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< Looking for a Hero > < Born to Be Wild > < Wife for a Day > < Bride for a Night > < And Then He Kissed Me > < I'm No Angel > Patti Berg

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Avon(1998-12-01)

customer 's review
(totally boring)

(Cute escapism, despite the annoying pirate-speak)

(This is my fave Patti Berg Novel so far!!!)

(Great Romance Novel!)

(Aye . . . Patti is a damn fine storyteller)

I did give this one a chance. What a waste of my time. Think twice before spending your $$$ on it.
Kate and Casey Cameron are stranded on a private island when a storm washes their sailboat to shore. It manages to wash someone else to shore: a pirate (complete with scars and eye patch) who travels nearly 300 years in the future. Despite her reservations, she brings Morgan "Black Heart" Farrell back to St. Augustine and lets him stay with her (all the while thinking he has a screw loose).

"Looking for a Hero" is a funny fish out of water story about a man dumfounded at what has become of the world since he last set sail, determined to return to where he belongs to seek vengeance on the pirate that destroyed his life. Of course the Kate and Morgan fall for each other, but it is an interesting journey, fraught with a lot of pirate-speak almost to the point of annoying.

When his mysterious ship settles on the shore, and a series of murders occur, Kate has to question whether he is sane or not, and could he possibly be the culprit?

Will they succumb to their feelings, and more importantly, will they part or attempt to live in the other's world? Breezy escapist story.
I do not believe that this book is too religious. In fact I didn't find it religious at all. Most people pray to a god when they think their life is in danger. I also didn't feel as though this book was missing anything either. i read it in one day! I could not put it down. I am so glad Ms. Berg added the Epilogue at the end. I would have been upset if I did not know what the future held for the 2 characters. If you haven't read this book yet, go out and get it right away, you won;t be sorry.
There is no way any stuff that happens in this book will ever happen in real life, but this book is a wonderful romance book full of great tales and wonderful imagination. If you are a person who loves to daydream about their "hero" than this book is for you. It is a very light hearted and easy read but that is what makes this book wonderful. It takes you away from the daily hustle and bustle of your life into a world where anything can happen...if only for a moment. I highly recommend this book if you love fairy tales and romance or if you just want to get away from real life for a while...I am off to buy another of Patti Bergs today!
Looking for a hero made me want to go to St. Augustine, spyglass in hand, wandering the shoreline for my very own pirate. Neither Wife for a Day nor Born to be Wild can hold a candle to this feel-good tale. Our hero was scarred inside and out, but still clung to his humanity. Kate had a lovely child and thought of her dead husband with affection. How refreshing! The epilogue was one of the sweetest I've read in a long, long time. Thank you Ms. Berg for this charming story.
Pretty Kate Cameron was looking for a man to sweep her off her feet, but she never expected him to be wielding a cutlass and claiming to be the infamous Morgan "Black Heart" Farrell, a pirate captain who lived nearly three hundred years before. Danger may have followed him from the past, but he's not about to leave while Kate needs him.
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< Looking for a Hero > < Born to Be Wild > < Wife for a Day > < Bride for a Night > < And Then He Kissed Me > freaks

< Time Traveler Confidential: The Apocalypse > < Egypt: An Extraterrestrial And Time Traveler Experiment > < Time Travelers From Our Future: A Fifth Dimension Odyssey (N) (N) > < Past Lives, Future Lives Revealed > < Custom Design Your Own Destiny > < Ascension: The Art of Soul Perfection and the Attainment of Grace > Dr. Bruce Goldberg

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Bruce Goldberg
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(Time travel essentials)

This book is a great story, moreover it introduces the reader to time travel
essentials and some significant future discoveries related to time travel.
Since the technology is in the future, the travelers are from the future.
The book discusses hyperdimensional physics. We live in a 3 dimensional hologram or movie film that moves in one direction on a 4th dimension called
time, which is like the movie reel and take up reel. Once you leave our 3
dimensions and move to the 5th dimension or hyperspace, the movie can accessed at any point from beginning to end. This co-responds to big bang
and the end of our universe. The book also discusses use of worm holes,
exotic matter, teleportation devices. The existence of multiple parallel
universes are discussed also. When one travels backward or forward in time, you are actually accessing a parallel universe in which our past or
future is occurring simultaneously to our universe. Very informative book!

In the year 3567 an Earth ambassador named Mustafa Striker makes a deal with a far distant galaxy reptilian named Drax to destroy our galaxy in exchange for Striker's control of a planet occupied by human-like beings in Drax's galaxy. The plan consists of using a wormline linear accelerator(a time machine) to change historical events in out timeline, creating an uncontrollable blackhole that will destroy our galaxy. Time traveler Bob Gullon is assigned the mission of capturing Striker and preventing this catastrophe. Striker is successful in creating three major ripplepoints by altering history. The destruction of the universe has begun!
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< Time Traveler Confidential: The Apocalypse > < Egypt: An Extraterrestrial And Time Traveler Experiment > < Time Travelers From Our Future: A Fifth Dimension Odyssey (N) (N) > < Past Lives, Future Lives Revealed > < Custom Design Your Own Destiny > freaks

< Timepool (Time Passages Romance Series) > < Heaven's Time (Time Passages Series , No 12) > < Silver Tomorrows (Time Passages Romance) > < Untamed Time (Time Passages) > < Remember Love (Time Passages Series) > < Alicia's Song (Timeswept) > Susan Plunkett

price：~~$0.93~~
Jove

customer 's review
(I hated it!)

