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< Someone to Watch Over Me > < Every Breath You Take: A Novel > < Night Whispers > < Remember When > < Double Standards > < Paradise > Judith McNaught

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(This is how you do it....)

(A great hero)

(Just a Good Read!)

(What was she thinking?)

(my fave writer of romance)

5 Stars...and most of you know I don't throw that out all to often...

This brilliant author just has it! She can write a book that reads like a movie and there are never any uncomfortable reading pauses... her style is flawless. "Someone to Watch Over Me" was filled with grand surprises, grand adventure and out of this world love. From page one you know you're in for a delicious ride.

"Michael watched her walk away. Did he mind waiting an hour for her?
Not at all.
He'd been waiting years for her."

The build up to one of the sexiest love scenes I've ever read is worth its wait in gold... My heart rate soared, I was on the edge of the couch and my mouth was embarrassingly hanging open.

Good Lord is was amazing.

My soul is filled with lead knowing that after reading this one there's only a couple of this fine ladies books I haven't read, and I'm already missing some of the best couples I've ever known.
I was surprised, but I REALLY liked this book. Generally I'm not so keen on McNaught's contemporary ones, but after second reading, I'm sure this book is good. Yes, it has some weak moments and not everything is believable. For example I don't believe the police would investigate as they did, I mean trying to find evidences against a certain man who was for them already a culprit instead of collecting all evidences first and THEN finding a murderer (even if they had a hidden motive to make this certain man a culprit, just like in this book). I only wish there were more romantic moments with Michael and Leigh, their story is too short! And Michael is adorable, I think he's the best McNaught's contemporary hero, a real knight in shining armor...
The previous reviewers have stated very well, the merits of this book! I could not put it down. It was reviting, it was suspenseful. Judith McNaught weaves a wonderful story.
It kills me to say this, (because I'm a huge fan of Judith McNaught's work), but I really hated this book. It made absolutely no sense to me. To simply put it, it was a mess. The beginning of the story had a lot of potential, but it will quickly take you down on this never-ending nose dive further along into the story.
I love Judith McNaught's books and i liked this one alot. Worth the time for the read and the characters are great. Storytelling is an art that she has mastered.

Once again Judith McNaught, author of the #1New York TimesbestsellerNight Whispers,crafts a thrilling tale filled with unrelenting suspense, unforgettable characters, and powerful undercurrents of greed, ambition, and desire.

Leigh Kendall reveled in her stellar Broadway acting career and in her marriage to Logan Manning, scion of an old New York family. When her husband finds an old country cottage, he decides to build their dream house and surprise Leigh with her first view of the mountain property. After a Sunday night performance, Leigh heads north to join him, and into a blinding blizzard. Lost and alone, she's run off the road. When she awakens in the local hospital, seriously injured, she asks for her husband. The police arrive to inform her that he has mysteriously disappeared, and Leigh, although distraught, becomes the focus of their suspicions.

The more she discovers about her husband and his business affairs, the less she realizes she knew about Logan Manning, and the more terrified she becomes. Now, with no one to help her, she is heading deeper and deeper into unknown territory...where friends and enemies are impossible to distinguish, and where the truth becomes the most terrifying weapon of all.
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< Someone to Watch Over Me > < Every Breath You Take: A Novel > < Night Whispers > < Remember When > < Double Standards > freaks

< Remembrance > < Legend > < A Knight in Shining Armor > < Sweet Liar > < Wishes > < The Invitation > Jude Deveraux

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(Page turner)

(Remember for all time)

(Excellent middle--Couldn't relate to the modern day protagonist)

(Amazing)

(I Will Never Forget Remembrance)

This is a fun romance novel that takes you thriugh time to meet a pair of soul mates. A good light hearted read!
I loved this book. The beginning keeps you captured through the very end. You cant start it and expect to get anything done during the day. I was glued. A true love story. Love will find you. Wow, Jude Deveraux, you sure do know how to write a book. Thank you.
I agree with the reviewer who wrote "Broken Record". The "third" love story is truly the center of this novel, and is lovely and heartwrenching. For this alone, I would rate this novel a 5. Perhaps I prefer the writing in third person. However, I couldn't relate to the protagonist of the story in general--a self-oriented, not very romantic almost 40 yo who writes in first person. I should have ended the book at the end of the story about Talis and Callie. I had very little interest in whether the protagonist meets the love of her life. I think this novel may have been appealing to me if the hardened protagonist softened. She could have shown "indomitable will" but less selfish determination to "wait" for her man. And I just didn't find their finding each other that interesting either... If anyone could point out other Jude Devereux writing that is more similar to her writings of Callie and Talis, I would definitely read those. Her writing is lovely during that portion.
I picked this up at a used book store. I was hooked from the beginning. I don't want to go into detail and give so much of the story away. I bawled uncontrollably the first time I read it along with the second and third. I wish I could say there is nothing dissapointing about this book. The ending seemed to happen so abruptly. There was so much to the story yet when she comes back to the present it was over as though she was just ready to be done with it. Maybe I was just sorry that it couldn't continue on. It really is such a beautiful story and I'm about ready to read it again.
I loved this book. You do not have to be a fan of romance novels to appreciate this book. I feel that Remembrance belongs in the general fiction catagory more than it does in the romance section. This is not to say that Remembrance is not a love story; it is. It is more than just a love story though. Remembrance is a grand, sweeping saga about two people meant to be together who are trying to find each other throughout eternity and includes all the heartache and hardship each one encounters throughout the ages. This story includes love, lust, betrayal, jealousy, and time travel. I could not put this book down. (

Bestselling romance writer Hayden Lane has never been so obsessed with one of her fictional heroes before so entranced that she barely notices when her fiancé breaks their engagement. Desperate to discover more abouthim,she visits a psychic who tells har that in a past life, Hayden was Lady de Grey, a promiscuous woman of Edwardian England whose ghost is said to haunt her husband's home. Warned not to investigate further, Hayden is more intrigued than ever and can't resist being subject to a hypnotist's magic. But the trick goes wrong, and instead of merely remembering her past as Lady de Grey, Hayden islivingit right down to her too-tight corset. Now, Hayden will discover quite a different story about a woman history considered a trollop, a spectacular, brooding man, and the rapturous love that would be hers if she dared open her heart to the most mysterious adventure of all....
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< Remembrance > < Legend > < A Knight in Shining Armor > < Sweet Liar > < Wishes > freaks

< The Last Viking > < Truly, Madly Viking (Time of Your Life) > < The Very Virile Viking > < The Outlaw Viking (Timeswept) > < The Blue Viking > < Rough and Ready (Viking Time-Travel) > Sandra Hill

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(The Last Viking)

(Heroine I just couldn't like.)

