Tim Cadeny

Cousins William, Mary, and Alice stay at their uncle's old house, Golden House, and discover a hidden room where they meet Stephen Tyler, a 16th-century magician who has travelled through time. They must help him protect the valley from his wicked apprentice, Matthew Morden, who seeks to disrupt the magical and ecological balance.

An accomplished TV travel host is gifted a heart-shaped hourglass which gives her a second chance to revisit her past. She eventually has to choose between a new life or the life she knows before the sands of the hourglass run out.