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< The Reluctant Viking (Timeswept) > < The Outlaw Viking (Timeswept) > < The Blue Viking > < The Tarnished Lady (Leisure Historical Romance) > < The Bewitched Viking (Wink&a Kiss, 1) > < My Fair Viking > Sandra Hill

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(The Reluctant Viking)

(this book was a disappointment)

(It drags on and on and on, and the ending is awful)

(please save me from weak women...)

(A Captivating Time Travel Story!)

I like this author. In fact although I read her Viking books out of series order, I thought I'd start at the beginning with The Reluctant Viking. Good thing I read the others first. This one was terrible. In the "real" world, Ruby would have been shunned or killed because she was insane instead of suddenly been taken in with these people, not to mention showing up mysteriously on a ship in the middle of the sea. I will read more of the Viking series simply because I know what Ms. Hill is capable of and in hopes that this first Viking effort was a fluke.
I have read several others of Ms Hill's books and liked them. They were witty and funny, if not very believable, but this one just sucks big time. It started off a downer and stayed a downer for all of it that I was able to read. I mean, call me a nitpicker but still--in 925 A.D. (I think it was 925)the number of people that could read in any community could be counted on the fingers (probably THUMBS) of one hand. And to have a Viking able to read modern English? I don't THINK so. Plus the so called "hero's" treatment of the heroine--and her being moranic enough to keep pursuing him just does not ring true. Sorry, don't care HOW much he looks like your husband back in "modern" times, he isn't. As a person who has many twins in their family (yes, natural ones, not from fertility treatments) I am very aware that just because two people look just alike doesn't mean that they ARE the same person. This one is definately going to be traded just as soon as I head over to the used bookstore again.

I won't say what the ending was, since I would hate to have anyone do that to me. But, let's just say it was really bad. (Not the very end, rather the 1st ending - that will make sense when you read it.)

I just wanted to smack Ruby upside the head halfway through the book. She was repetitive and stupid. The same theme just dragged on and on from about 1/2 way through to about 3/4 of the way through. It does pick up again, but the story never did draw me back in.

It's an OK read, but I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone.

I am like the next woman, I would think that I would like my men to be strong, but this? The hero was just awful, rude, mean to the girl, just plain awful. The girl just keep coming back for more, like a kicked dog or something. This was not a good book! It has taken me over a week to read it. I usually only take a day or 2 to read books, depending on how busy I am. I am just starting to read Sandra Hill's books. I have bought all her others and I hope those are better.
A wife and mother with a successful career discovers her husband can no longer put up with the fights and the neglect. He leaves her and so starts her adventure through time. In the violent world of vikings she finds her husband going by a different name, but he knows her not. She tries to win his heart and in doing so, she realizes why her husband left her. Will she be able to travel back through time to win him back? Will she even want to go back to the future with his viking version so near and dear to her?

From the first page this book captivated me. I felt every emotion Ruby experienced. The frustration, the jealousy, the desperation, the joy. I fell madly in love with Jack and Thork, but was so angry at Thork at times, I thought I would throw the book across the room. Instead, I kept flipping the pages.

I laughed, I cried, and I laughed and cried some more. I cherished this book thouroughly and finished it in record time. Two days after I opened it for the first time, I have just finished. I woke my fiance with my sobs. You see, he is my viking and I saw so much of him in this novel. I'm sure you'll see your man too, or atleast the viking version of him. More crude, more muscular, more violent, more insufferable, with a deep need to be loved. Thork was such a real character. He was a true viking (violent, a lady's man, fiercely loyal to his family and his honor).

The first Sandra Hill novel I read, I really disliked. It took me a over a year to pick up another of her books. Thankfully I gave her a second chance. I LOVE this book as I do so many of her novels! It's not as funny as many of her other books. It's actually quite sad in parts. But the tragic elements are what make it so wonderful to me. I highly recommend this one. And if you want another novel by this great author that will have you laughing so hard you cry, you have to read The Last Viking. Thank you Sandra Hill!

The hypnotic voice on the self-motivation tape was supposed to help Ruby Jordan solve her problems, not create new ones. Instead, she is swept from a hectic career and failing marriage back to an era of hard-bodied warriors and fair maidens. And the world ten centuries in the past isn't all mead and mirth, either!.
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< The Reluctant Viking (Timeswept) > < The Outlaw Viking (Timeswept) > < The Blue Viking > < The Tarnished Lady (Leisure Historical Romance) > < The Bewitched Viking (Wink&a Kiss, 1) > freaks

< The Wizard of Seattle > < On Wings Of Magic > < Enchanted > < Enemy Mine > < The Haviland Touch > < After Caroline > Kay Hooper

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Bantam(2005-08-30)

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(Two Wizards Travel Back in Time to Doomed Atlantis&Find Love)

(The Wizard of Seattle by Kay Hooper)

(Almost perfect)

(Magically delicious!)

(One of Kay Hoopers best)

THE WIZARD OF SEATTLE by Kay Hooper is a paranormal romance revolving around a master wizard and his apprentice who travel back in time to Atlantis (right before it is destroyed). The purpose of traveling back in time is to discover why the wizard society has made it illegal for women to be wizards - and possibly change that for the better. Otherwise, the master wizard, Richard, will be forced to take away the powers of his apprentice, Serena, the girl he loves.

I gave the book four stars because I thought both Serena and Richard were interesting characters, the premise was original, and the wizard society fascinating. I especially enjoyed the portrayal of life and customs of the citizens of Atlantis. Once they traveled back into time to Atlantis, I was hooked.

However, I didn't enjoy the first few chapters of the book, so it took me a while to get past them. The prologue in Atlantis had a brutal scene, and the introductory chapter with Serena was cheesy, so combined, they put me off. However, once I got past them, the book became much more enjoyable.

One of the strangest things about this romance was that I thought the love scene between the bad guy and his concubine was better described and much steamier than the actual love scene between our hero and heroine. That was disappointing.

Regardless, I still enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone interested in time-travel or fantasy romances.

***Other fun time-travel romances include A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR by Jude Deveraux or THE AUTUMN LORD by Susan Sizemore. If you are interested in wizards, try THE BRIDE FINDER by Susan Carroll.****

