< A Dance Through Time (Time Passages Romance) > Flora Speer

This book has very tender love scenes and an interesting plot. I enjoyed this book quite a bit and I would highly recommend it.
Accidentally thrust back to the eight century by a computer genius's time-travel program, Mike Bailey fell from the sky and landed near Charlemagne's camp. Knocked senseless by the crash, he couldn't remember his name, address, or occupation, but no shock could make his body forget how to respond when he awoke to the sight of an enchanting Angel. Headstrong and innocent, Danise was already eighteen and almost considered an old maid by the Frankish nobles who courted her. Yet the stubborn beauty chose to risk spending her life cloistered in a nunnery rather than marry for any reason besides love. Unexpectedly mesmerized by the stranger she discovered unconscious in the forest, Danise was quickly roused by an all-consuming passion-and a desire that would conquer time itself.

Danise is the heroine and friend to India Baldwin (Of Time to Love Again) and this is her story.

Mike Bailey the hero of this story is the friend that Mark sent after the elusive Hank, whose computer genius started the whole mess, after he escape in Time to Love again.

Flora Speer does a great job of entertaining the reader from start to finish. The characters and plot are superb.
Thrust into the eighth century, Mike Bailey falls from the sky and lands near Charlemagne's camp. With no memory, he awakes to find the beautiful Danise, a headstrong 18-year-old who has been looking for the right man before getting married. The stranger she finds in the forest will quickly arouse in her an all-consuming passion.
Rerations
< A Love Beyond Time (Love Spell) > < Night Visitor (Timeswept) > < Love Once&Forever (Timeswept) > < A Time to Love Again (Timeswept) > < Love Just in Time (Timeswept) > freaks

< Mackenzie's Mission > Debra Dier

Truly, overall the book is really great. It is a nice time travel, with more realism than expected, a strong heroine and a hero you don't want to sock in the eye. If you can handle the constant "witch, illness" arguments, it is definitely worth reading.
Jane was too practical to believe in wishin on a star but after she was forced to marry Dominic Stanbridge the most notorious rake in London, she would try jsut about anything. Steeling herself against his wiles, she promised to thwart his attempts at seduction. Yet nothing could have prepared her for her husband's abrupt about face the morning after the wedding. Suddenly the city's fashion plate was running about clad in only his silk robe, speaking in a strange Scottish accent and claiming to have never seen a fork! Jane couldn't possibly believe what he said; that he was Colin MacKenzie, a Scottish earl who had lived 300 years ago. Nor could she believe the spine tingling attraction she felt for the man she had sworn to hate.
First of all, let me say that I am definitely a Debra Dier fan, but this is not one of her best books. It's a pleasant diversion, and I did enjoy it, although I must agree with some of the other reviewers that the repeated scenes of "I am not a witch" and "I know who I am" did get irritating. If you want to see how truly "magical" Debra Dier can be, read _Beyond Forever_...it's a great book and a fresh twist on the time-travel plotline.
I must say I was disappointed. I had expected- from the title, quite obviously- for the hero (Colin MacKenzie) to possess magical powers of some sort. I was wrong- I'll tell you now: there is so little magic in this story that I would hardly consider this to be in the "magical Romance" category.

Set in the late 1800's, Jane (i.e. Plain Jane- not a very creative name) is married to a rich, attractive scoundrel of a husband (typical) and wishes upon a star for someone else- anyone else. Her wish is granted (of course) and she's landed with Colin, who just happens to be closer to her own age and an exact replica of her husband, but from the 1500's. Conveniently, her husband got a bump on the head right before Colin was put into his body.

One would think a Scottish barbarian (how romantic. :P) would show Jane her inner passions, but, no. He thinks she's a witch who brought him there for sex; and she thinks he's crazy.

There's a lot of weird descriptions, as well: she can feel his legs brush against her skirt; somehow, her "lemony scent" "washes" over him if she's in the same room, and Debra Dier repeats the same catchy phrase at least twice within the same page, sometimes it's just an interesting word used twice in the same paragraph.

Also, most of the story happens in the span of 2 days- that's an entire entirely repetitive book with scenes you THINK will become interesting, but Jane chickens out or Colin asks her (AGAIN) to remove the spell. I'm telling you, I could not fall in love with this guy.