(Humorous time-travel romance!)

(Whirlpool Whips Medieval Viking into future)

(A sexy and hilarious time-travel romance)

The story begins with Geirolf Ericsson going through a time portal in the year 997 and ending up in the year 1997. Dr. Meredith Foster, a very prim and stuffy professor comes home to the knife weilding Viking and soon takes pity on the very handsom wounded man. It just so happens that Meredith is recreating an authentic Viking longboat that her grandfather had started before his death. Meredith takes advantage of Rolf's expertise in this area and enlists his help. Rolf soon realizes that he has time traveled but Meredith has reserves about the story.

Now for my review:

I like my books to have a sort of timeless feel. That is why I generally read historicals. Contemporary books tend to have references to things that are popular in that year. In this case it was "Home Improvement" with Tim Allen. The show and actor must have been mentioned about 20 or more times. So now that it is 2008 and that show has been finished for a while now, the whole thing seemed very dated. I really don't want to hear about different clothing designers, brand names and music bands either. I guess I like a more generic feel to my stories.

While Rolf was basically perfect, Meredith left something to be desired. Never have I read a book with a bigger shrew. She constantly called him names that insinuated that he was less than intelligent, she dangled sex in front of him and never really gave him any and she refused to relinquish control of the longboat even though she had no clue what she was doing. Rolf continually defended her, protected her, gave gifts and boosted her confidence. There was no give and take in the relationship. It was just Meredith taking and taking and taking. I really, really disliked her.

There was a lot of humour in the book. Most of it was at Rolf's expense. The language barriere was used a lot for this purpose and the heroine did most of the laughing. The fact that Rolf learned the English language in two days was quite remarkable even if his talisman helped him somewhat.

The book was entertaining but nothing outstanding. I'll read more of Sandra Hill's novels but I won't be expecting a 5 star book the next time.
Oh boy. I am sad to say that this story is a perfect example of a heroine that annoys the CRAP out of me. She's TOO stubborn, TOO rude, and got on my nerves on almost every page. I thought after 100 pages, she'd warm up to her man, but no. She fights him until the very last page. Don't get me wrong, there are some sweet moments, but I couldn't get the relationship between the two, one minute enemies, the next lovers. Many writers can make it work, she didn't, for me. This was my first Sandra Hill book, it won't be my last, but I'll only read one or two more before I can say I like or dislike her. Thank goodness for the humor, it carried me through.
During their Spring Break, Dr. Meredith Foster and her students are recreating an authentic Viking longboat near Oxley College in Maine, and she is not amused when she comes home to find Geirolf Ericsson, wearing a leather belt with an intricate gold buckle, a loincloth and not much else, in her home. If that were not enough, this extremely attractive man claims to be a 10th century Viking and proceeds to cook a freshly caught rabbit in her fireplace. Assuming that either her brother or her teaching assistant is responsible for this hoax, she nonetheless decides to hire him when she discovers that he is an expert ship builder. And when she gets to know him, combined with some of the strange things that start to happen (and the fact that he has obviously never seen a car, a TV, a telephone or a computer), she begins to think he might just be telling her the truth when he insists that his ship was pulled into a whirlpool on the night of the Demon Moon, transporting him from 997 to 1997. Despite the fact that he is over bearing and arrogant, Meredith is as captivated with him as he is with her. And even though he is determined to return to his own time to fulfill the oath he made to his father, she realizes she has fallen in love with him. Just exactly what is a modern woman going to do with a drop-dead gorgeous 10th century warrior?

"The Last Viking" humorously relates their adventures with lot of sizzle. Hill has become adept at blending the "bodice ripper" style romance with laughs and time travel. This book is a great way to spend a hot, lazy afternoon. I really enjoyed it!

997 A.D. Shipbuilder Geirolf Ericsson is on a mission. He has promised to his father that he would return a stolen religious relic to its rightful place. The theft is believed to have brought famine upon the Viking people. Upon the sea, he is beset by a fierce enemy. Geirolf alone survives the skirmish, as his longboat is shipwrecked and sucked into a whirlpool. Holding fast to the ship's figurehead, a scantily clad maiden he's named Ingrid, he vows to survive to complete his mission and repay his enemy for his vile deeds.

1997 A.D. Geirolf emerges from the whirlpool onto a calm sea. Gazing upward at the heavens he spies an omen of his destiny. High upon a cliff is the skeleton of a longboat, the boat he is determined he must have to complete his mission.

Professor Meredith Foster has a mission of her own. She is determined to complete a project left unfinished by her late grandfather. Her grandfather's fondest dream was to involve his students in the building of a replica of a sailable Viking long ship, using traditional methods. He had felt that the simple Viking way of life would teach his students valuable lessons, regarding hard work, reliability, and commitment.

Meredith, 35 and divorced, is determined to see her grandfather's project through to the end. Her grandparents had been the sole source of joy in her life. She had never been able to please her self-centered, bigoted parents, or the stuffy ex-husband who had left her for a pregnant mistress, after it was determined she could not bear children herself. She has plenty of willing workers. Her only problem is that she needs and expert on Viking shipbuilding to carry out the project.

Returning to her grandparents' home, she is accosted by a scantily dressed man, a very tall muscular man, holding a knife to her throat. She fears the worst. Naturally it is Geirolf. When things calm down he tells his tale. He is unable to believe that he has come 1000 years into the future. She thinks he is a practical joke played by either her assistant or her older brother. He must surely be a real ship builder pretending to be a Viking.

It isn't long before they both realize that the unthinkable has happened. Geirolf HAS time traveled to the future! It takes even less time for each of them to realize that they are soul mates. Rolf respects Meredith's quest as he too has a sacred mission he must honor to his family. He agrees to help her build her ship, but he will also build a smaller one for himself, for though it will certainly break both their hearts, he must return to his own time to honor his quest and perhaps save the Viking people from certain starvation.