For a short story fiction book I thought it quite fun and a great little read. This book would be great for a cold rainey day to curl up with. I really enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed this book when it first came out. I recently read it again and was a little annoyed at Serena. What a whiny, baby. I can't understand why the wizard even cares about her. Boo hoo, he doesn't love me. Boo hoo, I'm too sexy why doesn't he love me? Please!! This is an interesting read, but Serena is annoying.
I enjoyed this story very much. It kept me reading on to find out the puzzles to their problems. One outstanding drawback for me was Serena's story background. I felt it needed more telling. We learn about his background and parents but nothing of hers except a few comments. Apart from that, the different twists and personalities make for good reading. I enjoyed the history and on going relationship Merlin and Serena had between them. I thought they complimented each other very well. In fact, I think the repartees in this story were excellent! I enjoyed her "unusual" experience that changes her view of him, adding humor and more spice to the relationship. The fact that Merlin was older (10 yrs.) didn't bother me and I thought his personality as a young Master Wizard&guardian, discovering he had latent feelings, comical. Wizards being raised in a scholarly and distant fashion for millenniums, having an important human element bred out of them, not lost but unused and dormant. In the trip to the past to attempt to repair the problems of the present, the countryside descriptions were a little too bazaar but the Curtain was very sinister and added uncertain danger. The strangeness of a split and dying society with the added element of the second romance was good, rushed but good. The story is about finding the missing element, that vital element that brings us together beyond sex and I found it touching.
However, I think this would have been just as good a story without the hero and heroine being so strikingly beautiful and might have even added a little more interest to it. I am a little tired of them always being so perfect but with problems. So, ...although I think this an enjoyable read, I give it 4 stars and look forward to reading the next Kay Hooper story.
I looked at the book because I saw It was Kay Hooper already one of my favorite writers. The title screamed time-travel so I bought it when I started reading I could not put it down. From the first when the Orphan Serena knocks on Merlins door I was Captivated by them both.liked that they did the time-travel with a reason and together it was like a mystery, romance&sci-fi together Serena's spirit and Richards caring enough to risk everything on a chance to fix something made wrong a very long time before he was born. So they can stay together. I have reread it so much I had to get another copy. When I finished reading it I menttioned it to my friend he borrowed it and also liked it and loaned it to a friend who also really liked it. It took awhile to get it back. liked that they did the time travel on purpose and together
She looked like a ragged, storm-drenched urchin, but from the moment Serena Smyth appeared on his Seattle doorstep, Richard Patrick Merlin recognized the spark behind her green eyes. Serena had crossed a country to find him, guided by her determination to become a master wizard. She knew he could be her teacher—but she never expected the charismatic, seductive power that was Merlin's. Nor had she dreamed of the fire he ignited in her body and soul, a flame that burned even hotter than the powerful talent she possessed but did not yet understand. Their love forbidden by an ancient law, Serena and Richardwill take a desperate gamble and travel to a long-lost world to change the history that threatens to separate them. But they risk being torn apart forever, destroyed by a cursed land...and their own fierce desires.
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< The Wizard of Seattle > < On Wings Of Magic > < Enchanted > < Enemy Mine > < The Haviland Touch > freaks

< Those Beautiful Eyes > < The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter,&Miracles > < The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (New Harbinger/Noetic Books) > < The Mirror > < Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life > < I Am That: Talks with Sri Nisargadatta > Ann Cowart Lutzky

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Writers Club Press(2001-10-24)
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(Pretentious trash)

(Another look at publishing today.....)

(That Beautiful Book)

(A timeless literary journey)

(Those Beautiful Eyes)

I find this book rates right up there with some of Norman Mailer's more incomprehensible books...boring and tiresome. It does, however, might good bedside reading. A page or two and you'll be sound asleep.
This is a "vanity press" book. If a writer such as Mrs. Lutzky cannot (it would seem) find an agent and that agent find a publisher, it merely indicates how distressed the book business is these days. Fortunately, yes, there are still many good writers and many agents/publishers to work with them. Of course, I may have this all wrong and it's a reprint of previously published material, but I do not believe that to be the case.

Whatever the case, this is no reflection on Those Beautiful Eyes nor the author. This is a stunning work of literature and I'm glad to see there are others who agree with my determination.
Other reviewers have given an overview of the contents of this beautiful novel, so I will only make a few remarks about my own experience in reading it. I bought this book on impulse, something I rarely do. I don't read novels for entertainment, but rather to be touched deeply at the feeling core of my being. Very few novels do that, but this one did. My love for ancient history was fed by the author's fine evocation of life in 2700 BCE, a time I well recall from a lifetime of dreams and reveries of Mohenjo-Daro.

The characters of Anarisha (in 2700 BC) and Maria (in modern times) are the most vividly drawn, and well brought to life by the strong supporting cast. I read this book slowly, savoring every word. The book is well-written enough to allow this kind of deep immersion without becoming thin or shallow. The ending was perhaps a bit contrived, but still satisfying.

I just finished the book this morning and I still cannot separate myself from it enough to give a fully objective evaluation. For one thing, there were a stunning number of coincidences between the dates and places in the book and those of my own life. This added much to my reading experience, but could not possibly be shared by very many other readers. For (only a very few of many) examples: Born in 1945; life changing month of June, 1963; entered UC Berkeley Fall, 1963 (I feel I knew the author then, but I can't be certain); first child born 1974; an unexpected tragic death in 1998; and far too many more to mention without boring you. And the Dhammapada, that constant companion and guide of my life. Certainly a part of my appreciation for this book was that the author was somehow, inexplicably, writing the story of my own life -- not merely the sense of it, which can be found in other books, but the details, which I don't know how she could have known.

A remarkable literary achievement, this book is "almost aesthetically perfect" like Michael Dagan's films. Ann, by pouring your life into this story, you have accomplished your life's work. Now it's time to go beyond being a Buddhist, and to become a Buddha.

A timeless and sumptuous exploration of the fluidity of the ages and our spiritual connections, THOSE BEAUTIFUL EYES is a true feast for the senses.

From ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day San Francisco, in delicate yet masterful prose, this novel depicts the lives and fates of a village girl in service to a goddess, a dancer, and a film maker and his wife, while reflecting on the corrupting influence that the quest for recognition, power and wealth has on the soul. Ms Lutzky's wealth of historical research shines through without interfering with the sublime clarity of her tale - one that carries deep roots in Eastern philosophies. A sensual celebration of longing and loss, of the fragility of love and our forgotten past, this is literature of the highest order - an intelligent, deeply powerful book that cannot fail to leave the reader yearning for more. Highly recommended for fans of Isabel Allende or Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

I thoroughly enjoyed Ms. Lutzky's "Those Beautiful Eyes". Slipping back and forth through time kept me on my toes but the modern characters were so involving that I found myself wondering about them and where the story was headed...much as one would absently think about friends and their lives.

Of course I identified with certain characters and their struggles with life and relationships. Very convincing stuff. I suspect that Ms. Lutzky has indeed a connection to another time and place...a must read!
This lushly beautiful saga explores the finest nuances of human desire and compassion. Inspired by A. Cowart Lutzky's multicultural roots and travels, "Those Beautiful Eyes" incorporates extensive research on early civilized cultures, rituals, medicines, myths and archetypes to create a mesmerizing and deliciously tangible experience. The life stories of Michael Dagan, Maria Ananin and Anarisha of Fa-Orszag glide smoothly between ancient and modern realities. From forest villages to temple gardens to San Francisco bedrooms, lives and worlds fit together in a mysterious cuneiform whose intricate secrets are revealed with the final strokes. Exquisite in rhythm and voice, the story is at once sensual, soulful and thought-provoking.
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< Those Beautiful Eyes > < The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter,&Miracles > < The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself (New Harbinger/Noetic Books) > < The Mirror > < Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life > freaks

< Jennie's Reprisal: A Soul's Evolution from Atlantis to Eternity > < The Reluctant Time Traveler > < Enchanted Time (Timeswept) > < Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives through Progression Therapy > < Loving Frank: A Novel > < Timeless Passion > Carol Bennett

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Chesapeake Moon Publishers
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(We Love Jennie's Reprisal !!!)