(Bad writing, boreing plot)

(A GOOD BOOK)

(This time travel book had a good plot and kept my interest.)

(Worth picking up and reading)

It was so boring, I couldn't even finish it!
Very amateurish writing, even for this genere of book. Don't waste your money on this one unless you've read all of the others!
I enjoyed reading this book, and would suggest it to others looking for a good romantic novel . . .If you want to read a book that goes straight to your heart, read Stolen Moments by Barbara Jeanne Fisher. . .It is a beautiful story of unrequited love. . .for certain the love story of the nineties. I intended to give the book a quick read, but I got so caught up in the story that I couldn't put the book down. From the very beginning, I was fully caught up in the heart-wrenching account of Julie Hunter's battle with lupus and her growing love for Don Lipton. This love, in the face of Julie's impending death, makes for a story that covers the range of human emotions. The touches of humor are great, too, they add some nice contrast and lighten things a bit when emotions are running high. I've never read a book more deserving of being published. It has rare depth. Julie's story will remind your readers that life and love are precious and not to be taken for granted. It has had an impact on me, and for that I'm grateful. Stolen Moments is written with so much sensitivity that it made me want to cry. It is a spellbinder. What terrific writing. Barbara does have an exceptional gift! This book was edited by Lupus specialist Dr. Matt Morrow too, and has the latest information on that disease. ..A perfect gift for someone who started college late in life, fell in love too late in life, is living with any illness, or trying to understand a loved one who is. . .A gift to be cherished forever
Plunkett's story kept my attention because it had a decent plot, discussed with humor and intelligence the anomalies of the two time periods and didn't totally telegraph the ending. I think it would have been more interesting had she spent some time on what happens when they are a couple...and answered the missing information question that Caladonia encountered when examining historical documents. This was an enjoyable read.
What a delightful read. I thoroughly enjoyed Susan Plunkett's latest work, Timepool. I very rarely give a five star rating, and I feel that this story just missed the 4 star as well. If I could give it 3 1/2 stars or a 7 out or 10, I would. Her main character's names are a mouthful, but Requiem and Caladonia are both well defined and interesting to read about. I was quite surprised at how in depth the plot was, especially given that there were two stories going on at once. My biggest criticism was that the story was too short and ended too quickly. The end felt WAY too rushed, like she had to fit this story under a certain number of pages and that was it. I think that there could easily have been another 50 to 100 pages used to finish the plot. We never fully hear what happens to Requiem's story, how it ends, his relationship with his sister, what he is going to do with his life, etc. We are also led to believe that Caladonia's business will eventually fail, and I wonder what she is going to do as well. I know money is not a problem, but are they just going to spend their days basking in each other or are they actually going to be or do something? If you are looking for an interesting, though quick read, pick this book up.
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< Timepool (Time Passages Romance Series) > < Heaven's Time (Time Passages Series , No 12) > < Silver Tomorrows (Time Passages Romance) > < Untamed Time (Time Passages) > < Remember Love (Time Passages Series) > freaks

< Once and Forever > < Anywhere You Are > < Time After Time > < Heaven on Earth > < Timeless Passion > < Twice in a Lifetime (Yellow Brick Road Gang, Book 2) > Constance O'Day-Flannery

price：~~$10.00~~
Avon(1999-11-09)

customer 's review
(The best and worst rolled into a pleasing one!)

(A little preachy)

(too much soulmate stuff, not enough character development)

(Once and Forever)

(A NEW FAN!)

Constance O'Day Flannery, the queen of time-travel romance, offers a worthwhile and thoughtful novel in Once and Forever. Maggie Whitaker, recently divorced, jobless, and burned out on life in the fast lane in the U.S., visits her intriguing Aunt Edithe in England.

During a Renaissance faire Maggie finds herself, costumed and all, transported back to 1598 England and at the periphery of a plot to unseat the Queen. Meanwhile, she is thrown together with Nicholas Layton, a handsome poet and musician. An undeniable attraction leads her to realize that he's her twin flame, her love for all eternity, and this completely transforms her life. But danger lies ahead.

There are many problems with this novel: story holes, inaccuracies regarding Elizabethan life, and a heroine who is so bullheaded, obnoxious, superficial, and patronizing for the first hundred pages that it takes a mammoth act of will to like her. Add this to the fact that every event is predictable, and you'd seem to have a recipe for disaster.

