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The Time Baroness
Georgina Young-Ellis - 2011
Cassandra Reilly, a scientist from the year 2120 who embarks upon a time travel journey to England of 1820. Her purpose is to conduct an experiment: living for a year in the guise of a wealthy widow and interacting within the Regency world. Though she has painstakingly prepared for the experience, her new neighbors in Hampshire County sense something strange about her, and though most embrace her for her kindness and charm, some are shocked by her odd ways. Ultimately though, her beauty attracts a handsome violinist, also new to the neighborhood, and they begin an affair, which further endangers her reputation in the community.As she is struggling to fit in, her grown son, James, suddenly arrives on her doorstep, popping in from the future. His presence is one more component that could cause her masquerade to unravel. James becomes a popular addition to the Hampshire society, but he makes a terrible mistake. He brings with him a device from the future and shows it to a young woman with whom he is smitten. She is terrified and creates an uproar. James is arrested for possessing a dangerous and subversive object and it is up to his mother to free him from a London prison and return him to the future before her enemies succeed in convicting him. Help comes from a surprising source, and ultimately Cassandra realizes that people, and love, are not always what they seem to be.
When Fate Dictates
Elizabeth Marshall - 2011
Book two of the series is called 'Beyond Time' and the third is 'Entwined' both of which are due for release soon. The Scottish Highlands are well known for their mystical charms and tales of fantasy, yet very few have encountered the power of a Highland Stag, the magic of a Campbell crystal or the enchantment of a sprig of heather. Indeed, even those who dwell within the shadows of these formidable mountains are often unaware of their charms. In the early hours of February 13th 1692 the sulfurous smell of a fired gun hung in the air of these mountains. Men, women and children screamed in terror, withering against pain as they fell, bludgeoned to death by men of the army. The shameful scar of a dreadful and tragic event was etched upon the landscape of a beautiful and otherwise honorable place forever. Awoken by the sickly, metallic copper stink of fresh blood and death, Corran MacDonald is forced to flee into blizzard swept mountains. She mysteriously defies death only to come face to face with one of her enemies, Simon Campbell. With her family massacred and her village destroyed, Corran trusts the man when he offers to help her escape. But things aren't quite what they seem and very soon their bid for freedom is thwarted by Simon's old enemy and fellow Red Coat, Angus. A perilous journey of mystery, magic and intrigue takes the couple through time to modern day York where a twist of fate leads them to a conflict that will shape the final destiny of all Highlanders.
The Sheikh King's Ward
Leslie North - 2021
But he’s stunned when the “girl” turns out to be a twenty-seven-year-old American beauty, Fiona Nadide.According to a secret stipulation in her father’s will, Fiona will not obtain her inheritance and be free from guardianship unless she marries before her 28th birthday. But to Fiona, arranged marriages are archaic. She has absolutely no intention of getting married, and certainly not to a man handpicked by Bashar. The truth is, the only man she’s interested in is her smouldering guardian.As his ward, Fiona is strictly off limits to Bashar, and his advisors would be shocked if they knew where his thoughts about Fiona were drifting. Problem is, Bas can’t stop wishing he could have her for himself.
Whisper Falls
Elizabeth Langston - 2013
But if Mark travels through time to save Susanna, will her brutal world trap him too?
While mountain biking in the woods, Mark Lewis spots a mysterious girl dressed in odd clothing, standing behind a waterfall. When she comments on the strange machine he's riding, he suspects something isn’t right. When Susanna claims to be an indentured servant from 1796, he wonders if she’s crazy, yet he's compelled to find out more. Mark enters a long-distance relationship with Susanna through the temperamental barrier of Whisper Falls. Curious about her world, Mark searches through history to learn about the brutal life she’s trapped in. But knowledge can be dangerous. Soon he must choose between changing the past--or dooming the girl he can’t stop thinking about to a lifetime of misery. PRAISE for WHISPER FALLS: "... I would recommend [Whisper Falls] to any reader who is interested in historical fiction, thrillers, fantasy, love stories or time travel." - Youth librarian, Boyd Co Libraries WV, USA "Whisper Falls is a fun, action-packed story…" [School Library Journal] "Whisper Falls is captivating! The themes of love and hate in it's many forms and nuances are timeless and will appeal to all generations... I had a hard time putting this book down until I had savored the last page. And I certainly didn't want it to end. Another book? Yes, please!" - M. Ward AWARDS: Winner of a Bronze Medal in the Moonbeam Award for Excellence in Fiction (YA historical/cultural category)
Mail Order Mistake
Ginny Sterling - 2021
Helpless, he witnessed firsthand as the disease wiped out both friend and foe, leaving him alone, bitter, and hostile, on the outskirts of this cursed town. When a secret matchmaker sends out a plea for help to bring hope and a fresh start to Lore Valley, Russell finds himself face to face with a bride he never expected and can’t find the strength to turn away.For Rose Bonnett, this was just another mistake in a long line of screw-ups in her life. Cursing her stubbornness, she refused to ask for help because it always seemed to backfire right in her face. Answering the tempting ad in the paper, she was whisked to the middle of a small town that was left reeling from the onslaught of unexpected brides arriving suddenly.Was Lore Valley ready for this plethora of eligible young women? Why was the town amused that Rose was matched with Russell? Could this ‘curse’ truly be a ‘blessing in disguise’ after all?***A sweet and clean romance Mail-Order Bride series that can be read together or individually with a Happily Ever After that is legendary…
Twice a Hero
Susan Krinard - 1997
So is the whole Sinclair family. Ever since her great-great-grandfather Peregrine returned from an expedition to the Maya ruins with half of a mysterious pendant–and without his partner, Liam O’Shea–they’ve been haunted by misfortune.That’s why Mac’s beloved grandfather wants her to undertake a solo expedition . . . to return the pendant to the ruins of Tikal and to find a way to atone for whatever part Peregrine played in Liam’s disappearance. But when Mac braves the hot, steamy, primitive jungle, something extraordinary happens: she blunders into the arms of an eerily familiar explorer.Now she’s in for more adventure than she bargained for. Because she’s found Liam O’Shea . . . alive, well, and seductively real. In the year 1884.