(Creative and Extremely Sensual)

(Amazed At The Depth Of Life's Lessons)

(Anyone who reads this book will be lucky and blessed.)

(Compelling Case For Reincarnation)

The gals at "Hair It Is" love Jennie's Reprisal. Jennie Gravatt's journey from Atlantis to Eternity has a compelling realness. And facts regarding our town of Ashtabula, presented during Jennie's lifetime in the early 1920s, made the story even more real to us. This is truly a great book.
The fascinating premise of Jennie's Reprisal held my interest from start to finish. I really became involved with Jennie in all of her manifestations. Movement back and forth, from the present time to the distant past, evoked feelings of timelessness. Scenes are creative and extremely sensual. A beautifully inspiring book that gives hope for the future!
Reading this fascinating and diverse story, I found myself amazed at the depth of life's lessons. I was entertained and educated. If I have to come back to this world again, I hope to find my Raimone.
Just finished reading Jennie's Reprisal and I love it! Carol Bennett's words touch my heart, stimulate my mind and other body parts, and help me to remember. The Epilogue is one of the most incredible passages that I have ever read. Anyone who reads this book will be lucky and blessed.
JENNIE'S REPRISAL is one of the rare books that makes a compelling case for reincarnation. This book not only resonates with the truth that awaits us all, but gives us insight into our very existence.
Jennie Gravatt's sense of independence and freedom challenged her family's Pennsylvania Dutch tradition. This chronicle of Jennie's lucid dreams forges a compelling romance beyond conventional concepts of time, space, and consciousness. Explore past times and passion, experience the ancient past as it becomes the future -- Atlantis, Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Dark Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Aquarian Age. Skillful tempering of science fiction with science and history leaves you spellbound as Jennie's soul seeks perfection from Atlantis to Eternity. Jennie's reprisal for the bigotry that she experienced in lifetime after lifetime becomes the ultimate lesson in gender equity. You will unknowingly complete Metaphysics 101 while reading this profound life's lesson.
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< Jennie's Reprisal: A Soul's Evolution from Atlantis to Eternity > < The Reluctant Time Traveler > < Enchanted Time (Timeswept) > < Same Soul, Many Bodies: Discover the Healing Power of Future Lives through Progression Therapy > < Loving Frank: A Novel > freaks

< Gripping Beast > < Satisfaction Guaranteed > < Catalyst > < Wicked Hot > < Animal Attraction > < Wild Wild West > Charlene Teglia

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Samhain Publishing
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(Sirens Rule)

(Lorelei and Erik)

(Not so hot)

(Pleasantly surprised)

(A well-written erotic Viking / Time Travel romance)

Lorelei Michaels is the flamboyant lead vocalist/songwriter of the all female rock band The Sirens and she has always had a passion for myths and legends. Tonight was going to be the final performance of the band's very successful Legends tour but for some reason she feels that there is something missing in her life, something for which she is waiting. Her friend Dane gives her a Viking armband with a gripping beast in the design and tells her its unusual history of two lovers who had vanished while wearing the armbands.

On this night of the band's last performance on the tour Lorelei is thrown into a time warp 1100 years in the past into a room full of Norsemen and finds herself being auctioned off by a slave trader. She is rescued by Erik Thorolfsson a merchant trader who takes her to his ship. When she recovers she is his prisoner and they are out to sea. She notices that her arm band with the gripping beast is missing; instead her captor Eric is wearing two of them. After a while she realizes that she is in some sort of parallel universe and not on a movie set, which was her first assumption, and when she tries to explain to Eric that she is from the 21st century he believes she is insane. What is Lorelei going to do about Erik the Viking, who treats her as his slave and expects her to obey him, even in bed? For a 21st century woman this is hard to swallow.

Ms Teglia included a great deal of historical information in this book about Norse mythology which made for very interesting background to the story. She also has a remarkable sense of humor which shows up at the strangest times. When the heroine recites the Star Trek motto: "Our mission: To explore strange new worlds" the first time she has sex with our hero it was too, too funny.

The Gripping Beast is book 1 of The Sirens series and this story moves from present day to Norse mythology in an instant and the reader is along for a great ride. What I loved most is that the author took the time to develop the supporting characters as well as the relationship between Erik and Lorelei, before they had sex half way through a 224 page book. The sex between them is unpredictable as would be expected between two people whose backgrounds are so diverse. The Gripping Beast is a terrific beginning to what this reader hopes is going to be a great series.

Lorelei is a modern day lead singer in a rock band. She has friends, wealth and respect but she feels she is missing something. When her friend, Dane, gives her an antique viking armband and tells her the story of 2 starcrossed lovers that share the armbands then dissappear without a trace she realizes she wants a man to love. As she puts the armband on before her concert, she makes a wish to find love and promptly disappears from her time. At this point the story goes hundreds of years in the past where Erik, a viking warrior,and his brother are shopping for goods to take back to their settlement. When Erik spots Lorelei, in her concert costume, on a slave auction block he feels an uncontrollable tug toward her. When the auctioneer actually puts his hands on Lorelei, Erik's control snaps and he swarms in to take what he considers to be his. At the last minute Erik regains control and ends up buying Lorelei as his love slave and heads off to take her to his home. Along their voyage lust and passion rage thru their bodies as Erik tries to comprehend the fact that the beautiful woman he bought might actually be crazy (why else would she claim to be from the future) and Lorelei tries to convince Erik that she is not his love slave. How will Lorelei prove that she is from the future? Can Lorelei learn to enjoy Erik's dominance? What will happen when Lorelei realizes her and Erik are the starcrossed lovers from the story Dane had told her? Read this book and find out what happens.

This book had a great story that I really enjoyed. Erik was dominant and Lorelei was spunky. The dominant/love slave relationship was enough to keep the pages sizzling thru the entire book and I thought the author did well bringing this story together. The characters were not as indepth as I usually like, but this book is worth the read. I recommend this book and I will be checking out more books from this author.
I wasn't impressed&I'm not hard to impress. This book was just kinda forgetable for me. Improper grammer&punctuation do not bother me at all, as long as the meaning is clear the story is the main thing.
This book wasn't what I expected. If I take it in the sum of its parts, it shouldn't be a very good book. Brief, sketchy, with an ending that left me feeling cheated - but it was a good book. I really, really enjoyed it. Well, with the exception of the ending. But it's a fairy tale. And to take it any other way seemed to me to rob it of what magic it does have.

Lorelei is the talented and driven star of a rock band who discovers at the peak of her fame, her private life is suffering. She can't meet that special someone and is afraid she's so repressed that she never will. One of the men she should want, but doesn't, shows her a family artifact he has, knowing that Viking antiquity and mythology pleases her. This artifact is an armband inscribed with a creature known as a 'gripping beast', and is accompanied by a legend of a magical bride who marries a Viking and at the moment they marry, they both disappear, leaving the one armband behind.