However, O'Day Flannery's sincerity and warm heart eventually win the day as she brings all the threads together. This is a story that encourages and may even inspire readers to focus on what is really important in their lives and to appreciate their often forgotten blessings. Maggie learns to affirm all her experiences, to feel and celebrate the oneness and rightness of all things, by following her heart and living her truth. Surely this is an old lesson that we all need to hear again and again!

Also, the novel provides an intriguing introduction to the Celts and a solid suggestion that Shakespeare may not be the author of "his" works (for those who are not already familiar with the details of this old controversy). Add this to a final great love scene--in which it is pure energy rather than only physicality that unites the lovers--and you have a worthwhile and unusual novel which I can heartily recommend.

When I first picked up this book, I thought "WOW! this story could be about me!" Having just had my own forty-something identity crisis I, too, went "joyriding" to Europe for a break from the difficulties in my life. That being said, after the first two chapters, the story became a little more fluffy and in parts I found it very preachy about belief systems. This author was recommended as a fine example of time travel but I have to say that the time travel element didn't work for me in this book. There was no purpose to the change in time and the transitioning between time periods seemed a little abrupt. Add to that the unlikely meeting with people that I suppose were reincarnated centuries later ... it didn't work for me. On another point - the twin flame idea was interesting although driven home a little too hard. I had to finish this book on a lunch hour at work (I was on the last chapter - epilogue) and someone interupted me which prevented me from finishing it. I never did finish it because I discovered that I didn't care how it ended from there. She could have left that chapter off entirely. In summary - is it a good read? Well it had some thought provoking writing, so I wouldn't say to take a pass on it. I got through it easily enough (until the ending) but I don't know that I would recommend it either.
Maggie, our heroine, is recently divorced, out of a job, and at a low point in her life. Her aunt Edithe invites her to England for a retreat. While there, she travels back in time to 16th century. She's mistaken for Lady Margarite, who is to marry Lord Ashford. But she find her soulmate in Nick, Ashford's enemy. Nick is there there at the request of Ashford's mother for the betrothal banquet. Or something like that. Nick has waited eons for Maggie.

In any case, the first 3rd of the book is on how miserable Maggie is in her present life and how she tries to convince the people in the 16th century she is not lady Margarite and is from the 20th century. She basically falls in love w/ Nick once they stared into each other's eyes.

There really wasn't much development of the either characters. The author didn't spend enough time describing the character, especially Nick. There are too much internal dialogue on how they loved each other. It was sweet, but a little too much. I would have liked to know how great Nick was as a poet and musician, his temperament, his status (knight? noble? you're never sure how important or un-important he was), etc
It was written with her usual magical talent. The characters were great. I just had a very difficult time staying with this one written in the time period is was in..Anyone who enjoys the 16th century writings will love it. But I will continue to read all of her novels becuase she is a fantasic writer.. Hope to enoy her next on as much as I did "Heaven on earth"
Being a person never willing to read, never mind buy a romance novel...on the suggestion of a friend I read this one, and became a fan of Ms O'Day...reading all her books..even taking the time to get out of print ones such as Sunsets and Seasons. She not only shares a joy of life and love in her books, but adds spirituality, stength and individuality to her characters, and allows us to 'soar' with them...in spirit {for those that can't in mind} Thanks for all your work Connie!
Something inexplicable has led Maggie Whitaker to the sixteenth century. Always a woman who has tried to do the right thing and live up to expectations, Maggie is beginning to learn the joy of following her own heart-even if it leads her across centuries. And especially since it has her crossing paths with Nicholas Layton, a dashing disinherited noble caught up in the dangerous intrigues of Elizabeth's royal court.

There is something about this enchanting, perplexing Margaret that leaves Nicholas breathless. Her voice is sweet music-though the words she speaks seem foreign to his ear. One kiss and he knows she is his true soulmate. But it is said the lady is betrothed to another-and it is Nicholas who must deliver her to her waiting groom. Yet no political plot or royal decree can forbid a love that is destined. And Maggie and her daring highborn lover are willing to incur the wrath of insidious foes to make certain that passion's flame, newly kindled, burns forevereven if it takes centuries for their hearts to be truly one.
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< Once and Forever > < Anywhere You Are > < Time After Time > < Heaven on Earth > < Timeless Passion > freaks

< Wild Roses for Miss Jane (Time Travelers, 2) > < Reflections of Toddsville (Time Travelers, Book 1) > < When We Do Meet Again (Time Travelers) > < McKnight's Revenge (Time Travelers, 3) > < The Diary of Jean-Jacques Coupier (Time Travelers, 5) > < Beneath the Wings of Isis (Time Travelers, 7) > Hollie Van Horne

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Time Travelers LLC
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customer 's review
(time travel, cancel trip!)

(I JUST LOVE THIS SERIES (TIME TRAVELERS))

(Hope the Rest Are A Tad Better-)

(A big fan in Pa.)