Dwellers of Ahwahnee (The Beyond Collection)
Sheryl Seal - 2014
These books are found on Goodreads lists and are #1 in many categories.Come to the Beyond for a supernatural unique read!BOOK 1: BEYOND BRIDALVEIL FALLOria is celebrating her eighteenth birthday in Yosemite National Park when she goes into the pool at the bottom of Bridalveil Fall, only to come out beyond it.In another world she learns she is The Golden Queen of the Ahwahneechee tribe, and that she is a shape shifter. Here the Dwellers of Ahwahnee fight the Evil that tries to get into the world of man. Will she find her soul mate in Grey Wolf or is he more than he appears to be? One thing is for sure, with all the magic and shape shifting happening, only the all knowing grandfather and her grandmother's wisdom can guide her through the Evil Beyond Bridalveil Fall.BOOK 2: BEYOND ORIA FALLSOria is the Golden Queen of the Ahwahneechees and a Dweller of Ahwahnee. Together with her friends she travels back to find out why the Village of Lost Souls cannot find their way home to the West. The Ale is back in this second book full of action packed magic and shapeshifting. Will Oria finally find love and happiness with Grey Wolf or will a new evil threaten her magical world Beyond Oria Falls? Join the Dwellers as they try to keep evil out of the world of man.BOOK 3: BEYOND THE WORLD OF MANThis is the third installment in the Dwellers of Ahwahnee series and with the destruction of the world of man, the Dwellers traveled to other worlds and survived for twenty years.With Oria's magic the 'Beyond' has grown and they can now come home.There is a different kind of evil in the world now. Who will survive in the 'Beyond'? This generationof shapeshifters are different and will lead the Dwellers into a new age.Spirit Walker is rebellious and has often been called a Wildcat. She has been sheltered in The Village of Lost Souls for her entire life. Now she is to become the Golden Queen of the Ahwahneechees.Her choices for the future involve adult decisions and with only her mother's journal to guide her, she must rely on the magic within the pages.
A Shade of Time
Dana Michelle Burnett - 2017
A late night trip to Loch Ness takes her back in time to eighteenth century Scotland and far away from everything she knows and loves. She is kidnapped and taken to Mo Chridhe Dachaigh, the home of the reluctant Laird Killian MacLeish, where she is nothing more than a gift for his pleasure. It isn’t long before she realizes the safest place for her is under Killian’s protection, but there is something else that pulls her to him, something she has never felt before. Will she ever be able to return to her own time?...Does she even want to?
London 2012: "What If...?"