Since it is a fairy tale, she doesn't go insane, she instantly melts into the arms of the ruthless and intimidating Viking (who you just know is a big ol' cuddly teddy bear behind closed doors), discovers that rather than being a liberated woman she enjoyes being submissive - sexually, at least - to this big hulking man, and that she'd rather subject him to her future than stay in his past. For his part, the fearsome 'Black Erik' is just a bid ol' cuddly teddy bear, with the exception of one or two situations, and since he's so captivated by her beauty and spirit, he gives up his life to be with her.

I read it in two hours, I couldn't put it down. Even though you know how it's going to turn out, you still want to go there with the characters. They have wonderful chemistry. I enjoyed their banter. I enjoyed Lorelei trying to understand the situation, and Erik trying to understand her modern language. They are that engaging, especially for fairly two-dimensional characters. The fact that the ending was so short, and seemed so rushed may contribute to that. For whatever the reason, it seems that the author was either past deadline or just got tired of it, because this wonderful story screeches to a halt with a very unsatisfying happily-ever-after ending. I did like the sly wink about Harold. I don't know that many people would make a connection. That was very clever.

On the nitpicky side, because that's me, don't the smaller publishing firms still use human editors and proofreaders? I'm sadly getting used to improper punctuation and small word mixups, but halfway through this book, one whole paragraph is in a completely different typeface - a completely different size and font. How did that get published and distributed without someone noticing? This author deserves better than that.
Lorelei Michaels is the lead-singer and song-writer of the all-female band The Sirens. But despite her success and the love of her music, she is unhappy and unfulfilled because she still hasn't found that special someone. So when a friend lends her a Viking armband named The Gripping Beast after the animals depicted on it and tells her a beautiful story about true love connected to the band and one of his Viking ancestors, she wishes she could find that kind of love and passion, too. The next moment, she finds herself on a slace auction block in the Viking town of Hedeby! Lucky for her, Erik Thorolfsson sees her and charges to the rescue when a slave trader would rape her to make more money from the sale. While Erik sees Lorelei as his slave, i. e. his property to do with as he pleases, she finds it hard to accept the reality of the world she stumbled into. He wants her and in order to keep her safe in a world where a slave has no rights whatsoever, he feels he must teach her her new place. But although Lorelei feels attracted to him and definitely enjoys his love-making, she doesn't want to submit and obey, especially since she can't see a future between herself and Erik as long as she isn't an equal he can respect. Both will have to adapt and learn to accept the other if they want to make their love last...
This is the first book I've read by Charlene Teglia, but it will definitely not be the last. Not only is it very erotic, but the characters and the world are well-developed, the conflict believable, the humour great and very entertaining, but the seriousness of the situation is not underrated. It reminded me of Sandra Hill's early Viking-Time Travels since there is a great sense of humour as well as some of the problems that would logically arise if a modern woman were confronted with the Viking-age. So this book is entertaining and erotic as well as intelligent. The sex scenes are quite explicit, so if you're into more subdued eroticism this would not be the book for you. Otherwise, I can definitely recommend it!
The wild magic that brought them together is nothing compared to what they find in each other's arms. Lorelei Michaels, flamboyant lead vocalist of the all-female rock band The Sirens, has a passion for myths and legends. She just never expected to find herself actually living one. While touring with the band, a Viking armband with an interesting history and a design known as the gripping beast throws her into a time warp-full of Norsemen, macho attitudes and a lamentable lack of modern amenities. Upon seeing the strange, beautiful woman being auctioned off, Erik Thorolfsson was mesmerized. Until the slave trader put his hands on her. With a roar of rage and sword drawn, he charged forward to take that which he wanted for his own. But he discovers owning her isn't enough, he has to make her his-for all time.
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< Gripping Beast > < Satisfaction Guaranteed > < Catalyst > < Wicked Hot > < Animal Attraction > freaks

< Day of Fire (2176 Series, Book 2) > < The Shadow Runners (2176 Series, Book 3) > < The Power Of Two (2176 Series, Book 4) > < The Scarlet Empress (2176 Series, Book 5) > < The Legend of Banzai Maguire (2176 Series, Book 1) > < The Star King (Star Series, Book 1) > Kathleen Nance

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Love Spell

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(Mountie and Plague Hunter Find Love in the Tundra in this Futuristic Romance)

(One of the Best Sci-Fi Romances for 2004)

(Where's the fire?)

(Excellent, Electric Sci-Fi Romance - Canada in 2176!)

(Great plot, but execution is flat.)

DAY OF FIRE by Kathleen Nance is the second novel in a sci-fi romance series that takes place in the year 2176. Set in post-plague Canada, it's the story of a female Mountie on a mission to find out who murdered her partner and the hunky Chinook medical doctor who accompanies her. His quest is to find out if a new virus is on the loose in Canada.

First, I'd like to say upfront that the author has a vivid imagination and really brings alive a future in which Canada is an isolated country that was decimated by disease. The little details were interesting, from the Mountie code of living to the Chinook Indian rituals, and made the story (with its science-fiction setting) feel real and plausible.

That said, unfortunately, the author spent so much time discussing details and the murder plot that the book reads real S.L.O.W. And I mean slow. Wow, it took me 2 weeks to get through this sci-fi romance, and at one point I even considered setting it aside to read something else. It took too long for the hero and heroine to get passionate and it spent too much time on the murder plot rather than the relationship, so much that it lost my interest and I forced myself to finish.

Anyway, this book is a must-read if you are interested in reading the 2176 series. The entire series includes book #1 THE LEGEND OF BANZAI MAGUIRE by Susan Grant, #2 DAY OF FIRE by Kathleen Nance, #3 THE SHADOW RUNNERS by Liz Maverick, #4 THE POWER OF TWO by Patti O'Shea, and #5 THE SCARLET EMPRESS by Susan Grant.

Altogether, I'd say DAY OF FIRE is an alright read. The descriptions and setting are fantastic, but the romance is overwhelmed by the murder/politics and the pacing is super slow.

Kathleen Nance is a writer that just gets better and better with each novel. Each book amazes me how much control and depth she imbues her book with, making them stand out head and shoulders above the pack. She has been writing two series lines for Dorchester Publishing's Lovespell - the Djinns and the Immortals. Djinns are not your "I Dream of Jeannie" djinns, but strong, sensual characters that keep popping into the mortal world for one reason another. And Nance seems very adapt at creating the two worlds for readers. The Immortals as the children of the Ancient Greek Gods, who are doomed to unhappy lives unless they fall in love with another of these children. Both lines are brilliant conceived, and the world and laws within both take place are amazing. For a writer to be successful in creating alternative/fantasy worlds, they have to SEE it in their minds. If they cannot see, smell, taste and breathe these other worlds, their readers won't either. But Nance is one of the best at this sort of magic.
This new book "Day of Fire" is her first step away from her Djinns and Immortals. I know of few fans will be at first disappointed it's not an Immortal or Djinn - and we will all hope she will return to theses series one day soon. However, they will be floored by this new work. It's is her BEST work yet, and it leaves the reader breathless from first page to the last.

