Byatt's Possession and Lauren Willig's Pink Carnation series.' - Booklist 'Travelingaround the world and across many lifetimes, this ambitious historical romancemakes it clear that Womack has done some extensive research.

'Beginning as a clever mystery based on an ancient manuscript and evolving into a family epic spanning centuries, an international thriller, and a destined romance, The Fortune Teller has something for everyone. For readers of Diana Gabaldon and Deborah Harkness

Semele realizes it's up to her to stop them: the manuscript holds the key to a two-thousand-year-old secret, a secret someone will do anything to possess. Can Semele even trust him? The auction date is swiftly approaching, and someone wants to interfere-someone who knows the cards exist, and that the Brossard manuscript is tied to her. Yet Theo is arrogant and elusive, concealing secrets of his own, and there's more to Semele's desire to speak with him than she would like to admit. Only one person can help her make sense of it all: her client, Theo Brossard. But what happened to the cards? As the mystery of her connection to it deepens, Semele can't shake the feeling that she's being followed. The more she reads, the more the manuscript begins to affect Semele's entire life. Both a memoir and a prophecy, it appears to be the work of a powerful seer, describing devastating wars and natural disasters in detail thousands of years before they occurred. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems. And when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, specializing in deciphering ancient texts.

The fortune teller by gwendolyn womack