The Connoisseur
Some lovers take you to the most romantic places in the world. Very few take you to the most romantic times in history.Sophia is living a normal student life - studying, drinking, acting in her spare time - when Alexander appears in her path. At first he simply seems odd, a man out of place in the 2010s. Then she learns the truth - he has the means to travel through time, and uses this to search for the most extraordinary, beautiful experiences in the history of civilisation.Soon Sophia finds herself being whisked off on a series of impossible dates - to the 60's French Riviera, Mozart's Bohemia and medieval Persia - but can this be a normal relationship? Who is Alexander? What does he see in her? And is there a dark secret behind The Connoisseur's search for the meaning of beauty?--The Connoisseur is an ongoing story with irregular updates - a new job and new home have seen off my bi-weekly posting schedule! - but I hope to keep the chapters flowing at a steady pace.…