It is the second book in a series of at least five - the first being powerhouse Susan Grant with "The Legend of Bonzai Maguire". Nance's "Day of Fire" finds Day Daniel's as female Mountie in Canada in the year 2176. From first page to last, she keeps you riveted unable to put this book down. Day is a kick a*** ranger on the track of the militant group that killer her partner. Much to dismay she is now forced to take on a new partner, and he is not even a Mountie! Dr. Liam Firebird is a plague-hunter - a doc that tracked down terrorist release virus that saw the US erect a plasma barrier at the border to separate Canada from the US. Since her dead partner tested positive for a new virus they have never seen, it is urgent to track down the No-Borderer Terrorists and stop the release of this new plague.

Day is a by the rules Mountie. She eats sleeps and breathes RCMP; cut her and she bleed maple-sugar. So, being partner with the sexy Doctor who breaks all the rules goes against Day's who sense of what is right. In spite of this total commitment to duty, Day cannot resist falling for the no-rules plague-hunter.

Nance brings post-plague Canada into a vivid sharpness; you don't read this book, you join Day and Liam in a slam-bang wild adventure that leaves you breathless. It's been a joy to see Nance's talent growing with each and every book. But she really outdoes herself with "Day of Fire". Dare we hope for more Day Adventures?

If so, move over J.D. Robb, there is a new futuristic lady of the law!!
It's been too long since Canada's borders were sealed to stop the viral outbreaks that terrorists had unleashed upon the country from spreading around the globe. When Mountie Day Daniels' partner is brutally murdered during an investigation, the last thing she wants is a partner interfering with her. But Lian Firebird is not an ordinary partner. He is a plague hunter, and suddenly he is in charge of the case because of the threat of a new outbreak the murder uncovers. The chase is on to catch the virus before it destroys the chance to open Canada's borders once again. Day of Fire is a somber tale set in a bleak future and its lacks the pulpy energy of the premiere book in the 2176 series. There just wasn't enough fire to hold my interest for long periods of reading time.
I discovered author Kathleen Nance after I read Susan Grant's "The Legend of Banzai Maguire," the 1st book in a 5 book series by different authors, about life on earth in the year 2176 C.E. "Day of Fire" is book two in the series. I enjoyed Ms. Nance's writing and storytelling talent so much that I have bought several of her books since completing this novel. I have not been disappointed. "Day of Fire," stands on its own, however, and does need to be read as part of the series, although the reading experience is enriched by doing so.

The Dominion of Tri-Canada has had its borders sealed to the rest of the world for 160 years due to terrible plagues that spread in epidemic proportions throughout the country, leaving millions of people dead. Multiple bio-terror agents, a mixture of anthrax, smallpox and Ebola, had been released in Toronto, proliferating with amazing speed and horrific results. The world's response had been to quarantine the country, occasionally air dropping relief supplies. The United Colonies of Earth, (UCE), which at one time was called the Untied States of America, placed a plasma border between the two countries, thereby protecting its own citizens from their disease-ridden neighbors to the north. The UCE is no longer a democracy but a repressive imperial power. In the present year of 2176, Canada is virtually disease free and thriving as a nation.

Canadian Royal Mountie Inspector Day Daniel is a woman who epitomizes the highest competency and ethics of her profession, combined with unusual beauty and intelligence. In fact, she is similar in nature to legendary heroine Banzai Maguire. These women are both butt-kicking professionals with lioness-sized hearts! Day is presently on the hunt for the terrorists who killed her partner. She has been assigned a temporary partner to assist her on this particular mission, civilian plague hunter Dr. Lian Firebird. His part of the assignment is to find a militant group, the revolutionary No-Borders, and prevent them from releasing a new deadly virus on the people of Canada. This group is related to the Mountie's murder. These are revolutionary times. The Voice of Freedom, the Shadow Voice, is being broadcast all over the country, urging citizens of the world to join the revolution.

Day and Lian trek toward the Citadel, along with Day's pet wolf, to capture the virus before it is released, find and arrest the killer(s) and confront the Shadow Voice. This is a wonderful, action-packed, mystery, love story - and I couldn't put it down. Although the storyline hooks in to the Banzai Maguire novel, it is totally different, more complex and somewhat darker - although Susan Grant's book provides a terrific introduction to the series. The characters are different and the chemistry between them is electric. I am looking forward to the 3rd novel, "The Power of Two" by Patti O'Shea. I highly recommend this one - a wonderful read!
JANA

I really struggled about the rating for this book. I think the authors in this series deserve much praise for conceiving an incredible sci-fi plot. This author and Susan Grant did a great job explaining how the world has changed politically in 176 years. The notion that the U.S. has lost its way and forgotten its core founding principles, and that perhaps a fighter pilot from 176 years in the past is needed to remind the UCE what America stood for...it gives me shivers. Well done.

Unfortunately, so far the authors have not done as well explaining the rest of 2176. I got no sense of what this new world is like on a day-to-day level. What to do the people wear, eat, what music do they listen to, how have morals and the culture changed? Think how much people's morals, culture, music and dress changed between 1800 and 1900, and between 1900 and 2000. To me, that's what makes science fiction so fascinating: theorizing about what people will be like in the future, not just how world political dynamics change. Other than obligatory references to advanced technology, I would have thought this book took place in 2004, not 2176.

Also, I haven't found the romance aspects of these two books very satisfying, either. I've seen other reviews' references to chemistry between Lian and Day, but I found their relationship rather uninspiring. I mean, the author told us they felt passion, but seemed to describe their love scenes in a mechanical, unemotional way. The love scenes read like an instructions manual. Also, these two characters were so robot-like in their interactions: now we make love outside, now we make love inside, now we get back to work. No spontaneity at all. Boring!!!

Anyway, I'll keep reading the books in this series because I'm fascinated to see how everything turns out. I just hope the main characters get more exciting.
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< Day of Fire (2176 Series, Book 2) > < The Shadow Runners (2176 Series, Book 3) > < The Power Of Two (2176 Series, Book 4) > < The Scarlet Empress (2176 Series, Book 5) > < The Legend of Banzai Maguire (2176 Series, Book 1) > freaks

< The Challenge > < The Dare > < The Quest (The Rystani Series, Book 4) > < The Ultimatum > < Island Heat > < Solar Heat > Susan Kearney

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(Suprisingly good Sci-Fi(ish)...)

(eeeeeh)

(An Exciting Beginning to a New SF Romance series)

(Worth a read if you like Sci-Fi romance)

(Just Rotten!)

Trust me I do understand some of the lower ratings for this book...

But ladies I honest to goodness could not put it down...maybe because it was different; I don't normally pick something so sci-fi(ish) but I'm so glad I did!

