshka investigation may destroy her opportunities.

DAVIS WHITAKER: Rescues Libby Shaw from the water and pulls her into1926. He took the water in 2008 but has made a life for himself in the 1920s. He is married to Darcie. He longs to help other misled “victims,” but when he meets Libby, he becomes suspicious she may be a conspirator, not a victim.

MAUDE BERGER: A WWI veteran and doctor who brings her patients to the Bedford Springs hotel. Maude becomes Libby’s friend and sounding board at the resort. She is well-educated and strong-willed, making her stand out against the backdrop of pampered, well-heeled flappers and other women of the 1920s. Maude seeks to live an unconventional life in mostly conventional settings; she finds an odd kinship in Libby.

ROSE MORGAN: a maid at the hotel, and a hat designer on her own time. Libby saves her from attempted rape when a hotel guest attacks her. Rose later becomes a lady’s companion to Libby. She desires to learn from Libby’s independence and self-reliance, but struggles with these ‘modern’ notions when she meets and falls in love with N.C.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR CHARLTON SMITH (N.C.): deputy and sidekick of sorts to Nathan. He longs for Rose to return his love, but wrestles with her desire to be independent like Libby.