(Time Travelers, Inc. does it again)

Oh dear, initial premise good, 1800's school marm reads 17th century pirate tale and ends up on pirates ship. I do not have enough English Major in me to figure out what exactly is wrong with this book, but it read as very flat, almost like reading a play and trying to inject emotion from the page into a character, very exhausting and ultimately not worth the effort.
This is the second book I have read by Hollie Van Horne and I love both of them!! Each book has its own unique story with super characters and great plots!! I really enjoy how Ms. Van Horne has incorporated Sam and Jim Cooper into each book. The main character Jane Engle is a very likeable heroine and Captain Garrett Michaels is just well...sigh...very lovable and can I say super duper hot!! This book (WILD ROSES FOR MISS JANE) has more adventure than the first one and I agree with the other reviewers that this book is so much more romantic than the first!! PLEASE...PLEASE read this book if you love sexy romance, hot pirates and adventure!!
I very much like the time travel premise and thought that Reflections of Toddsville was nicely writen (save some typos...who proofs Hollie's books anyhow?) and it ended superbly.

So I was looking forward to the second in the series...it's got a wonderful - intriguing plot and I enjoy that very much...but why the heck does she have to overdo the sex? Enough already- the story is good enough to stand on it's own, if I wanted a purely romance novel I'd just look for that instead!
I met the author at Beaver Valley Mall and purchased WHEN WE DO MEET AGAIN. I have read all of the books in the series as well as SPEAK OF THE DEAD and MISS JANE is my favorite. I have read it over and over again. What can I say! A handsome pirate, a tropical paradise, and a feisty heroine. My book is dogeared from reading it again and again. Romance reader heaven! Thanks Hollie.
I have read every book H. Van Horne has written, and I swear no two are alike. Each Time Travel book is its own story totally unique with great characters you never really forget. I still think about Cuyler and Trudy, and I read Reflections of Toddsville months ago. I love the minor characters: Sam and Jim Cooper and Bruce Wainwright who pop up in each book. Sam is in Wild Roses for Miss Jane too and up to his usual wild self. I thought Jane was an incredible heroine and Captain Garrett Michaels was...hot! I like all the books. But, this one is the most adventurous and romantic so far, and if you love romance, pirates, and HOT steamy Caribbean nights on soft beaches...well...you need to get this book. I suggest all of the books in the Time Travelers series, and Speak of the Dead also. I can't wait for the next book in the series McKnight's Revenge.
Wild Roses for Miss Jane ~ Miss Jane Engle has found a new home, security, and a classroom full of smiling faces in her 1876 one-room schoolhouse in Albany, New York. Choosing to teach rather than to marry handsome widower and father of one son, Garrett Michaels, Jane has found serenity...if not happiness and love. When Jane reads the pirate book young Trace Michaels has hidden in his school desk, Jane is transported to a 1722 British sailing ship that is being attacked by the notorious Caribbean pirate, Captain Garrett Michaels. Although he looks just as handsome as his 1870's counterpart, there are some major differences -- the cruel and sinister look in his eyes, and the sharp dagger he has pressed against her throat. Will Jane be able to tell the Albany Board of Education "what she did on her summer vacation" if she ever returns?
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< Wild Roses for Miss Jane (Time Travelers, 2) > < Reflections of Toddsville (Time Travelers, Book 1) > < When We Do Meet Again (Time Travelers) > < McKnight's Revenge (Time Travelers, 3) > < The Diary of Jean-Jacques Coupier (Time Travelers, 5) > freaks

< Little Time In Texas > < Never Tease A Wolf > < Big Sky Country > < Hawk's Way Brides: The Unforgiving Bride\The Headstrong Bride\The Disobedient Bride > < Maverick Heart > < Heartbeat > Joan Johnston

price：~~$7.00~~
Mira(2000-06-01)

customer 's review
(Synopsis)

(Not Worth the Time It Took To Read The First Chapter)

(It could have been better.)

(A Little Time in Texas, the bus should not have stopped)

(Good Read!)

NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT

HER PAST WAS A MYSTERY: Although Texas in 1864 was no place for a lone lady traveler, feisty Angela Taylor had to get to San Antonio. She could outsmart any outlaw, so she wasn't afraid when a bunch of no-good cowboys surrounded her. But she owes her life to the Texas Ranger who rescued her from that band of renegades. The problem is that he'd pulled her out of danger -- and straight into the twentieth century. Now Angela's as far from Texas, 1864, as she could be, stuck with a disbelieving man too handsome for her own good.