Of course there were things that bothered me...like everytime I heard the name Dora (which was all the time) I automatically started hearing the theme song to Dora, Dora, Dora the Explorer, and that kind of thing... you know something that breaks your "reading flow" is annoying. I wonder if I'm the only person that happened to while reading this?!?! Ha...probably so, I'm weird like that =)...So overall this was a great read, and at times very steamy (so Sara you may not like this one)...
I thought it started off pretty interesting, then went slowly downhill. It all begin to go sour for me when her suit would stay transparent. I kept waiting for the bad 1970s porn music to kick in. Things really got bad for me when it got to the point that the heroine could not possible make a mistake. She miraculously becomes a filthy rich with little to no effort. The author's logic for this? Oh, well, you see, she worked a few months for a business mogul as his bodyguard. Oh? Really? Then there must be thousands of filthy rich bodyguards out there who have done the same. Right? Oh, no? Hmm...I wonder why not? Lastly, I cannot stand when an author decides to make a couple fall madly, and I do mean MADLY in love with each other because they had sex. Sex does not equate love. Overall, I'm disappointed.
Tessa Camen is a woman of skill, and the Secret Service Special Agent in charge protecting the President of the United States. During a public address Tessa recognizes a potential threat and throws herself bodily upon her leader. As shooting and the resultant pandemonium ensues, Tessa removes the President from the scene. Her maneuvers are to no avail, because as their car leaves the scene it becomes clear that they have been betrayed by one of their own. Tessa's last thought as she throws herself in front of the bullet meant the President is that she's failed in her duty.

Tessa awakens to find herself naked in the arms of a hunk. She's pretty sure she's died and gone to heaven but her first thought is for the life of her president. Kahn informs her that her quick action had saved the president in that instance, but that in fact she has been dead more than 300 years. He tells her that seconds before the assassins bullet would have killed her, she had been transported to the future and that the current government of Earth had chosen her as their best candidate to perform a challenge that would win aid for their now polluted planet. Success would also win full membership in the Federation for his own world which had been mostly destroyed by nuclear warfare. That was to be his reward for training her for "The Challenge". All he had to do was to bring out her psi ability. Tessa is skeptical of the whole scenario and speculates that this could be a terrorist brainwashing tactic. Time travel wasn't possible and she certainly didn't have any psi ability.

Kahn is disgruntled at having to train a woman to perform the challenge. Women on his planet were protected and respected. Bring out a person's psi required them to be highly frustrated, and he would have to use different methods on Tessa than he would on a male contestant. The method went was totally counter to his own beliefs. Rather than using his considerable combat skills he would have to frustrate her sexually but, he knew that the needs of his world must come before his personal integrity.

However distasteful the training would be, Tessa fit all the criteria. She was selfless, a virgin, and had no living relatives, something which had complicated previous challenges. But Khan hadn't taken into account that Tessa was not a docile or obedient Rystani woman. She was a warrior. Rather than frustrate her and bring out her psi, his methods make her quite brazen. It isn't long before Kahn realizes that he's met his match and that in order for her to succeed in the Challenge he's going to have to adapt as much as she does. A change of tactics is definitely in order.

Of course no good science fiction romance is complete without and evil enemy to make the quest more challenging. Jypeg is evil alien with a vendetta against Khan. He had killed Khan's wife in a raid on Rystan and bore the scars of Khan's fury. The scars were a subject of mirth on Jypeg's planet and he will do anything to destroy Khan for the insult, even if it means breaking the laws of the Federation by interfering with the Challenge.

The cast is rounded out with Dora, a sentient computer, with an affinity for Tessa, and sex on the brain. She stirs the pot by providing the information Tessa needs to deal with her circumstances, often to Kahn's complete aggravation.

As the two cultures collide, Tessa and Khan will find much to admire and respect in each other's customs. The greatest challenge after all is of the heart. When you throw an alpha male and an alpha female together there are bound to be fireworks, and that's what makes this story so much fun to read. Sparks fly as the two go from being combatants to becoming soul mates. The sexual tension is palpable, but the best part of all is the love and respect that Tessa inspires in Kahn and his people simply by being herself. She is a being unlike anything they've ever encountered but her courage and heart will be a lesson for them all. The story ends with a preview of the sequel, "The Dare," and I suspect that Dora may just get a chance to try her feminine wiles out on a real man after all. The result is bound to be hilarious. I can't wait. --- Reviewed for PNR Reviews
I really truly wanted to hate Susan Kearney's "The Challenge." To my consternation, it was written rather well and the story was genuinely interesting. At the end of the story I found that I did not hate the story so much as I loathed the hero of the book for being such a "me big strong man, you weak woman" kind of guy. In the end, I not only loved the hero, I was rooting for the little bugger. Of course, the sex scenes helped. I mean if I saw those same scenes depicted in a movie I'd likely die from laughing so hard. But in the moment they were . . . appropriate. You have to read it to understand.
I've read my fair share of scifi romances that I have just loved to bits, but this book was an utter sham. It wasn't even a bodice ripper with laser guns, just bland and utterly unbelievable. The universe it's set in doesn't make a bit of sense and the characters are the archtypes of the romantic leads. Pacing in this novel was poor. Some parts were so silly, I had to laugh out loud and roll my eyes. I give it one star because the grammar was good.

She was shot protecting the president, and woke up naked, in the arms of a hunk...

A hunk named Kahn, who told Secret Service agent Tessa Camen an outlandish story about traveling through time, saving the world, and a Challenge only she can accept. Kahn offers her proof she can't refute: Tessa has been brought forward through time to save Earth by winning an intergalactic challenge.

Kahn only has a few weeks to train Tessa to use the psi-abilities he insists she has. He is confident in the success of a time-honored method that uses sexual frustration to bring out her powers, but Tessa is dubious. She's a martial arts expert and can fight her way through anything, but she's never had much luck with emotions.

Luckily for Earth, Kahn can be very convincing...

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< The Challenge > < The Dare > < The Quest (The Rystani Series, Book 4) > < The Ultimatum > < Island Heat > freaks

< I Went to Vassar for This? > < Method Man > < The Mile-high Hair Club > < Calendar Girl > < A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court > < Bedlam, Bath and Beyond (World of the Storm Ravens, Book 1) > Naomi Neale

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(Best book I have read in a long time)

(What's Vassar Got To Do With This?)

(Microwave Blast to the Past of 1959.)

(When Cathy Vorhees got sent back to 1959 by an exploding microwave)

(Could have been better)

This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. The author was funny and witty and kept the story going. I really enjoyed it. I want to point out that I also listened to the audio book and highly recommend it. The reader was extremly engaging and really brought Kathy to life.

You have to read this book.
Naomi Neale creates an engaging character in Cathy Voorhees trying to cope with the norms of society circa 1950's America. I must admit that a great deal of suspension of reality is required to believe that a mishap with alumninum foil and a microwave would blast Cathy into the past, but as I had already read Neale's "Calendar Girl," I knew the journey would be well worth my time. Neal's witty style is fun as well as humorous, and the sprinkling of pop culture references is always amusing. If you are interested in reading fiction about twenty-first century women who are out to find more than a romance from life, I highly recommend all of Naomi Neal'a titles. "I Went to Vassar for This?" is a guilt-free pleasure and one you'll surely pass along to all your girl friends!
I normally don't read chick lit. In fact, until I read I WENT TO VASSAR FOR THIS, I don't think I had ever read a chick lit book. I picked up this novel because the cover happened to catch my eye and when I read the synopsis on the back it intrigued me because I've always been fascinated with time travel.

