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< A Slip in Time > Anne Kelleher

This is a fascinating book! It is fast paced and quite intriguing. I have always thought that the more believable time travels were such as this, where it is the soul transported, or the `essence' of the person rather than the body that gets catapulted back into time. Ms. Kelleher appears to have done a marvelous job of research in describing the historical elements of the time period. All lovers of time travel should look to acquire this book for their keeper shelves! Superb read!
Anne Kelleher knows how to draw a reader into a story. From the opening battle scene, I was completely hooked. Indeed, I had to read that paragraph several times - it is the most gruesome, and I imagine, the most realistic description of a medieval battle that I have ever read. There is a gritty reality to the entire narrative, the author gives the impression that she has studied this period in great detail and displays an admirable ability to transport her readers there. Her writing is clear, crisp, and evocative. It is a charming story without a hint of the corniness, so often found in this genre. I highly recommend this book to my friends - even to those who are wary of reading romance or time travel!

I would like to be able to share this book with more people. Any chance that the publisher will print more?
I hope they'll do another print run of this book for those of you who haven't read it yet -- it's a wonderful blending of accurate history with romance. It reminded me a bit of Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," with the hero's modern sensibilities hitting up against a medieval environment. I adored the love story, and found it easy to suspend disbelief because the author did a great job of having the romance unfold naturally. Full of visceral detail, this book almost made me wish I could step in an English castle and vanish into the past.
This is probably one of the best time-travels I've ever read. It's rich with history, and the characters are completely believable. I thought the author did a particularly great job with the hero--I could really fall in love with him!
Did you ever wonder how in most time travel stories, the time-traveller always seems to fit in so seemlessly and effortlessly into their new environment? Did you ever wonder how time-travellers always seem to be able to speak the language of whatever environment they are thrust into? Did you ever wonder what it would really be like to find yourself in another time, where you didn't have a clue what anyone around you was saying?

In her latest novel, A ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE, Anne Kelleher has created a story which actually seems to take the reader into the past, with all of its uncomfortable realities, sights, sounds, smells, and customs.

Anne Kelleher's novel revolves around a middle-aged 20th century man named Richard Lambert, who after his wife passes away, travels to England only to fall to his death while exploring a medeival castle, and awakens in the body of a cruel, young ancestor in the 13th century. But unlike most time travel stories, Richard quickly realizes that he cannot speak the language, has no understanding of the customs, and has to deal with the reality of a 20th century man finding himself in a barbaric and primitve period with almost no understanding of the world around him. And to make things even worse, the body he finds himself in is severely wounded, near death, and it quickly becomes clear to him that everyone around him would rather see him dead that alive.

As in her previous three novels, Anne Kelleher demonstrates that her sense of the medeival world is detailed and acute. She forces Richard to deal with the harsh realities of the time period that he has found himself in, from the smells of the people around him and the ill tasting foods, to a 13th century wife who both fears and loathes him as a slave would feel towards its master.

The only convenience Anne Kelleher takes is to have Richard conveniently wounded in the neck long enough to slowly pick up the language and get some sense of bearings in his new world. But aside from this, her writing is extraordinary with almost poetic imagery and detail.

A ONCE AND FUTURE LOVE is clearly one of the best works of its type that has been written in modern literature. Kelleher's novel is far beyond just another time-travel romance.....rather, it is a story which truly makes the reader feel that they have visited the world that she has created, and by the end of the novel, makes the reader want to go back for even more of an absolutely unique experience.
England, 1994. When Richard Lambert's beloved wife dies, he thinks he will never find love again. Until, while exploring a medieval tower, he falls from the steps--and into another time... England, 1214. When he wakes, he's in the body of his ancestor, who is near death from battle. As his wife nurses him back to health, she finds he is not the cruel man she knew. And he discovers a second chance--with his one and only love...
Rerations
< A Once and Future Love (Time Passages Series , No 18) > < Everything in Its Time (Time Passages) > < A Love Through Time (Time Passages) > < Distant Dreams (Time Passages) > < Echoes of Tomorrow (Time Passages Romance) > freaks

Cissy Hassell

< Crystal Memories > Janet Wellington

I think that this could have been really great and I would have enjoyed it more if it just gave the characters more life.
I really enjoyed this book. Although I'm a long time San Diego resident, I had no idea that Wyatt Earp figured in my town's history so it was nice to learn something new. Overall, the book was well-researched and well-written and a pleasure to read.
It's July 4th and Taylor Rose is visiting the Del Mar Fair--a fair that Taylor and her late father use to attend every year. Since her father's death, Taylor has always felt his presence with her as she enjoyed the fair and reminisced about past fairs. This time it's different. Taylor has a couple of unusual experiences that lead her to a Clairvoyant's tent for a palm reading. The woman who predicts her future foretells of a trip that will lead her to adventure and more. The thought of an adventure excites Taylor, but she takes the reading in stride and decides to take a vacation to get away from San Diego for a while.