Ian C.P. Irvine - 2012
People the world over will identify with the story told within these pages. As the story progresses, some will feel guilty, some will cry, some will laugh, ...but all will follow the plight of James Quinn, a man who is not unlike so many of us all.The Story :Contemplating having an affair, bored with work, and convinced there must be something more to it all, James Quinn is a man just about to enter a mid-life crisis. At the pinnacle of his career, James leads a successful life. But is it the right life? Instead of a Product Manager in a Telecommunications company, should he have been a plumber, an Olympic athlete, or a stockbroker, or an artist? Life, as they say, isn't a practice run. This is it.Convinced the 'grass is greener' everywhere else, and worried that he may be missing out, James Quinn is a man full of doubts.It's not that he hates his own life. Far from it. His 'life', as others may call it, is good. It's just that, nowadays he can't stop looking at other people and wondering if, out of the thousands of different lives that he could be living, is he living the right one? What if James has got it wrong? And then there's Jane, the first girl he kissed at school, and the one that got away. What would life have been like if he had married her instead of his wife? Unable to control his curiosity he tracks her down through Facebook and discovers that she is now a beautiful woman, living in London, and unhappy in her marriage: like a moth drawn to a flame James finds himself heading for infidelity and feels powerless to stop. Then one day, during the normal underground commute to work in London, he looks up from his book and doesn't recognise the station name on the Jubilee Line, …and in a split-second, everything changes.Emerging onto a platform at "New Cross Gate North", a station that shouldn't exist, James finds that Canary Wharf has vanished. Gone. And so have Selfridges and mobile phones.Instead, James finds himself in an alternate and different London, where the city he lived in has subtly changed, and every moment is now a voyage of discovery into a new life: a new career in advertising, a new house, and a new wife: Jane-the object of all his fantasies.In this new world, James discovers that he is a flamboyant, intelligent, charismatic, successful businessman. Yet, even though he now has everything he has always dreamt of, he finds that he longs for everything else that he used to have but has now lost: his two children, Keira and Nicole, and his wife Sarah. Sarah, the woman he loved but took for granted. Convinced that both the past and present are somehow real, he realises that somewhere Sarah must be as real in this world as she was in the last. Longing to hold her in his arms again, and with no apparent way back to his old world, he sets out to find Sarah in his new world. Wherever she is. Using knowledge of her gained from their previous life together, he manages to track her down. But James realises that before he can truly be together with Sarah once again, he must first understand what went wrong between them in the other world to avoid it happening again. What is the secret that his subconscious has hidden from his conscious mind, and which made him want to turn away from Sarah and into the arms of another woman? Will it be possible for Sarah to fall in love with him again in this new world? And is it too late to find a way back to the old world, the old life, and the London he used to know?Or will he be stuck forever in this other world, yearning for the green, green grass of home…
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance
Trisha TelepMichele Lang - 2009
Propelled through time into situations rich with possibility and fraught with danger, these sexy, sassy heroines each seek their dreamed of happy ending.Will souls separated by time be reunited—or kept apart—forever?
Me, Mia, Multiple
Debashish Irengbam - 2015
Neat, swift, painless. Yet dramatic. What could possibly go wrong with Jeevan Raikar's plan? Well, this: a girls' night out happening at the graveyard next door, starring a vodka-swilling blackmailer and her dead mother. And so, Jeevan - who ought to be dead by now, mind you - is stuck with bubbly Mia, raging Tanya and sensuous Alisha. Which might seem like an enviable situation to be in, but for one tiny catch. They are all the same person. Me, Mia, Multiple is a debut that cares little for convention: a romance with a twist, a twisted romance, a romantic twister. Whatever you want to call it, you'll tear through it with sheer pleasure.
Going Back for Romeo
L.L. Muir - 2011
They're convinced she's the perfect sucker to test a prophecy and they're willing to bury her alive to prove it. Once she escapes and finds herself in 15th Century Scotland, she believes her return home depends on a heroic deed--she must rescue a plaid-clad Romeo and Juliet before their story can end in tragedy. The monster standing in her way, however, is a handsome Highlander who might just be her own Romeo...a Romeo she must leave behind.Rather than surrender his secrets, Montgomery Ross would prefer to go down in history as the heartless creature who betrayed one sister and buried the other alive. When he falls in love with the prophesied faery who has come to expose him, he'll have to learn a wee lesson from the star-crossed lovers or suffer the fate to which he once condemned them.
Cardiac Event
Richard L. Mabry - 2017
Kirk Martin continually crosses swords with Dr. Cliff Hamilton, so he is surprised when Hamilton asks him to care for him after a heart attack. When he is ready for discharge, Hamilton is found dead in his hospital bed, and Martin is suspected of murdering him.After another doctor is found shot to death, Martin's girlfriend, nurse Janet Rush, reminds him to be careful because he may be next. Can he save his own life while searching for the identity of the real murderer?
Yesterday and Forever
Victoria Alexander - 1995
Then a carriage ride on a foggy night swept her back to Regency London and the picture-perfect nobleman she'd always yearned for.Preoccupied with marrying off his rebellious sister, Adam Coleridge had no leisure to find a wife of his own. Yet when fate dropped Maggie at his feet, the hand some earl was powerless to resist the desire she roused in him. But with time fighting against them, Adam feared that not even a masterpiece of love could keep Maggie from becoming nothing more than a passionate memory.
A Courtesan Countess Worth the Scandal
Ava MacAdams - 2021
When her family is threatened, she does the one thing she can to protect them: publishes a book exposing them all.After his disaster of a marriage, Liam Westwood, the Earl of Keswick, made a sacred pact: never fall in love again. Having spent his years abroad, he never expected to meet a vixen that would test his sanity and haunt his nights upon his return.With the Ton’s most scandalous secrets hiding between the pages of her book, Nora has no shortage of people who wish to see her suffer. And some are determined to see her ruined. When the manuscript falls in Liam’s hands, his feelings of betrayal are overshadowed by a single thing: a name that jumps out more than all the others put together. His.