The heroine of this story is Cathy Voorhees (no relationship to Jason), a twenty-something Manhattanite who is working her way up to the executive level at an advertising agency. However, Cathy isn't all that nice of a person and is full of pride. She looses one of the biggest clients her company was hoping to win over and is promptly personally fired by the CEO. When she gets home she attempts to heat up a tv dinner in the microwave, but forgets to take the aluminum foil off the top and the oven explodes. When she wakes up she finds herself in 1959 and in the body of a Cathy Voight, a woman who looks a lot like herself. Remembering everything she's ever seen or heard about time travel, from WHEN PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED to BACK TO THE FUTURE, Cathy tries to figure out how to get back to the 21st century while finding herself becoming attached to certain aspects (and a particular handsome landlord) of that age.

I enjoyed I WENT TO VASSAR FOR THIS? The book started off rather slow and the ended felt forced and somewhat unresolved (exactly what became of Cathy Voight, e.g.), but overall I found it to be a good read. I don't know if this is typical of chick lit novels, but the book was chock full of cultural and popular allusions (most of which I knew). There were also several times that I wondered to myself how Cathy could so full of facts, yet so dumb: in her conversations with people she was constantly using references, yet she didn't even know simple historical facts, e.g. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the moon.

I WENT TO VASSAR FOR THIS? isn't a great novel, but it is a good one and makes for a fun read (actually, it could make a decent film if someone adapted it correctly). I'm glad I picked a book like this as my first venture into a new genre of reading.
While originally the idea of being able to travel through time would be to see things that happened in the past (or the future), eventually it got around to doing something about. Of course there are all sorts of paradoxes involved with time travel, from going back and killing your grandfather before your father is born to going back to stop the "Titanic" from being sunk only to end up being the one responsible because you distract the captain and crew from the iceberg. But the heroine of "I Went to Vassar for This?" is not up to anything that heavy and neither is writer Naomi Neale.

We start off in New York City today where Cathy Vorhees is looking forward to moving on up in her advertising agency, but instead she is fired, basically because she lost a big account, but also because she is not a very nice human being. Adding injury to insult while making a Retro Freezer TV Dinner it explodes in her microwave, and when she wakes up she is back in 1959 (tin foil will do that, so do not try this type of time travel at home). Not only is Cathy in the past, she is now Cathy Vorhees and she is apparently leading the life she wants, as a brutal office dictator. Her flatmates, Tilly and Miranda, think she is simply suffering from electric shock and not a visitor from the future, but that would not explain why Cathy is complaining about people wearing fur and something she calls "sexual harassment" in the office place. Furthermore, if she is trying to get back to the future, then making friends with Hank, the owner of the apartment building, might complicate things down the road.

What follows is fairly predictable, but that does not stop "I Went to Vassar for This?" from being an enjoyable read. Of course Kathy is going to go out of her way to make things right, which means bucking the time and place in which she finds herself, and in the end she will be a better human being. The self-improvement bit is required, which is why the fun here is as Cathy tries to impose "modern" values on the previous generation. Granted, you have to take all of this with a grain of salt, because sexism, racism, unsaturated fat, and the other evils targeted by Neale were not going to be solved by Kathy's quick fixes. Neale gets bonus points for focusing on large issues than body image and dieting. The more you know about the 1950s and the Eisenhower era of semi-good feelings, the more you will enjoy this one, although you might find yourself thinking about what you would have done in Cathy's place.
This novel is standard chick-lit fare with a time travel twist. It would have been more interesting if the author also showed us what was happening to 1959 Cathy in the twenty-first century. Cathy is a cross between a rambling Gilmore Girl and Elaine from Seinfeld, but sometimes her behavior is so over the top that at times it makes her a bit unlikeable and unbelievable. After a misunderstanding ruins her date with Hank, she stands outside his door and proceeds to grope her breasts while screaming that he could not handle a real woman- oddly enough he doesn't get a restraining order and is not deterred by her behavior.

This book has the chick-lit cliche of the hunky down-to-earth guy who also happens to be very rich. Cathy also goes out of her way to show us how enlightened she is, she hires a mouthy black girl of whom she says if it were the twenty-first century this girl would work for me and we would go out for drinks together. This is weird because its before she gets to know her, but just assumes for some reason just because the girl is black that they would be best buds. Also her idea of progress still has the black girl working for her not with her-not as an equal but as a subordinate- but I guess you take your progress where you can. She also stages a sit-in to protest anti-semitism at an exclusive club. This happens near the end of the book, and at this point I got a little tired of Cathy and her grand gestures(racism, gender roles, sexual discrimination/harassment, dating a guy who's on the down-low, healthy eating, the list goes on and on)and stupid behavior and just wanted to finish the book so I skimmed over this part.

All in all not a bad book but not a very good one either. At times I couldn't believe how stupid and clueless Cathy was given that she went to Vassar and has an MBA, but in all the chick-lit books the heroine has to be stupid so I guess that is all par for the course. I think you are supposed to be laughing at how dumb she is but I find this aspect of the genre irritating. Why do all these women have to be written as idiots? It was refreshing however that Cathy didn't carry on too much about her weight or her clothing. Despite the flaws, unbelievable coincidences and the silly ending,the book kept me reading and engaged in the story. It's a good beach read.
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< I Went to Vassar for This? > < Method Man > < The Mile-high Hair Club > < Calendar Girl > < A Connecticut Fashionista In King Arthur's Court > freaks

< A Twist in Time > < Touched By Time (Zebra Regency Romance) > < Timeless Love: A Time Travel Romance > < Tumbling Through Time > < A Wish In Time > < Thirty Nights with a Highland Husband (The Daughters of the Glen, Book 1) > Candice Kohl

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(Awful)

(Wonderful Suprise)

(Good until the twist at the end.)

(Not what I expected but good)

(Good Beach Read)

Sounded interesting but unfortunately turned out to be lacking in depth (very few characters with one track minds; medieval world reduced to interiors/exteriors reminiscent of a low budget film)and an ending so abrupt and superficial as to be irritating. Reads like a teenage fantasy of the "knight in shining armour" genre and, as such, lacks psychological/historical richness.
I can't get over how much I enjoyed this book. How the hero really loved the heroine and what he was willing to go through to be with her! This book really threw me for a loop-plotwise that is to say. I have read tons of books and that only happens once every 2 years. I loved this book and felt the character's love for each other was so tangible. This is a real hidden treasure and what book lovers like me are constantly searching for!
Enjoyed most of the story until the end. Judy is in love with Andrew but leaves him. It works out in the end. But it would of been better if they were not separated so for long.
I accidently got this book instead of the one i wanted but it wasn't a waste of money since the book turned out pretty good. It had an unexpected ending which kind of shocked me because I'm not used to the characters leaving in romance books but it all turned out good in the end. Judith travels back in time to 1215. There she meets Andrew who is sort of overbearing in the begining. Andrew first beleaves that Judy is a commoner but when Judy claims to be a lady that brings Phillip into play since he wishes to marry Judith but only if shes a lady. This makes Andrew jelious and well you cn fill in the blanks from there. Anyhow I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to sit down and just have a quick, fun, romance read.
I found Candice Kohl's "A Twist in time" to be an easy, delightful read. The story keeps your interest, though you can easily figure out who is who and what is what before the end of the book.
A YOUNG CAREER WOMAN, FLUNG BACKWARD THROUGH TIME...