This book is hilarious, as one would expect with a medieval Viking trying to adapt to the twentieth century. He has a special fondness for Oreo cookies! Of course it wouldn't be a romance without a happily ever after, so never fear. In fact a sequel to THE LAST VIKING, involving Rolf's older brother, will be released this summer. The title is TRULY, MADLY VIKING. It is sure to be as hilarious as the first.

Jorund Ericsson will travel to our present as well, but he will find himself a patient in a mental hospital. Oh my, and just who will believe his story there? Ah, not to worry, he shall find his perfect mate and even visit with Rolf and Meredith. I highly recommend THE LAST VIKING if you enjoy humorous time travels and tall gorgeous Vikings. Look for the sequel in July. --- Reviewed for PNR Reviews
Wishing to fulfill her beloved grandfather's dream, Professor Meredith Foster has commissioned a project to build a Viking ship. But never in her wildest dream did she expect to actually meet a real Viking - and a very naked one - in her own living room! Initially thinking that he was a practical joke sent by her brother and friend, Meredith thought she'd go along for the ride. However, she is puzzled by the seeming authenticity of this self-proclaimed Viking who seems to know so much about the 10th century and displays total ignorance and amazement to everything modern. So is Rolf Ericsson who he claims to be? And if he is, then what phenomenon catapulted him from the last millennium to modern Maine, and what is the purpose of his sudden appearance in her life?

THE LAST VIKING is a wonderfully written novel about two people thrown together by fate, who find true love despite a thousand years between them. Right from the start, I knew I was in for a fun ride from the initial introduction to Rolf. He is such a riot! His fascination with everything and delight with Oreos and peanut butter was just fun to read. And I absolute loved the way he spoke the English language, the way he pronounced Meredith's name as Merry-Death was just endearing. As for Meredith, she is just adorable as the heroine driven mad by the macho Viking who makes her "tingle" all over.

This is a witty and entertaining book that will provide many laughs. Although some parts lagged a bit, I very much enjoyed reading this, and I admit I did get a little emotional toward the end.

This is my first Sandra Hill novel and I can't wait to read the other books in the Viking Series.
When medieval historian Meredith Foster finds a man in a leather tunic roasting a rabbit in her fireplace. She thinks it's some kind of elaborate joke. But as she teaches him to eat spaghetti and use a computer, Meredith comes to realize that he knows much about the tenth century and nothing about the 20th. Should she surrender to the fantasy that Geirolf Ericsson really is a Viking from 1,000 years ago? And as he helps her fulfill her grandfather's dream of re-creating a Viking ship, he awakens her to dreams of her own.
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< The Last Viking > < Truly, Madly Viking (Time of Your Life) > < The Very Virile Viking > < The Outlaw Viking (Timeswept) > < The Blue Viking > freaks

< The Pleasure Master > < Master of Ecstasy (Mackenzie Vampires, Book 1) > < Night Games > < Wicked Pleasure (The Castle of Dark Dreams Trilogy, Book 2) > < Wicked Fantasy (The Castle of Dark Dreams, Book 3) > < Night Bites (Mackenzie Vampires, Book 2) > Nina Bangs

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(Humorous Romp Through Time)

(Cute, but...)

(i want my money back.....)

(Review Pleasure Master)

(One of the funniest time travel romances!!!)

This is a very humorous time traveling romp from the very modern New York hair stylist's not so wonderful divorced life, to the sexy lair of a 1542 Scotsman. This is a historical time travel like none I have ever encountered. It is different because the author does not waste time trying to develop a good explanation for the time travel nor the fact that a working cell phone in 1542 plays a very humorous part in the story. The reader is simply asked to go along for the ride and if you can suspend your disbelief the author, Nina Bangs, does deliver a "bang" for your buck! (I apologize for the last statement, I couldn't resist).

This is the first book by Nina Bangs that I have read. This was an early book of hers, and almost all of her books appear to have paranormal aspects. This is why there is no attempt at a more "scientific" explanation for the time travel. Her later books, from what I have read, are more about vampires and ware wolfs with a twist, I am looking forward to trying them too.

I enjoyed this book and plan to read more of her work. I liked the sexual tension that the author builds skillfully, and the characters, though eccentric were endearing. Peter, a talking toy robot, the source of Kathy of Hair's time travel, is both humorous and not a little creepy. The cell phone exchanges between Kathy's hardened New York divorce attorney and the Neanderthal brother of the Pleasure master were laugh out loud (enabling me to forget the obvious problem I would normally have with a working cell phone in the highlands of Scotland, much less the 16th century).

I would have liked to see more description of Scotland and the political aspects of the time. More details on how a modern women would deal with the inconveniences during that time period would have been interesting, and yes slightly more sex (there is not as much as the cover would have you believe). Perhaps to add to the books many humorous movie quotes "a little less talk and a little more action".

Still I would recommend this book to a person wanting to spend a rainy afternoon with a good read. If you like Scotsman, sexual tension, and time travel, do what I did, lie back and let the Pleasure Master have its way with you.

Bought the book when I saw the cover...interesting. The story was OK and I enjoyed it once I got into it, but there were so many unbelievable things that wouldn't really happen in time travel, like Kathy's phone working in 1542. Kathy appeared a little ditsy in the first part of the book. Loved the way Peter would always use movie quotes throughout the story and Ian's cat was an interesting character. The biggest disappointment to me was the ending...felt like it was a cop-out. It left me hanging on what happened to Ian. The author should have gone into detail about what Ian experienced at the end.
this book is a complete waste of money, though not too much time, as i only read the first 60 pages when i finally dumped it. if you are not a teenager, save your money. the story is so stupid, it reminds me of reading a kid's short story. i love time travel, but there is a lot of garbage out there, and this tops the list. unbelievable characters with no depth, the cell phone works in the year 1542, and the hero is supposed to be a sex expert who's sole job is pleasing all women? gag me with a spoon. this should come with suggested reading ages.
It was an enjoyable book. I've liked some of Nina Bangs other books better. The time travel element was greatly entertaining and wouldn't you just know, Ganymeade has a part in it.
It's been a while since I read this novel, but it has stuck in my mind. Loved the plot, loved the characters, and loved the fact that somehow Bangs made me believe in the fact that even though the heroine traveled back in time, she could still use her cell phone. If you love timetravel romances, this is one that you should not pass up.
A very special man is now available.