BUT WAS HER FUTURE HIS TO CLAIM? She's either a woman out of time... or completely out of her mind. Dallas Masterson isn't sure what to believe. From her crazy clothes to her feisty ways, he's almost convinced that this sassy, smart-mouthed woman fought Comanches, buried her fiancé, ran from the law and stole to survive... especially when she steals his horse to try to get back to the cave where he found her. Now, both Angela and Dallas are discovering that when it comes to things like the past -- and falling in love -- there's no place to go but the future.
Totally predictable. I was excited to see this author after reading The Texan and The Cowboy. This book is not even in the ball park. Characters were one-dimensional. Circumstances were unreal. If I had read this book first, I would not have ready anything else with her name on it.
I thought this books was ok. Not the best I've ever read but pretty good. The character's needed to be a little less hormonal and a little more....how should I say it...human I guess. More down to earth. Dallas seems to be living in the past but he's really in the future. That was a big dislike. Angela starts off as an innocent but suddenly she's kissing a total stranger she's never seen?? I gave it a three.
Ms.Johnston did not spend time making her characters have depth. They were flat with a few hormones. I was truly disappointed. I felt like someone with a word processer and spell check, but no editor was at it again.
If you liked the Hawk's Way series, you will like this story. The time traveling heroine, seeking revenge against the murdering bank robber, is shocked to find herself rescued into the future. You also get to meet Honey Farrell, the heroine of (Honet And The Hired Hand) and Adam Philips of The Rancher And The Runaway Bride. It is a re-releace, that starts the whole of the Hawks' Way series.
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< Little Time In Texas > < Never Tease A Wolf > < Big Sky Country > < Hawk's Way Brides: The Unforgiving Bride\The Headstrong Bride\The Disobedient Bride > < Maverick Heart > freaks

< To Kiss A Frog > < What Do You Say To A Naked Elf? > < Like a Charm > < Kissing Frogs > < She's No Faerie Princess (The Others, Book 2) > < Spirited Away > Elle James

price：~~$10.00~~
Love Spell

customer 's review
(NOT TIME TRAVEL!)

(I'd rather kiss a frog then read this book)

(Move over Prince Charming!)

(terrific debut)

(Tied a ribbit around my heart)

Although Amazon put this book in the Time Travel genre it is not! It is a fantasy about a twist of the old fairy tale of a person turning into a frog and he looks for someone to kiss him and change him back. I read the whole book through, thinking perhaps somewhere it had something to do with time travel and it didn't. The plot was minimal at best and only the character of the man who changed into a frog was really explored. Interesting from the frog/man's point of view, but not "ribbiting" enough for a whole book.
I purchased this book because of the raving reviews about it. So I said what the hey, I'll give it a chance... Yeah...I'm still giving it a chance. I bought this book about five mouths ago and I still haven't finished it considering that I usually finish a book in a couple of days. I keep picking it up to read then put it down to read something else. I guess the story is very juvenile to me. It makes me wonder, how old is the author. Is she in high school?

I have to give the book this, the concept of the story is cute. It's about a playboy, named Craig. He gets turned into a frog by a voodoo witch cause he was messing with her granddaughter, I think. (I read it so long ago I'm not sure how it happened). He's a frog by day and a man at night. Then, Elain, a scientist comes along and they meet then yada yada yada it goes on from there.

The thing that bothers me about the story is the way the author tells it. It feels like I'm reading a book written by a sixteen year old. The dialogue and some of the scenes are just so LAME! I'm just have such a hard time getting through the book. There was only one scene that I found really enjoyable and it wasn't the sex scenes (which were lame too)......On second thought, the sex scenes weren't soo bad but the characters talked too much JUST BE QUIET AND MAKE LOVE! LOL Maybe this story isn't for me cause I see a lot of people enjoyed this book which is great. I'm glad for them, they can have my copy. All I can say is read it at your own risk.

Dragged from his bed in the middle of the night, Craig Thibodeaux finds himself facing the bayous Voodoo Queen. When he is cursed for NOT being interested in her granddaughter, Craig thinks it's a joke until he wakes up the next morning a frog! Suddenly he starts taking the Voodoo Queen seriously and realizes he has less than two weeks to get a woman to fall in love with him or spend the rest of his life as a bullfrog, and he doesn't have a prospect to even start with.

Elaine Smith is a genius dedicated to her research. But when she finds her fiance making out with another woman and he accuses her of being more interested in her work than him, she realizes the truth in his statements. So, rather than sending an intern to collect the water samples she needs from Bayou Miste, she decides to get out of her laboratory and goes herself.

I liked Craig as a human because while he knew he had to find some one to fall in love with him, he wasn't out to hurt or use anyone to break his spell. Elaine walks into his life and seems like the perfect target but because she is so innocent and naive he didn't want to break her heart because he didn't want to settle down. I got more than a few laughs from his frustration of being a frog - getting stuck in a room because he couldn't open the door, for one.

Elaine does a lot of growing as a character - she gets out of her lab, associated with other people that aren't scientists and learns that just because she is a child genius, she didn't have to give up her life as an adult too. Another reason I like Elaine is because she is easy to fluster - Craig is one of the best looking guys she has ever seen. So sometimes her brain mixes the yummy thoughts she has about him with the actual conversation she is having with the man. Some of her misspoken words were funnier than others, but this was hilarious!