Judy Lambini crash-lands in the Middle Ages, clutching a tote bag filled with her life's essentials—from makeup and razor to laptop and cell phone. All of which are either useless or quickly used up, and all of which seem tangible proof of her sorcery. Only one man believes Judy is not a witch, and his faith in her wins her heart. But is their love strong enough to hold her in that distant time and place?

A LANDLESS KNIGHT IN NEED OF A WELL-DOWERED BRIDE...

Andrew of Laycock finds himself smitten with a wandering waif who has no kin, let alone a dowry. She speaks oddly, clothes herself like a boy, and carries a satchel filled with curious devices. Judith claims to come from a future Andrew cannot truly fathom. But as she's made her way to him through the centuries, he vows never to lose her, not to another man nor even to another age...
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< A Twist in Time > < Touched By Time (Zebra Regency Romance) > < Timeless Love: A Time Travel Romance > < Tumbling Through Time > < A Wish In Time > freaks

< Off World > < Off World 2: Sanctuary > < Beautiful Monster > < My Fair Captain > < The Assignment > < With Caution > Stephanie Vaughan

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(A promising author.)

(Intergalactic Romance and excellent sci-fi)

(Off World Series)

(Off-World by Stephanie Vaughan)

(A Dream Come True)

Caleb is found by two soldiers aboard a stolen ship. He is there to help the soldiers on the Vigilant but first must convince them he is not a spy... Convincing the handsome Sarhaan might not be too much of a hardship though! Merow!

Caleb's best friend Daphne, who worked a coroner's office, has died but Caleb does not believe her death was a mugging as reported. He believes that she was murdered to cover up whatever she has found out about a series of killings in Havana and Cuba. The men of the Vigilant are under suspicion for the murders and Caleb takes it upon himself to help the team escape framing by corrupt politicians on their home planet, Earth.

Initially I found Caleb to be a bit of an ingenue, but as I read on his spine began to show through and he was quite engaging in the 2nd half of the book. He becomes more than a match for the more physically imposing Sarhaan. Our big, tough, nasty "send in the marines" hero Sarhann was plenty smexy and has been living off world for some time. His sexual preferences are not an issue on the ship whereas on Earth they are illegal. He has had far more time to become comfortable with his sexuality than Cal and this was quite a sweet plot point. The intimate moments were hot for the most part but somewhat lacking variety... or maybe I am just jaded?? heh.

I guess the problem I had with this book was that you needed to read the synopsis very closely to help decipher what was happening in the book. Even then, I still spent the 1st 50 pages floundering a bit. It's convoluted in parts and as its first novel of a series it suffers from trying build a complex world in 150 something pages. There were so many threads, often really great ideas, that were not fully fleshed out and just left hanging. It lacks the tightness of a Stephanie Vaughan's stand alone novels and this did spoil my read just a bit. While not my favorite of her books she is an author to check out.
I can't say there was anything I didn't like about this book, except it wasn't long enough. It was plenty long, but I wanted more. The second book in the series is also exceptional, and I highly recommend it as well, but it focuses on two other characters, characters that beg to be explored in this first book, Alex and D'Abu. I also enjoy the references to a new ultra-conservative Earth and the destruction that brings.

I'd love to see another book about Cal and Saarhan. If you check out Torquere press the author does have a short story available about them that takes place a year later.

If you enjoy good sci-fi and romance, then you'll like this book.
Once again, I was incredibly impressed with Ms Vaughan's character building. her characters sell her books, to me, every time. There is an emotional connection immediately established, letting us, the reader, truly care what will happen to these men. Off World was a fun M/M story with heart. I highly recommend it.
Cal is a very young man, with a gentle soul and a fragile body who wants to discover who has brutally murdered his friend Daphne.

The prime suspects of the crime is a crew of rogue soldiers who has stolen a starship and now is wondering on the universe. Cal steals a little navette and succeeded on find the crew: but they are very big and very hungry men who think he is a spy. And decide to captive him.

Fortunately the man in command is Sarhaan, an afro-american hunk of man who happen to be very interested in Cal, and not because he could possibly be a spy: Sarhaan is very fascinating from this blond and innocent guy, who never has had sex cause sex between male is illegal on the earth. But now they are off world and Sarhaan, even if he thinks he is too unpolish and brutal for a guy like Cal, will not throw out the chance to have him.

In this novel the sci-fiction elements are not the principal aspect of the story. And also the crime is an element not so delved. It is more a story of self-discovery: for Cal, who learns that sex with a man is not a crime and that his feelings are not perverse, and for Sarhaan, who learns how to love someone. Even if you can think that Sarhaan, with his body and his role of power, is the strong element of the pair, it is not total true: I can read in him feelings inedequacy and fears to lose who he loves, that decipt him like a big man with a tender soul.
Off World was the book I dreamed of as gay teenager in the 1980's. I was, and still am, a voracious reader. I discovered straight romance novels and used to dream that one day there would be romance novels where the protagonists were two men. Stephanie Vaughn fulfilled that dream for me. When I first discovered gay romances I was severely disappointed. While they were full of hot sex, they were lacking in the emotional part of the equation. It seemed that those authors bought into the stereotype that the only thing gay men wanted was sex. From the minute I first read one of Stephanie Vaughn's books, I discovered an author who understood that gay men are complex human beings who not only want hot sex, but love and romance as well.

In Off World, the romance between Sarhaan and Caleb reminded me of the great swashbuckling romantic movies of the 1940's, like the ones starring Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara. Only in this book, the main characters are more like Errol Flynn and Tyrone Powers. Hooray!!!

Stephanie Vaughn's masterful writing sweeps the reader into a romantic drama with true to life characters who live in an imaginative and well constructed science fiction universe. She not only provides her readers with plenty of hot sex, but tugs at their heartstrings as well. I can't wait to read more from this author.

Sarhaan and his band of elite soldiers don't know what to make of Caleb when his little spaceship turns up on their viewscreen. Believing that he might be a Republican spy, they bring the junior diplomat onto their stolen spaceship and question him. Sarhaan is immediately attracted to the young aristocrat, despite his doubts about Caleb's motives, and his feeling that giving into his feelings would be a very bad idea. Caleb is no spy. He's come looking for Sarhaan's soldiers to help them clear their names of a crime they didn't commit. Or at least he thinks they didn't. He's looking for a murderer and figures he'd better stay clear of any kind of entanglement with the smoking hot Sarhaan until he can find out who's at fault. What he doesn't count on is falling for the genetically enhanced Sarhaan, who seems to think Caleb is just a good time. Can Caleb convince Sarhaan that he's more than just a soldier's diversion? And can Sarhaan accept that the young elite might be just what he needs? Set against the backdrop of space and Doradus Station, a place where anything goes, Off-World is part mystery, part romance, and all heat!
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