The Pleasure Master. A man who knows the secrets of a woman's body, who can bring her sensual joy and fulfill her deepest sexual fantasies. Is there a woman alive who wouldn't want to meet him?

Check New York hairdresser Kathy Bartlett off your list. She has enough problems with a rotten ex-husband and a car that's stranded her. Men and cars. Both overheat at the wrong time. She needs a vacation somewhere warm and peaceful, with only subservient males.

Whoever is in charge of wish fulfillment doesn't listen well, because Kathy is suddenly flung back to 1542 Scotland. It's cold, definitely not peaceful, with nary a subservient male in sight. There's only Ian Ross, the Pleasure Master.

Ian's brothers demand that he prove his sexual power by seducing a woman no other man can seduce. Who better than Kathy? She has nothing but contempt for Ian Ross, and as Ian's brothers have discovered, any attempt to woo the lass could put a man's most precious body parts in grievous danger.

Ian accepts the challenge, confident he can seduce any woman, then leave her with his emotions untouched. Kathy remains determined to resist the explosive attraction she feels for Ian. Love won't be denied, but time is an impatient enemy.
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< The Pleasure Master > < Master of Ecstasy (Mackenzie Vampires, Book 1) > < Night Games > < Wicked Pleasure (The Castle of Dark Dreams Trilogy, Book 2) > < Wicked Fantasy (The Castle of Dark Dreams, Book 3) > freaks

< When Lightning Strikes > < Home Again: A Novel > < Once in Every Life > < Waiting for the Moon > < If You Believe > < Comfort&Joy: A Novel > Kristin Hannah

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(Oh my...wasn't expecting this...)

(Better than the first book I read by Ms. Hannah)

(What was she thinking?)

(Lightning Did Indeed Strike)

(good escapism read, I guess)

I have really liked all of Hannah's books and I couldn't get through this one fast enough. It was awful. The subject was good, but all the rest just seemed like she was trying to fill pages. I am still a big fan of hers, I just didn't like this one.
First off, I enjoy time travel romances.

Alaina "Lainie" and Killian each have scarred pasts. They meet up when Lainie finds herself in 1896 Arizona though she thinks it is a dream for half the book. Killian, of course, thinks she might be crazy but there is a pull between the two of them with plenty of tension. I would have enjoyed seeing a smoother transition of their love for each other. Their relationship is bumpy and I was surprised that Killian considered letting his men have their way with her.

I can't put a handle on Ms. Hannah's books yet since this is only my second one that I've read of hers. It seems like there is plenty of promise when the books start out but everything should flow smoother.

I'll still look for other titles since I think her books will get better.
I've read many of Kristin Hannah's books and enjoyed most of them. This was a total flop, in my opinion. Trying to be serious, it was almost comical and I had a hard time finishing it. Hannah has a very unique style, but missed the mark with this one.
When Lightning Strikes is not your average time-traveling romance. It introduces you to two very interesting, very unique characters. Alaina Costanza (Lainie), an edgy, wise-cracking romance writer with a rough past, and John Killian, or just Killian as he is mainly known, the villian from the historical western she is in the midst of writing. So when she gets struck by lightning, she gets way more than she bargained for!

This book made me laugh, and at the same time it pulled at my heart. The chemistry between the two of them and their trying to fight it, was in a way, realistic and heartwrenching. Even though this is a romance, I didn't know how it was going to end, it was a real nail-biter! I couldn't finish soon enough, and when I did, it left me with a fulfilled feeling. I couldn't recommend this book more!
Let me start out by announcing that I'm not a romance reader, per se. The aspect that I liked most about this story was the unusual main character, Alaina. She is not your typical female used in a romance. This one has a very rough past. The plot of having Alaina (a writer) traveling through time to end up in one of her own romance novels set in the wild west was pure escapism and lots of fun. That being said, I had a huge problem with the two main characters. There wasn't enough plot development to understand why they would have have such a deep abiding love for each other - oh wait, that bit about reincarnation. Perhaps I'm being picky but I didn't feel any attachment to the characters love connection which, I believe, was kinda the whole point.
During a magical storm, romance writer Alaina Costanza is hurled back in time, into the Western world of her latest novel. There she is kidnapped by her own character, a ruthless outlaw known only as Killian. Thrown together by fate, Alaina and Killian will discover a love too magnificent to last a single lifetime. But even magic has a price, and time is running out. For the sake of Alaina's child, they must risk it all and fight for a future than depends on lightning striking . . . twice.

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< When Lightning Strikes > < Home Again: A Novel > < Once in Every Life > < Waiting for the Moon > < If You Believe > freaks

< Veils of Time > < A Dance Through Time (Time Passages Romance) > < A Knight's Vow > < Stardust of Yesterday (Haunting Hearts Series) > < The Very Thought of You > < A Garden In The Rain > Lynn Kurland,Angie Ray,Ingrid Weaver,Maggie Shayne

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(Oh, Lynn)

(Great Time Travel Stories)

(Very good stories)

(One of these deserves 5*'s the rest are pretty average.)

(Best Time Travel anthology ever!)

I loved Lynn Kurland story in this book, couldn't get into the other stores much, but that could have just been me as I'm into time travel and Scottish historical right now. Romance for me has to have more then boy meets girl, boy looses girl, boy gets girl or vis versa. An adventure, or a myster...those who like the other author's in this group will more then likely like there stories.
And the Groom Wore Tulle - Lynn Kurland -This short story follows Ian MacLeod from the Scottish Highlands dungeon of his arch enemy William Ferguson in 1313 to the backroom of a bridal boutique in New York city 1999. Ian MacLeod was thought to be dead and in disposing of his body, the knaves dropped him off in just the right forest that contained the portal to the future and his kinsman, Jamie MacLeod - only geographically he ended up thousands of miles off the mark but thankfully with a young woman who after her initial shock, took him in and would help him find his way home - somewhat the same way he would find his way into her heart. Fast, and amusing tale, highly entertaining. 4*

The Con and The Crusader - Maggie Shayne - This was a real cute story of a consummate con man, Jack McCain, about to be blown away by the mob, jumps into a well, and swears if he gets one last chance to mend his ways, he will `work' as hard as he can for a living. Naturally, this is a `time machine' well and he ends up 100 years in the past where `hard work' is a way of life. He is picked up by the local sheriff and herded along with a prison work gang until the widow Hawkins, needing a handyman and not able to hire one, uses a little used rule where a woman could save a man from prison if he wanted to marry her. Well, getting married was not in this con man's agenda but it sure beats prison and before he new it his heart was captured! 3-1/2*