I'm not going to give away how the time travel happens, but I will say I liked the wonderfully, eerie feel it had as Taylor stepped onto the streets of San Diego in 1888. With clues and his voice, her father guides her to the reason she has been brought 1888. The author has Taylor working for her keep in an unusual place while she is there, and she meets some interesting characters like Wyatt Earp, his young wife, and Jackson, their bartender. Taylor feels an emotional and physical attraction to Jackson, and experiencing the same feelings, Jackson finds himself confused.

Forever Rose is a passionate romance about a young woman, whose love for her parents allows her, and them, to reach beyond spiritual barriers to help others, as well as themselves. Warning: The passionate scenes between Jackson and Taylor are a little past the norm. At the back of the book, Ms. Wellington gives a brief history lesson that is connected to her western time travel. I found it interesting and enlightening and wished I had found it before I started reading the story. I think I would have enjoyed it even more knowing that most of what she wrote about actually existed at one time.
Janet Wellington has written an engrossing story with captavating and well-drawn characters. This one is a page-turner.
The book was great, I wish I could meet a handsome bartender at a local saloon and his name was Jackson. I'd by another book by Janet Wellington, her writing is GREAT I really liked Taylor Rose Martin, if I had a daughter that would be her name.
Modern Santa Barbara. When Taylor Rose Martin visits the local county fair, a clairvoyant tells her that she is about to embark on a passion-filled journey--a prediction she certainly isn't silly enough to believe. After all, Taylor is an independent woman who has never had the time or the temperament for love affairs. But she has a change of heart when she is drawn back into the past...

San Diego, 1888. While trying to discover the reason for her trip through time, Taylor falls for Jackson, a handsome bartender at a local saloon--and is horrified to learn that he is plotting to assassinate Wyatt Earp. She soon gets a hint of her purpose in the past, but she is preoccoupied by her growing affection for Jackson--and wonders whether his attraction to her is stronger than his desire for vengeance...
Rerations
< Forever Rose (Time Passages) > < Yesteryear's Love > < As You Wish (Time Passages) > < Mystic Memories (Time Passages) > < Yesterday's Flame (Time Passages) > freaks

< The Earl's Secret (Harlequin Historical Series) > Terri Brisbin

This is a wonderfully inventive time travel tale, replete with political intrigues, plot twists, and characters who charm the reader. The author masterfully weaves a tapestry of events that will keep the reader turning the pages of this book.
I really enjoyed this book! I thought the ending was especially wonderful...romantic and yet a total surprise. Too often a person can figure out exactly what is going to happen in the end of a romance. Not with Terri Brisbin's books -- Don't miss this wonderful love story!
Modern day textiles expert Sharon Reynolds discovers a bit of parchment with an astounding piece of information regarding the true heir to Henry VIII's throne. Before she knows it, she is swept back in time and into the arms of Richard Grenville, Queen Elizabeth's stable master-and the man who should be king.
Rerations
< The Queen's Man (Time Passages) > < A Matter of Time (Time Passages) > < Once Forbidden (Highland Fling Romance) > < The Maid Of Lorne (Harlequin Historical Series) > < Taming The Highlander (Harlequin Historical Series) > freaks

< Lord Savage > Debra Dier

There are also outside enemies trying to break these two apart and its exciting finding out whether or not they succeed.
I really enjoyed this book and I'm looking forward to reading others by this author.
This book did not live up to my expectations. Connor was wonderful, a man to die for, but Laura is a great disapointment until the end. If this book had been set in the present day instead of Victorian Boston I think Laura's character could have been changed for the better.

She would not have acted the way most victorian ladies did. She would have had a mind of her own and been able to follow the dictates of her heart. The book does pick up even Laura when she accepts its Connor she wants and not that cold fish Philip. She does leave it a little late to tell Philip she won't marry him. At least she came to her senses in time virtually leaving Philip standing at the alter.

The other characters in the book were wonderful, especially Aunt Sophie, for a middle-aged victorian spinster she had a lot more go in her.

I have just found out that Austin and Sarah have already had a book written about them. Unfortunately I did not know this until I finished reading this book. I would have liked to read their story first.

I don't think that bringing someone from the past to the 19th century works as well as if you bring them forward to the present day.
The story was full of fantastic ideas, and Connor was all that could be desired, but Laura almost ruined the story for me. She's so repressed and afraid, I found her very irritating. Most of the other characters were great, however.
I just finished reading "The Sorcerer's Lady" and All I can say is that I am impressed. It had all I could ever want in a romance....magic, time travel, happy endings, wonderful characters, evil villiens, beautiful love making, sequels, and most important the belief that love conquers all.
An ancient Viking sorcerer searches Victorian Boston for his one true love in this time-travel romance from the author of "Devil's Honor" and "Shadow of the Storm".
Rerations
< The Sorcerer's Lady (Timeswept : Love Spell Time-Travel Romance) > < A Quest of Dreams > < Deceptions&Dreams (Leisure historical romance) > < Beyond Forever > < Devil's Honor > freaks

< Circle of the Lily > Jill Jones