He's questioning his sanity, she's questioning her beliefs and maybe, just MAYBE they'll find common ground. (Don't take that as a read-the-book-to-find-out line; save yourself the [money] and buy something more filling- like a bag of rice cakes.)
Rerations
< Mackenzie's Magic > < Mackenzie'S Pleasure (Mackenzie) > < Mackenzies' Honor: Mackenzie's Pleasure\A Game Of Chance (Mackenzie) > < Christmas Kisses: Mackenzie's Magic/ Silver Bells/ A Wild West Christmas > < Mackenzie's Mountain > freaks

< Just Like Heaven > Barbara Bretton

Destiny's ChildIn Dakota Wylie's eyes, Patrick Devane is stubborn and angry, refusing to let anyone--including his young daughter--get close. But, stranded in another era, Dakota also knows she has no choice but to accept his reluctant hospitality. Now only time will tell if their destiny lies with each other. . .
Rerations
< Forever In Time (Mira) > < Shore Lights > < Maybe This Time > < Chances Are > < A Soft Place to Fall > freaks

< Colliding Forces (The Foundation, Book 2) > Constance O'Day-Flannery

The descriptions of New Mexico and of the customs were excellent. It made for a wonderful setting for Heaven On Earth, but the lack of good characters made the story hard to get through no matter how well the setting was painted out. It was a book that you would either love in the first twenty pages or hate by the beginning of the first chapter.
At thirty-one, Casey O'Reilly feels it is time for her to take control of her life. She is attractive and desirable, yet lives alone. She has a boring, dead-end job. And her opportunity to become a mother--the one thing in life she covets above all else--seems to be slipping away. But an old magic is awakened in the New Mexican desert while she is traveling on vacation to Santa Fe. And when Casey opens her eyes after a freak storm hits, she finds herself in a place similar but strangely different--with a devastatingly handsome stranger approaching her.

In a voice deep and warm, he calls himself "Luke"--a mysterious traveler, like Casey, from another time. For, miraculously and inexplicable, the year is 1878. Suddenly, the man of Casey O'Rielly's dreams is standing before her, to act as her powerful yet gentle guide through the sensuous mysteries of romance in this vibrantly colorful and unfamiliar world. The destiny she has ached for her whole life is stake--unless her love is strong enough to win, now and eternally, the devotion of the man who has journeyed back through lifetimes to join her.
Rerations
< Heaven on Earth > < Anywhere You Are > < Time After Time > < Here and Now > < Once and Forever > freaks

< Timeless Passion > Jo Ann Simon

This book is an attempt at saying that the conceived impossible MIGHT be possible.
Christopher Dunlap, the ninth Earl of Westerham is a very wealthy and respected member of polite society in 1812 Regency, England. He has a town house in London but his love for the land allows him to spend much of his time seeing to his country estate. One night he is riding his horse from London to his country estate when he simply appears in a car in 1981 Eastport, Connecticut.

Jessica Lund is shocked and very afraid when the handsome man in Regency clothes suddenly appears in her car. It takes her awhile to believe he is a Regency traveler who has journeyed through time. Once she comes to accept he's not crazy, she takes him into her house and eases him into the ways of the twentieth century. They fall in love and give into their passion but in the back of their minds they are always wondering if Christopher will be returned to his own time.

This reviewer read LOVE ONCE IN PASSING when it first came out and thought it was a beautiful love story twenty-one years ago and after rereading Jo Ann Simon's time travel today the novel remains a fantastic reading experience. The characters are timeless and somehow believable and the reader hopes they get the happily ever after they so desperately want. To find out the answers to that question, the audience will want to read LOVE ONCE AGAIN coming next month.

Harriet Klausner
Like a lot of others I read this book a long time ago and lent my copy to a friend. My friend lost it so I never got it back. I have been searching for a copy of it since and have had no luck. It is my absolutely favorite book and would love to find a copy. I fell in love with the characters and I cried at the ending,.it was the most touching book I ever read
This was one of the best books I had ever read. I was so excited when I found out that there was a sequel. I lost both of my copies and have been searching for years for replacements. I would love to find them. If anyone out there has any idea where I can find these books please e-mail me.
Reprint of Jo Ann Simon's 1981 Classic Time Travel.