A Bride Most Common - Angie Ray - I really liked this one, where the time travel was planned with a unique way of transporting a person's consciousness into a person on the verge of dying in another time, namely Regency England. The plain, short, but quite intelligent Lucy Taylor was hurtled back into the beautiful but impoverished Lady Cynthia's body just as she was about to take her wedding vows! Not quite revived from the transformation, she found herself agreeing to be married. Now she had a month to build an antique radio, right a mistake that could change environmental hazards, and put off consummating a marriage to a perfectly handsome studmuffin that was her husband! 4*

Conyn's Bride - Ingrid Weaver - On the eve of her wedding, Alanna Moore, museum curator, slips on an old bracelet she is cataloging, and is trying to get some last minute details completed when the lights go out and out of nowhere appears this handsome hunk, dressed in little more than leather pants, and a cloak who calls her by name and knows everything there is to know about her. He is Conan ap Rhys and he is back to wed her. - This was a delight and thoroughly enjoyable. I loved the poetically sensual dialog Conan uses as he tries to convince Alanna of their past love. Great story. 5*
AND THE GROOM WORE TULLE BY Lynn Kurland is about Ian Mc'Cloud, cousin to Jamie. Having found himself in his enemy's dungeon waiting to die, Ian is transported 700 into the future. THE CON AND THE CRUSADER BY Maggie Shayne is about a con man who jumps down a well when he is being chased by some people who want to kill him. He promises to work as hard as he can if he can get away from them. After he jumps down the well he wakes to find himself in the past. A BRIDE MOST COMMON BY Angie Ray is about Lucy who is sent back in time by her empolyer and finds herself in the body of Cynthia Randal and about to be married to Kieran Walcott. She is sent back in time to correct a mistake that will have a devistating effect on the wildlife of the future. CONYN'S BRIDE BY Ingrid Weaver is about a man who has traveled hundreds of years in the future to find his long- lost bride. When he does find her she is about to marry another man. These four stories are all wonderfull if a little on the short side. They could all have been given there own book each. Well done.
Veils of Time is similar to most anthologies. At least most that I've read. Two of the stories are painfully average, one is good with the final being outstanding. Few authors can create a full fledged love story in less than 100 pages and as a result most of these left me feeling less than satisfied with the too rushed outcome.

Lynn Kurland's "And The Groom Wore Tulle" is a good story if you're looking for a laugh. It's about a 1313 Scotsman who time-travels to 1999 (just don't ask me how because I still can't figure it out). He meets the heroine who immediately takes him home (hey, this is a short story so things have to move unbelievably *fast*). The heroine is of the doormat variety and the story is light on logic and romance development but nonetheless it's still a fun read.

The Con&the Crusader by Maggie Shayne doesn't fare quite so well. It's about a con man who gets flung back in time (this time at least it's explained!) and saved from life in the slammer when the heroine rescues him by offering her hand in marriage. She quickly proceeds to turn this criminal into a hardworking family man. Sorry, I just didn't buy his quick reformation and Jack was just too smarmy to fit my idea of a hero. This one is my least favorite of the anthology because of its predictability and over-the-top sweetness.

A Bride Most Common by Angie Ray starts out great but peters out by the end because it becomes overstuffed with plot threads. Lucy gets sent back in time by her kindly old boss to correct an error. She awakens holding the hand of a regency hunk and quickly discovers that she's no longer in her own body and is married to the dude! Like I said, this one starts out great with lots of wit and charm but quickly becomes bogged down with other less interesting stuff and I lost interest.

Conyn's Bride by Ingrid Weaver is my favorite. The heroine, an antiquities dealer, finds a gorgeous Celtic bracelet in one of her shipments and can't resist slipping it on her wrist and, boy, does her life ever change for the better! Suddenly a gorgeous man appears professing his undying to love to her. He insists he's been traveling far and wide to find her and that she is long lost bride. She's excited (who wouldn't be?) but soon learns that he's only bumped his head _really_ hard and is more than a little bit confused. Or is he? This story works on all levels and is simply charming. It's very romantic, super funny, sensual and may even evoke a tear from a few readers.
Okay I love everything Lynn Kurland has ever written, "And The Groom Wore Tulle" is no exception. A continuation of Ian MacLeod's character (Jamie's Cousin) from "A Dance Through Time" (I recommend you read this first), this tale is hysterical. A mediaval Scottish warrior, and fabled lover, finds he's spoiled one virgin too many and winds up in the dungeon of his worst enemy. Thinking he is going to die, he wishes he could have found the way to the future and his cousin Jamie. Upon passing out the enemy's cohorts think he's dead and deposit him back on MacCleod land in the midst of the magical faery ring which transports him to 20th century NYC in the storage room of a bridal shop full of wedding dress, just waiting for the woman of his dreams to discover him and decide that he's INSANE! Thinking he's in heaven he dons one of the gowns (his angel robe no doubt) and things just get funnier from there. Maggie Shayne is probably best known for her vampire stories, so she's no stranger to paranormal romance. In this story, "The Con and the Crusader", a boy who's spent his life avoiding work has grown up into a conman. Having a shred of scruples left he doesn't con good folk only criminal types. When arrested by the police as a possible crime witness he is caught in the crossfire as the now wise criminals catch up with him. He escapes, still handcuffed and dives into a wishing well. As he falls he promises God he will work hard from now on, if only he survives this experience. Be careful what you wish for! He lands in the prison yard in a time gone by and is being perused by a beautiful older woman, a widow with two wards, who is decided upon making an inmate her husband to save her farm and the room over the children's heads in exchange for his freedom. It's a sweet story as love reforms him. Angie Ray's "Bride Most Common" is a tale about a time machine. The heroine is a scientist, her boss has invented a time machine, the time traveller enter's a dead body at the moment of death and carries on from there. Unfortunately his feckless relative, who tested the machine, freaked at the major bullet wound he finds in his new body and doesn't complete his task thereby changing history, Pollution is rampant, many species of animals are going extinct. The heroine must go back and fix things. To her surprise she finds herself the in the role of the bride in a marriage of convenience. It isn't long before the groom realizes this isn't the cold woman he thought would let him live his life in peace. He is drawn to her and she to him, but here's the catch he has to die to save the future and she has to return home. Whatever will they do?

