Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends--welcome to the Regency, where even time moves in surprising ways! Jake Simmons hates his new home.
The Regency\'s own storied past will give Jake the key to saving his own future--if only he knows where to look..
As their friendship blooms, the mystery around the building\'s makers deepens. he travels to the past! Alongside Beth, his new friend and guide, Jake begins searching for any clue that might help him save the Regency. . .
But when he opens the door .
An Apartment he\'s been told is off-limits.
He\'s summoned to Apartment 713.
And then fate throws him a curveball.
Jake feels powerless.
Unfortunately, Jake\'s feeling of belonging is short-lived: the city plans to demolish the Regency.
The occupants grow on him too.
With each passing day, the building reveals more of its mysteries to Jake.
Loneliness (and a trail of kittens) leads Jake to the Apartment of an elderly lady, then to the bowels of the building and then to a part-time job assisting Larry the custodian.
He misses living in a house where the wind doesn\'t make the windows whistle.
He misses the time when his mother was employed.
Jake misses his old life.
The Regency is nothing more than floor after floor of peeling wallpaper and faded glory.
Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends--welcome to the Regency, where even time moves in surprising ways! Jake Simmons hates his new home