Christopher Dunlap, a man of title and privilege in early nineteenth century England, and Jessica Lund, a thoroughly modern woman, suddenly find their lives mysterious entwined in Jessica's late twentieth century world.

Neither understands how Christopher, a man who had been living a happy life nearly two hundred years in the past, is now flesh and blood in Jessica's present.

They soon share a love for each other as deep as it is dangerous, for whatever has brought them together can just as easily tear them apart.
Rerations
< Love Once in Passing > < Love Once Again > < Hold Fast to Love > < Step in Time (Signet Regency Romance) > < A Perfect Love (Time Passages) > freaks

< A Highlander of Her Own (Daughters of the Glen, Book 4) > Laura Hayden

Now if only the cover hadn't been so--pink.
This book is a syrupy romance with nothing surprising in the plot. It'a formulaic and lacks emotion.
There's something winningly whimsical and marvelously magical about the premise of the power of a hope chest and equinoxes winging characters across time to find healing and love. A hope chest found in the historic Chesterfield, now undergoing renovation provides the focal point for the Hope Chest miniseries. In Karen Fox's Laura Hayden's STOLEN HEARTS, the forth book of the Hope Chest miniseries, it's the chain to a stolen emerald necklace that wings the King of Thieves back in time to discover love.

The King of Thieves known as only Delagatto is a twenty-second century Robin Hood, who redistributes the wealth of those undeserving to those in true need such as orphans. At thirty-eight, he's growing tired of being a cat burglar, of researching his marks, planning his strike, and executing his theft. But honor ties him to a family legacy, and he cannot retire without fulfilling the pledge. Like his father and his grandfather, Delagatto vows to find and steal back the family heirloom that had been taken from their royal family a hundred years ago. His need to prove his skill, and the promise of the heirloom, lead to his passage back in time.

Planning to leave on the next train after completing her two-year contract as a maid at the Chesterfield Hotel, Emily Drewett receives a telegram warning her not to come home due to a quarantine. With no money and no place to go, she accepts a generous offer to spend the holidays in a luxurious room compliment of the hotel owners. The upcoming Christmas masquerade ball will provide the opportunity for her dress in borrowed finery and flirt outrageously with handsome young men. While it might be the emerald around her neck that draws Delagatto, it's her stunning green eyes that threaten his heart. As she disappears among the masked and bejeweled, Delagatto makes plans to purloin the jewel later. Unfortunately, he doesn't know the beauty's identity.

Laura Hayden's STOLEN HEARTS provides a terrific edition to the Hope Chest Miniseries. Perhaps it would have benefited from an earlier release as it doesn't update previous characters. And Karen Fox's GRAND DESIGN indicates a renovation of the old Chesterfield Hotel, while Hayden indicates further deterioration. Those small details aside, STOLEN HEARTS is a marvelous read. While in previous books of the miniseries, it's the women who travel back in time, in STOLEN HEARTS it's the man who moves backward in time. And this is no ordinary hero, but a man of his own code of honor. An imaginative, sparkling edition to the Hope Chest miniseries, STOLEN HEARTS will steal the reader's heart. Very highly recommended.
This was a great book. The only thing that I didn't like is that the book did not give updates on the main characters from the last books. This book could have been read without reading the others but since I did read the others I was a bit bummed that she didn't reintroduce the characters. I was expecting to find out what happened to the characters from Grand Design. At the end she says that Delgatto is meant to be similar to Autolycus from the show Hercules. I can see that. Without watching the show I pulled up a site and saw a pic of the actor and that is exactly what I would have expected Delgatto to look like. That was interesting. Besides wishing she had brought back some of the other characters I must say that this was one of my favorite books so far in the series.
Rerations
< Stolen Hearts > < At Midnight (Ballad Romances) > < Fire With Fire: Hope Chest (Ballad Romances) > < Enchantment: Hope Chest (Ballad Romances) > < Grand Design: The Hope Chest (Ballad Romances) > freaks

< The Reluctant Time Traveler > Lichelle Christensen

< The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle) > Misha Crews

< When We Do Meet Again (Time Travelers) > Hollie Van Horne

< My Fair Captain > Chris Owen