Elle James has written a truly enjoyable fractured fairy tale with her version TO KISS A FROG. This was such a fun read! The story has a quick light pace and even the final confrontation was humorously written. If you are looking for a light funny read this is a book that I would recommend.

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I am the type of person who has to read before I go to sleep. It relaxes me, takes off the stress of the day.

I am also the type of person who has to have a solid seven hours of sleep to function. Not something that happened while I was reading Elle James's debut, To Kiss a Frog.

Craig Thibodeaux has been a bad boy, and he messed - or didn't mess - with the wrong woman, a woman whose grandmother is a voodoo priestess. A woman who had the priestess put a spell on him because he wasn't able to fall in love. Craig is wary, but it isn't until the following evening when he wakes up - not quite himself - that he realizes what has happened.

He's a frog by day, a man by night, with only a matter of weeks to find a woman who can love him, warts and all, to end the curse. Otherwise, he'll be on a permanent fly diet.

Elaine Smith comes upon Craig just as he's making the transformation from frog to man, and since frogs don't wear clothes, well, she gets an eyeful. But the plain Jane scientist has come to the bayou to find the source of a pollutant in the swamp, not handsome naked Cajuns. She's also using the trip as a bit of an escape since she found her fiance making out with a very attractive secretary. Men are not high on her priority list.

But she needs someone to take her out to the bayou, and Craig has evenings free. You know, of his frog skin. So he takes her out to the bayou, where they investigate the cause of the pollution and find themselves in danger up to their eyeballs.

I love the Cajun setting, and could actually feel the swamp water in my hair - not pleasant. Craig was a fun hero, both as man and frog. You know he's got to be great if his dog even loves him in frog form. Elaine blossomed on the page as she fell in love with Craig and learned to like herself as well. The secondary characters added texture to the story.

To Kiss a Frog is a fun, sexy read, and I'm looking forward to great things from Elle!
Craig Thibodeaux has finally messed with the wrong woman - the granddaughter of a legendary VooDoo Queen. Determined that he learn the error of his bad-boy ways, she casts a spell on him. Frog by day - man by night, unless he can find someone to love him before the next full moon. Enter brainiac Elaine Smith. She's come to the bayou to expose an ecological terrorist. Craig figures the shy bookworm will be easy to seduce into loving him to break the curse. And the fact she keeps finding him naked can't hurt either.

Not so fast, frog boy! Elaine only has eyes for the amphibians she's dissecting. Love? Not in this lifetime.

With a wonderfully colourful cast of characters, charming humour, clever dialogue, and a who-dun-it twist at the end I never saw coming, To Kiss A Frog is a great debut novel from Elle James. I can't wait for her next book!!
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< To Kiss A Frog > < What Do You Say To A Naked Elf? > < Like a Charm > < Kissing Frogs > < She's No Faerie Princess (The Others, Book 2) > freaks

< Time And Again > Nancy Fraser

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When reporter, Kate Brogan, and her ex-husband vice cop, Matthew Kelley, both end up investigating local psychic Olga Limas, Kate realizes the fluff piece of journalism she'd anticipated might just turn into something more. Out to debunk the woman's claim of being able to guide séance participants into the future, both Kate's and Matt's skepticism is put to the test when they find themselves transported to 2057.Certain the only one they can truly trust is each other, they form an alliance that quickly stirs more intimate and loving memories. Just as they are about to be shown the way home, a presidential assassination puts their lives, and their chances for a "happily ever after," in jeopardy.

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(ROMANCE WITH A TIME TRAVEL TWIST...)

(TIME TRAVEL WITH A TWIST...)

(Brought Laughter, Tears, and Sighs - Excellent!)

(A good sequel to A LOVE THROUGH TIME)

(Great Book (Even without reading the first!))

This book is enjoyable, escapist entertainment. It is a fairly well written, time travel romance. I read it, not realizing that there was a prequel to it. It did not really matter, as the author had enough background information interwoven in the book, so as to make it totally comprehensible. The only thing it did was whet my appetite for the prequel, which I fully intend to read.

Here, a twentieth century doctor, Douglas MacKendimen, disillusioned with the practice of medicine, inadvertently goes back in time to fourteenth century Scotland. Having been brought up with tales of time travel by his parents, stories that he took to be fairy tales, he is amazed to find them to be true. While in the past, he discovers people who knew his parents and is amazed to realize that he himself was conceived in the past.

He also meets the woman of his dreams, literally. You see, Douglas had, for some time, been dreaming of a raven haired, green eyed beauty, and here she is in the flesh in the fourteenth century! It turns out that she is Caitlin MacInnis, a healer in her own time. With her help, the disillusioned doctor rediscovers why it was that he went into the medical profession in the first place, and he regains his joy in being a healer. Having fallen in love with Caitlin, he must now decide whether he will return to his own time, or remain in the past with the love of his life.