Ingrid Weaver's "Conyn's Bride" is by far the best story of all. The heroine is a museum expert. She is cataloging a shipment of Celtic antiquities when a box bursts open and suddenly she is faced with an authentic Celtic warrior who claims to be her long lost fiancee. A Sleeping Beauty story of sorts, one of timeless love. You see he left his love behind to do his duty, only to return as she has decided to go to him, she drowns in a flooding river as he watches unable to save her life. He feels his own life is ended but a woman of magic tells him that he will have another chance with his soulmate in another time, another place. He knows his heart's mate at once but will he convince this woman that he is the love of HER life?

Fabulous collection of stories, I hope they will do others. ~ Leslie Tramposch - Pghromance
Today's bestselling romance writers invite you to four special weddings--across the veils of time...

National bestselling author Lynn Kurland'sAnd The Groom Wore Tulle

National bestselling author Maggie Shayne'sThe Con and the Crusader

Rita Award winner Angie Ray'sBride Most Common

National bestselling author Ingrid Weaver'sConyn's Bride

* Time-travel and weddings--a match made in heaven!
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(Master of The Highlands)

(Good Read)

(Good read...)

(Hard to finish)

(What the?)

The story is good but the writting drags along. There is to much thinking and not enough talking or movement in the story. I read two thirds of this book and gave up.
This is the first time travel historical romance I have read and I found it enjoyable. I thought that Gram's song got old really quick and that I would agree with other reviews that there could have been a little less inner dialoge - could have also used a little more romance too. Overall I was please with the book and have enjoyed other books by this author.
Once you get past "time-travel", this is an enjoyable read. First in the series, and made me want to read the next books in the series.
Master of the Highlands seemed to take a very long time to finish. I would start it then put it down for something more interesting then go back to it after I had finished the other novel. The story suffers from characters that are not all that exciting.

Time travel is not my favorite genre because the modern day person sent back into time usually lacks understanding of the culture and tries to force their modern norms on everyone they meet. Heroine Lilly does this very thing. She is a rather staid artist who has been working in the computer industry in California when on vacation she stumbles into a maze and lands in 17th century Scotland. At first she is unbelieving of her circumstances, she thinks she has stumbled into a renaissance fair.

Hero Ewen Cameron finds her and knows she is from the future as there has been a previous time traveler. He is empathetic to her plight and quite taken with her. He heads the Cameron clan and protects them from the British soldiers and rival clansman with honor and might. He is a widower and has no desire to remarry as his first wife was faithless. To his credit he does not come across as overly embittered.

Lily resigns herself to the time period, only after she must be rescued by Ewen. Her cover is that she is a distant cousin from France and she is now the governess of Ewen's son, John. She does not like her job at first and she has a tendency to react in anger whenever she is around Ewen. She was a bit of a loner in the 21st century and is almost self pitying of her modern circumstances.

There is a bit of intrigue at the castle with a lovely conniver who wants Ewen and an English General who wants his lands. This takes up the latter half of the book and separates the couple. The romance is on the back burner for most of this novel and their time apart does not help. These characters and their story were bland and unemotional, partially because there is not enough dialogue and action between them to let the reader discover their feelings.

i would have to say that this book is just o.k. the author spends a lot of her time with inner dialog (when i say a lot, i mean most) this hurts the books story line. i actually got to the the epilogue and had no idea the book ended, it just ended. i think she must have misplaced the second half of the book. the thing with the terrible amounts of inner dialog is you would read something someone said, the other would think and a page later they would answer. so i had to go back and reference what they were talking about.
on the other hand, i liked the heroine in the book. if she didnt inner talk so much i wouldve liked her more. she is strong, kind and for a bit i thought i could be jealous of her. but then she did that inner talk thing, this also made the book less romantic. it seemed the main characters spent more time apart then actually together.
A modern woman finds true love across the ocean-and across time.

A fabulous debut for fans of Diana Gabaldon and Karen Marie Moning

Lily Hamlin is making a pilgrimage to Scotland with hopes for some direction in her life. There she discovers an overgrown maze and a strange stone map-and lands back in time, in the Lochaber of 1654.

Ewen, Chief of the Clan Cameron, must save his people from the brutal redcoats. But then he meets a saucy lass with a peculiar accent, no regard for his title-and an arousing body. Drawn to each other despite their differences, they both realize that they don't want her to go back to her own time. But with battles brewing, staying is a gamble.
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< Rogue's Challenge > < Highlander's Challenge > < Sword of the Highlands (Berkley Sensation) > < Warrior of the Highlands (Berkley Sensation) > < A Highlander of Her Own (Daughters of the Glen, Book 4) > < Highland Outlaw: A Novel > Jo Barrett

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(Not Bad for a Sequel)

(great read)

Like most sequels, Rogue's Challenge didn't really live up to its predecessor. But in its own right, it was a good story. Continuing from where we left off in Highlander's Challenge, Ian Southernland was asked by Tuck and Colin to go to the future to retrieve Jenny Maxwell to help with the birth of their baby. But when he arrives in the future, there was an altercation where Jenny has lost her glasses. And Jenny is practically blind without them. Now, they have to travel to find her some glasses before the baby is born.

I doesn't sound much of plot, but it gets the story moving along nicely and perfectly sets up the villain of the story. This might be spoiler but . . . what really bothered me about the villain was the fact he followed them into the fountain and he lacked surprise that he travel back in time. He took it as though it was an everyday occurrence which seem kind of odd. Which I know would freak me out. But that's just me. You are visited by Tuck and Colin a lot in the story which I loved. They are both as funny and loving. Ian was still his charming, ladies' man self. But you also get to know Ian better and his history, why he was the way he was. Despite being a scientist and being under her father's thumb, Jenny wasn't a weakling but as stubborn as Tuck but still have many insecurities. You watched them try to overcome their pasts throughout the story and it was nicely done. The story was paced nicely and there was enough action in the middle and end to keep interested. Plus, the ending tied up all the loose ends nicely.

