I read a book years ago that was a romance by a lady author. As I said it was loosely based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (one of my favorite books) The heroine who I believe was actually called Carol or Carole was placed in Scrooge's position - She was an American sent back in time to regency or Victorian England in one vignette and met the "dashing" hero Lord Nicholas of Something.

Sent forward to her time to meet the reincarnated Nick Something (this time American like her).

Then Carol was sent to a futuristic America and met a battle-hardened Nik who is the same person Carol has met before (he was the same soul) This time Nik has been married before and she has died for some reason.

Anyway, Carol has constantly met Nick throughout her lives and loves him dearly by the end of the book. Every time she leaves a life she just disappears I think and is either married or dating Nick each time that she disappears. Always on or around Christmas Eve. She has Scrooge's attitude towards Christmas at the beginning of the book and in a futuristic America she has to make Nick believe in the Christmas spirit as well.

I do remember that at the beginning of the book Carol has inherited her grandmother's house on her grandmother's death and that there is a painting of some type in her bedroom. I think either there is a ghost in the house or Carol herself becomes a ghost at one point maybe.

I am not sure of the author's name but I think the name of the book was something like Carol's Christmas. It's split into three sections - past Victorian or regency England, present - the 90s I think - and futuristic maybe 2194 or something like that. It might have been published around 1990 or something, I don't know. I know that it was a paranormal romance - time travel and ghosts and futuristic elements as well.

I borrowed it to read from a high school friend in about 1990 and lost track of it since then. I hope that you lovely people might be able to help me track down this book. I'd love to read it again if possible. Thank you so much and all the best.

Mareena