To find out what he decides to do, read the book. You will not be disappointed.
This book is enjoyable, escapist entertainment. It is a fairly well written, time travel romance. I read it, not realizing that there was a prequel to it. It did not really matter, as the author had enough background information interwoven in the book, so as to make it totally comprehensible. The only thing it did was whet my appetite for the prequel, which I fully intend to read.

Here, a twentieth century doctor, Douglas MacKendimen, disillusioned with the practice of medicine, inadvertently goes back in time to fourteenth century Scotland. Having been brought up with tales of time travel by his parents, stories that he took to be fairy tales, he is amazed to find them to be true. While in the past, he discovers people who knew his parents and is amazed to realize that he himself was conceived in the past.

He also meets the woman of his dreams, literally. You see, Douglas had, for some time, been dreaming of a raven haired, green eyed beauty, and here she is in the flesh in the fourteenth century! It turns out that she is Caitlin MacInnis, a healer in her own time. With her help, the disillusioned doctor rediscovers why it was that he went into the medical profession in the first place, and he regains his joy in being a healer. Having fallen in love with Caitlin, he must now decide whether he will return to his own time, or remain in the past with the love of his life.

Read the book, to find out what he decides to do.
The MacKendimen saga comes full circle with this stunning conclusion to the two part series that began with "A LOVE THROUGH TIME". Dr. Douglas MacKendimen (30 year old son of Maggie and Alex - ALTT) is once again in Scotland for the annual clan gathering. This has been a family tradition, since his parents met there and fell in love with the help of the fates and a magical stone arch. Douglas has grown up on his parents tales, but regards them as nothing more than "bedtime stories".

Of late he's been troubled by two dreams, each involving the same mysterious woman, a woman like none other, a woman he's never met. One dream is frightening, the other erotic, and Douglas can't help but compare all others to the "woman of his dreams", he's waiting for something, what? he doesn't know.

The clan seer, the old woman Mairi who was instrumental in his parent's own journey of discovery, tells him that he must now meet his destiny, which will involve saving this woman, and being saved by her, and answering to the fates, which are not pleased with him.

He scoffs but a woman's cry of distress finds him dashing through the arch, to find her under attack by a rival clan. Without hesitation he acts to save her. At the very moment he recognizes her as the woman he has dreamed of, he's rendered unconscious by a severe blow to the head.

The woman is Caitlin, the 17 year old daughter of Moira, the visionary who had helped Maggie and Alex during their journey through time, and the smithy Pol. Caitlin too, has had the dreams, of this man, the man she knows she will love with all her heart. She is the clan healer, an herbalist, but she also has a "gift" - the ability to cure with her touch. The gift has its price for Caitlin assumes her patients' pain.

Douglas is awed by the care she has for her patients and the sacrifices she is willing to make for them. Why have the fates sent him here when any involvement will surely end in heartbreak when returns home as prophesied? He soon comes to realize that he has defied the fates by immersing himself in technology and shielding himself from his patients suffering. He's forgotten to care. He was conceived in this time through his parent's great love for each other, their very own lesson, and he realizes he's been sent back to the place where HIS soul began to find it once more. But in finding his soul will he lose his heart? What will become of him and of Caitlin when he is sent back home, having learned the lesson of the fates? Will these few short weeks be enough to last them a lifetime? Can the fates be defied?

I cried at the end of this story, but don't let that put you off, I loved both stories and the saga ends happily, never you fear. I highly recommend reading both books and there's a little surprise at the end of this one that I think you will enjoy.

I've also learned that there is the possibility of a straight historical featuring Anice, who appears in both stories, and Robert who succeeded his half brother Sandy as laird to the MacKendimen clan in the past time. It is to be hoped that this is truly so, as I think it is a story that needs to be told! Ms. Brisbin will give us a new tale with the September release of the Queen's Man. I'm greatly looking forward to reading more of this fine author's efforts. -- Leslie Tramposch Copyright© 2000 ~Paranormal Romance Reviews
I was looking forward to reading this book as I had just read A LOVE THROUGH TIME. Terri continues the story but this time it is Maggi and Alex's son Douglas who is sent back to the middle ages. It is great to read about the characters inteviening 20yrs, since Maggie and Alex went home. I was so glad that Anice had changed from the spoilt brat that she was in the first book. I felt really sorry to find out what had happened to her. The ending was not what I expected it to be, but it was still very good. I do hope Terri will continue with the series. It would be great if she could give the other characters a turn like Lynn Kurland did with the MacLeod's and the De Piaget's in STARDUST OF YESTERDAY and A DANCE THROUGH TIME to mention just a couple of her books.
I didn't even know there was a prequel to this book until I saw other reviews for this book. Now I will definitely have to go back and read the first. But, although I didn't read the first book, I was not lost while reading this one. The author was very good about putting some background into this one, the second book. I loved this book. I was held in suspense until the very end.