It was sweet story. It didn't have the humor that I love in Highlander's Challenge but it was a good and worth reading just to see everyone's have their happily ever afters.
this absolutely all it promises to be! great, strong characters and unpredicatable action in asemi-historic setting. And love...
He made a vow to fetch the woman back through time. 'Twas a task not taken lightly. But he had not predicted her stubbornness or her beauty. The petite woman with the tenacity of a mule may just find a way into his roguish heart.
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< Viking Unchained (Viking Time-Travel) > < Down and Dirty (Viking Time-Travel) > < Rough and Ready (Viking Time-Travel) > < Wild Jinx (Warner Forever) > < Acheron (Dark-Hunter, Book 12) > < Turbulent Sea (Drake Sisters, Book 6) > Sandra Hill

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(VIKINGS R HOT!)

(Inspires rambunctious laughter)

(This was aweful.)

(Another Brilliant Book by Sandra Hill)

(A Touchingly Funny Time Travel Romance)

a freind of mine me this book an it is so hot! if you love vikings and sexy men this book is for u! lol!
The first 18 pages were agonizing. Didn't hook me at all. The rest of the book I couldn't put down. Seriously my kids were pissed at my laughing so hard I woke them up in the middle of the night. Finished the book within 24 hours and am off to buy the other two books in this series. Didn't like not having an explanation of the time travel, the military stuff, and the first 18 pages, but would still rate this book a 4.5 out of 5.
After having read Edin's Embrace, another Sandra Hill book, and fallen inlove with her characters, I was deeply disappointed by this book. I can easily read a book in one sitting, but this one was agonizing and I couldn't even finish. It was cute at some points, but confusing, unbelievable and the characters lacked a depth that didn't allow me to connect. I will have to donate this one to the library and hope that someone else finds it entertaining. Too bad, since Edin's Embrace was a wonderful and touching story. No pun on the touching.
It was fabulous. Couldn't put it down, but then again that's how most of her books are.
Lydia Denton is madly in love with her husband Dave a Navy SEAL based in Coranodo, California. Each mission has taken its toll on both of them. It shows in the deep groves in Dave's face. Killing, no matter how justified, did that to a man. Lydia lives in fear that each mission might be the one to take him away from her forever. She greets him with passion when he arrives home on leave, and once again brings up her desire for a child. Dave however, knows of the danger of terrorist retaliation that might result from any one of his missions and does not want to be responsible for putting their child in the line of fire. Unfortunately Dave's next mission is his last. He'd been among the victims of an explosion. Still as Lydia soon discovers, a part of him lives on, despite all odds she finds herself pregnant after all.

Bagdad, four years later (more or less)......

Medieval Viking Thorfinn Haraldsson's faithless wife Luta had abandoned him four years ago taking his infant son Miklof with her and her lover. Though their ship had capsized and they were all presumed drowned, Thorfinn had not given up hope that his son had somehow survived. There had been recent reports of a woman and child that resembled his family in the Arab lands and he had no choice but to investigate. Each lead had turned out to be false and Thorfinn had finally accepted the heartbreaking truth and decided to return home to the Norselands. Unfortunately before he is able to return to his boat he is accosted by six irate Arabs, brothers of the man whose wife Finn had examined to determine whether or not she was Luta. Arab men apparently took exception to having their wives faces being looked upon by other men. Though Finn is a warrior through and through there is no way he could dispatch so many.

Navy Seals on a mission to take out a group of tangos happen on Thorfinn in the midst of battling who they believe are their marks with .... a broadsword! Finn is sadly out numbered and the men covertly begin to move in on all sides to aid him.
With the enemy dispatched, the men need to make a quick escape taking Thorfinn with them. Only their mode of transportation gives him pause. No way is he boarding that large bird. The next thing he knows he is in the belly of the beast (a helicopter) winging his way to where God only knows.

Fortunately his cousin Torolf Magnusson is among the 21st century Seals who affected his rescue. While he tries to get his cousin acclimated to a new place in time, Finn drives his female relatives crazy with his uncouth behavior. Finn decides he is not fit for anything besides battle and Torolf, known as Max among the Seals enlists their help to prepare his cousin for the rigorous training and tests. He also introduces him to the Wet and Wild, a bar where Seals and Weals let of steam and the singles hooked up with each other.

Finn isn't averse to "hooking up" painful as it sounded, as long as nothing permanent was expected. He was certain that God had a plan in bringing him to this place. Mayhap his son had time traveled as well. This doesn't seem so far fetched when Lydia Denton enters the bar along with several of his female relations. There's something familiar about her. Her coloring is wrong and Luta never had such large breasts but still the resemblance was uncanny. Was this why she was staring at him?

Finn has a similar build and the exact same unusual gray eyes that both David and her son Michael had. All these years Lydia had never stopped hoping that a mistake had been made, that her husband was merely a prisoner and not dead. Was it really him? The hair was all wrong but it had been five years. Not waiting to ask questions she throws herself into Thorfinn's arms and kisses him madly.

Next thing anyone knows she's taken him home and what happens next is inevitable. But when Finn discovers that Lydia has a four year old son named Michael who is currently visiting his grandparents in Minnesota he wants to see pictures. Oh my, the boy has his unique gray eyes and the same dark hair as his beloved Miklof. He insists he must see the boy and determine for himself whether the child is his long lost son, and he isn't going to take no for an answer.

It isn't long before Lydia is head over heels in love with Finn for his own self, but when she discovers that he's planning to sign up for Seals it's a deal breaker. Never would she put herself in that situation ever again Loving and losing that way had simply been too painful. But she hadn't realized how painful life without Finn would be.

A misunderstanding keeps him away but he insists he will still accompany her to Minnesota to see "his" son. Meanwhile an Iraqi national who had lost his own spouse and child as collateral damage in the explosion that had also killed Dave, blames the Seal for their deaths and formulates an eye for an eye revenge. When Finn realizes the two people he cares most for are in danger, he accompanied by all his male relatives and most of Dave's teammates rush to the rescue. The FBI is loving that.... NOT!

Still the biggest problem between Lydia and Finn is the fact that the fool is completely out of touch with his feelings. His marriage had been arranged, he and his wife had never suited, and he had no idea what love was supposed to feel like. He knew he cared deeply for Lydia, but he also knew he didn't feel for her what he felt for his son. What was love anyway? Would a brush with dead finally bring his feelings to light or would it take something more drastic?

Did I mention that Lydia runs a dance studio and gets the wild idea to offer pole dancing as a class for women who want to turn on their men? Naturally the class is filled by Finn's female relations and none of them understand what she sees in their loutish cousin either. That doesn't mean they won't help her bring the fool to heel however.

This story brought to mind the first of Ms. Hill's historical Viking time travels, THE RELUCTANT VIKING but with a different twist. This story abounded with humor, but does not let us forget that there are still young heroes risking their lives for us every day in wars not of their making, and that here at home loved ones wait hoping to never hear that knock on that door that shattered Lydia Denton's world. Laughter and tears, love and family, and courage of both the heroic and romantic nature are the hallmarks of this tale. For a touching and funny time travel romance featuring those mad but lovable Vikings and equally unique military men you must read UNCHAINED VIKING. Is anyone besides me hoping Stephen Haraldsson will find a way to join his brother, after all who would enjoy that "tingling" ointment better than him? ~ Reviewed for PNR Reviews

Sandra Hill unleashes her best novel yet.

Searching for his little boy, 11thcentury Viking Thorfinn lands in modern times, where he stumbles upon a dead wringer for his cheating ex-wife. Single mom Lydia Denton mourns the loss of her SEAL husband. Then she meets a man who resembles him. Despite Thorfinn’s strange accusations, Lydia finds it impossible to ignore the chemistry between them. And as she gets to know this handsome Viking, she can’t help but wonder whether two souls, separated by time, have found their way back together.
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(Time Travel Love)

(Weak heroine, and the love was really just lust)

(Kind of Slow)

(OK - Not great.)

(Not the best but I couldn't put it down till the end!)

A lovely historical romance with the hidden gates of time travel. I really enjoyed it.
From the back cover:

In medieval England, Gloriana, Lady of Kenbrook, awaits her husband, Dane St. Gregory, whom she has not seen since childhood. She is stunned to discover that he has returned with a betrothed; beautiful Gloriana is to be cast into a nunnery. Dane's mysterious sister-in-law, Elaina, counsels her to win Dane's heart or see the entire Kenbrook line imperiled.

Entranced by her passionate will, he cannot resist Gloriana's potent charm, while she falls ever more deeply in love with Dane, her valiant swordsman. But their newfound happiness is brief--suddenly, Gloriana is swept across the chasm of time to a dazzling future. Trapped centuries apart, Gloriana and Dane suffer the torment of their longing, knowing that only their love for one another and the strength of their desire can reunite them at last.

And my review:

I can't see the big deal about this book. I was so bored that I couldn't make myself finish it.

My biggest complaint was with the heroine. The author keeps stating that Glorianna is a strong woman, but I saw no sign of it. Any "strength" she showed came across as childish petulance. And what I really didn't understand was what she saw in the hero. He was so mean to her! I mean, I know that sexual attitudes were different in medieval times, but this guy was a complete and utter jerk. I'm supposed to believe that because he's gorgeous and great in bed the heroine is willing to put up with being treated like garbage? I didn't buy it.

I never saw any tenderness or love between Gloriana and Dane. It was nothing but lots and lots of sex. I have no problem with sexual attraction between the leads (in fact, it's necessary for a good romance), but there needs to be more drawing them together than just overactive hormones. It was just "I hate you, come here, let's jump into bed".

I find this author's books are either full of sex, or are sweet with only a wedding night scene at the end. I've often thought that a pen name to distinguish between these two very different styles of romance writing would have been a good idea. I don't recommend KNIGHTS, unless you want a book that's only about sex and not about real love.
The book started out enjoyably enough, we were introduced to Megan/Glorianna who traveled back in time. However, I didn't really understand her character. She was described as a "tomboy" and "willful", but it seems like all she did was dociley obey everyone and try to submit to her husband, who didn't want her. I never really understood their attraction, as they magically fell deeply in "love" with each other after they had sex. I didn't quite buy it.

When Glorianna is transported back to time, I was kind of confused about how her disappearanced wrecked Dane's life, as they had maybe liked each other for 2 days, and all of their contact was related to sex. Then, when she comes back, what's the first thing they do?? Have sex. There is way too much (bad) sex in this book, such as - "He tongued her in one long, lapping stroke, and she uttered a lusty shout, blah blah blah". They don't really seem to have a personal connection other than the booty.

After they got together and she went back to the future, I kind of lost interest. The whole plot is a little too contrived, and her old life as Megan never came back into play.

The first half of the book is fun, the second half is a bit dull. This book is much cheesier than her others.
Didn't start like a time travel at all&some things struck me as not essential to the story. I couldn't grasp the characters, Dane wasn't likealble at first - even in a good 'bad' way. Gloriana was introduced as a tomboy which was not even a part of her character throughout the rest of the book. Took awhile to get to know the couple. It finally got interesting and I managed to finish it.
This book is the first Linda Lael Miller's work I read. I loved time-travel theme and Ms Miller did a nice job for this plot. However, while reading it, I ,sometimes, felt a bit bored.The story started out good and interesting. A little girl named Megan time-travelled to medieval England and was raised by a rich merchants. She was given a new name, Gloriana. At the age of seven, Gloriana was married to the fifth baron of Kenbrook. Thirteen years later, Kenbrook returned home after battle. In stead of coming back to claim his bride, he brought a french beauty back with him and intended to annul his marriage. With a lot of help from brother and sister-in-law, Gloriana finally won her husband's heart. I enjoyed this part of the book greatly. However, the story after this part telling about Gloriana's time-travel back to modern day world. This part of the book is a bit confusing, specially, the same plot was repeated twice (time-travel back and forth). Because of this, it makes this book a bit less appealing. Although all the flaws indicated above, I found myself couldn't put this book down until the end. Well, this tells you something, doens't it? So, If you need something for a stress-free day, pick up this book and enjoy.

In medieval England, Gloriana, Lady of Kenbrook, awaits her husband, Dane St. Gregory, whom she has not seen since childhood. She is stunned to discover that he has returned with a betrothed; beautiful Gloriana is to be cast into a nunnery. Dane's mysterious sister-in-law, Elaina, counsels her to win Dane's heart or see the entire Kenbrook line imperiled.

Entranced by her passionate will, he cannot resist Gloriana's potent charm, while she falls ever more deeply in love with Dane, her valiant swordsman. But their newfound happiness is brief -- suddenly, Gloriana is swept across the chasm of time to a dazzling future. Trapped centuries apart, Gloriana and Dane suffer the torment of their longing, knowing that only their love for one another and the strength of their desire can reunite them at last.
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