This is one of the few books I have read where it is the hero that goes into the past. And he learns things about himself while he is there. A physician who became caught up in the power, money, and prestige of being a doctor, he is made to realize why he became a doctor in the first place, while working side by side with the heroine, a healer. The romance develops nicely as both learn from the other. Definitely a reader! And now I think I will go back and read the first! :)
Propelled reluctantly back in time by his family's unpleasant penchant for time travel, a twentieth-century Scottish doctor falls for a fourteenth-century beauty with a compassionate heart. Original.
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< Stealing Some Time:Volume 1 (Parts 1 and 2) > < Stealing Some Time: Book II > < Into This World We're Thrown > < My Fair Captain > < Caught Running > < Double Bound: a novel > Mark Kendrick

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(really cool book)

(Satisfying story for gay scifi followers)

(Can't wait for Volume II)

(Dull and Predictable... A Waste of Time and Money)

(a romance)

I thoroughly enjoyed this book (and the next one) and would recommend them to anyone, even if you don't consider yourself a fan of "science fiction". My only complaint about this version in particular is that it was atrociously edited -- I noticed over a dozen mistakes and I was definitely not seeking them out. These do not in any way detract from what is an incredibly awesome story -- but whoever edited this book should get a new job because you really suck. --Ben Gifford
I feel this was a very satisying story.
I felt the love between these two adventurers.
As a scifi lover it was great to see a storyline
like this.
I wish a sequel would be written about the years
before 1882.
Thank you Mr Kendrick
I throughly enjoyed this book and can not wait for the second volume to come so I can find out what happened. Really a great read.
In Stealing Some Time, Mr. Kendrick created a very interesting futuristic world. That is, IMHO, the only thing that saves this book from certain death (hense the one star rating)...or maybe not.

The science fiction aspect of the story was the most interesting part of this book...that is, if you enjoy reading highly technical science fiction explained in very painstaking detail. In other words, if you don't know what a photonogrid is, you'll not only learn what one is but also be able to configure one by the end of this book. That being said, there were times that the technical aspects of the story interrupted the flow of the book. At times I felt it tedious and I am one that ADORES science fiction.

I did not find Kallen Deshara, the protagonist, the least bit interesting. He seemed one-dimensional and superficial, perfect in every way (except he's gay-seen in this book as an abomination). The men he becomes involved with (which makes me wonder why there is still homophobia in the year 2479?) are all instantly attracted to him and are, of course, all perfect and gorgeous...yeah right.

There is a paranormal romantic aspect in the story as Kallen timewarps (by way of portal) back to the 1800's where he meets the (yawn) most beautiful man he ever laid eyes on, Aaric (pronounced Eric...insert chuckle here). Of course, as predicted, the two engage in a physical relationship (as they are both instantly hot for each other, go figure) and eventually fall in love (bet you didn't see that one coming). Kallen risks it all by not going back to his time in order to stay with Aaric...who'd of thunk?

The book ends with the portal closing, and Kallen and Aaric paddling their canoe into the sunset. Yeah.

I did not find myself cheering for Kallen and Aaric as I felt there was no chemistry between them outside of lust. And dialogue between Kallen and Aaric was, often times, so cheesy...I was wincing in pain.

And there's a part 2?
(I am not a native speaker, please overlook my style)

This novel is far from flawless, nearly all the premises are quite wrong.

Let's start with editorial aspects: this book is rather short but has been nonetheless divided in two volumes, each available for an outrageous price. The cover art is pityful and the backcover is printed with the usual misleading blurb.

The writing is so simple it easily borders the simple-mindedness; many passages, such as the extended physical descriptions, are rather clumsy, the shifts of narrator are often unclear and several silly inconsistencies could have been avoided. The SF is very soft, not entirely believable in its social implications and the novel itself focuses more on coming of age and homophobia than on creating a complex universe.

Still, this work results as a page turner: the story may be too simple and straightforward but flows unerringly, characters are extremely commonplace but easy to rely to: the main hero's quest for love and intimacy is nothing unheard of but you love him just the same.
Probably the appeal of this book lies in its stressing the basic needs of human beings: freedom, self esteem, friendship, peace of mind: the author manages to give them due importance and gets his reader's attention.

There is some explicit sex in this book, not always well written but always tasteful; this notwithstanding I would recommend it to teens, and I do not mean gay teens only, because it can give them a lot of basic stuff to meditate about.
"It is 2479 AD. Technical Sergeant Kallen Deshara and his team have traveled from the 25th century to the 19th. Their mission: to eliminate powerful ion storms caused by the very device that opened the portal to the past. If they don’t succeed, their present may cease to exist! Once done, they’ll return home and the future will be as it should be.

But Kallen didn’t plan on meeting Aaric Utzman, a young cartographer from post-colonial America. Nor did he plan to fall in love with him. He must find a way for them to stay together or Aaric will have been dead for over six hundred years after Kallen’s return. No matter what he decides, the past, the present, and the future will be irrevocably altered."

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< Stealing Some Time:Volume 1 (Parts 1 and 2) > < Stealing Some Time: Book II > < Into This World We're Thrown > < My Fair Captain > < Caught Running > freaks

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