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Stealing Time (Time #1)

by Elisa Paige (Goodreads Author)

3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 · rating details · 48 ratings · 26 reviews

It wasn't that she wanted to live forever. She just didn't want to die.

When artist James Wesley realizes Evie Reed is dying, he is so moved by the beautiful reporter's determination to live that he makes her immortal—a vampire, like him. She's the woman he's been waiting over 150 years for. Though initially shocked by the change, Evie quickly embraces her second chance at...more

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Published January 31st 2011 by Carina Press (first published December 15th 2010)

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Feb 17, 2011 Vasya rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-paranormal

The good and the bad of this book make an overall middle - not too good, but not too bad either.

I would have love to start with the good things, but since they come near the end of the book, and I don't want to spoil it for you, I can say that the building of all the emotions and characteristics of the characters grow during the course of the book, so the writing gets better as the story progresses. Evie and James do have some grounds for their relationship to develop, and the people in their li...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Kt from A Book Obsession.. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: received-for-review

The book starts with Evie getting the worst news of her life, the cancer is terminal and there is nothing they can do. She plans on living out the rest of the time she has left on her terms, but her time comes much quicker than anticipated when a truck hits her cab. To save her life a secret admirer, James, changes her into a vampire. Although her new life is very different and overwhelming at times, she still falls quickly head over heels for him. However, her bliss is cut short when a war brea...more The book starts with Evie getting the worst news of her life, the cancer is terminal and there is nothing they can do. She plans on living out the rest of the time she has left on her terms, but her time comes much quicker than anticipated when a truck hits her cab. To save her life a secret admirer, James, changes her into a vampire. Although her new life is very different and overwhelming at times, she still falls quickly head over heels for him. However, her bliss is cut short when a war breaks out and an ancient treaty is broken. With everything crumbling around them, they must stand strong to have any hope at surviving the war.

Evie had a rough childhood. At a very young age her mother dumped Evie off on the porch of a Grandmother she has never met. While her grandmother did care for her, she wasn't the type to coddle, so Evie grew up keeping herself at a distance from everyone. She struggled at first to accept her feelings for James, but once she did, it felt like a floodgate had opened. I really loved the chemistry between them as well as his determination to be a gentleman. At any point during her vulnerability her could have taken advantage of her weaknesses but he never once thought to despite the fact that is part of a vampire's instinct to claim the ones they turn. They work really well together, they had the comfort that ususally only comes from years spent together. Things were pretty steamy as well, but not overdone.

Something I have always liked in vampire/werewolf books is a very strong mate bond. Most of these type books talk about predator or animal like instincts, so it would make sense for them to be fiercely protective of their mates. Perhaps I am a romantic, but I love the whole "mate for life" idea or soul mates. James and Evie really developed this type of bond and I love how the author made the mate instincts very strong in this book, yet didn't make them seem over done.

Just to warn everyone, this book does have a pretty big cliffhanger ending. I had thought this was a stand alone novel, so the ending really caught me off guard. However, I am glad it will continue as I really enjoyed this book and would love to read more about their adventures. I highly recommend this book for both paranormal romance and urban fantasy fans as this book is a very good blend of both genres. There is plenty of romance, but the plot moves along nicely, and it more than kept my attention. Try this author out, you won't be disappointed.
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Jan 07, 2012 Jane Stewart rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, paranormal-romance

The characters were too much like ordinary people, nothing special or different. I wasn’t engaged or pulled in.

STORY BRIEF:
Evie is a newspaper crime reporter who learned she has cancer and will die soon. James is a vampire who has been watching her for eight months. She is in a car accident. Now she will die from that instead of cancer. So James saves her by turning her into a vampire. He provides food, shelter, and protection while he teaches her about the vampire world.

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May 09, 2011 Cheeyee rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, romance, paranormal, 2011

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Evie Read is dying. She is very ill and doctor said nothing can be done already. On her way home, she met with an accident. James Wesley has saved Evie from the accident but she is badly injured. He is so moved by Evie's determination to live that he makes her immortal — a vampire, like him. Shocked by the change, but Evie eventually is glad that she is given a second chance at life. Ev...more

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Mar 22, 2011 chanceofbooks rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: netgalley, 2011-read

This is a great book by an author with loads of talent and tremendous potential, but I only do vampires in very small doses, so I'm just not the target audience for this book. I was drawn to its awesome cover, and at first glance of the blurb, I thought that it was a time-travel paranormal. Ooops. However, I try to read everything that I request on netgalley, so even after I realized that this was a Vampire novel, I kept reading. If you love well-done, sassy Vampire novels with touches of humor...more

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Mar 04, 2011 Kate L rated it 3 of 5 stars

I have to admit, I am suffering a bit from vampire overload and fatigue. However in spite of said fatigue, I found that I did in fact enjoy Stealing Time. It is tough to stand out when there are so many good hearted vampires who feel torn between their blood lust and compassion, but stand out, classic tall dark and handsome recluse artist by day/compassionate, vampire James Wesley did. Thankfully, while the romance between the two main characters was sweet (albeit typical) the whole story wasn't...more

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Mar 01, 2011 Lisa (Bookworm Lisa) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011, adult, net-galley, received-to-review

I would give it 3 1/2 stars if goodreads had that option.

Evie has cancer. She has just been told that there is nothing that can be done. She is dying. She takes a cab from the Dr. office and yells at him to stop, causing a car accident that would be fatal for her. But, fortunately for her, she has been stalked by a vampire. He runs off with her and changes her.

The vampire, James, sensed something different about her and knew she was suffering from a terminal illness. He watched and waited for a...more

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Feb 24, 2011 Scooper Speaks rated it 3 of 5 stars

Stealing Time by Elisa Paige is a vampire romance where the strongest vampire takes all. The story focuses on Evie’s transition from human to vampire and introducing her to the vampire lifestyle, but the key to the story is Evie and James relationship.

I thought it was kind of stalkerish the way James watched Evie for 8 months travel from one doctor appointment to another in search of a cure for pancreatic cancer. Who the hell does that? Creepy. However, if I wanted to live I’d be appreciative li...more

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Feb 12, 2011 ♆ BookAddict ~ La Crimson Femme rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal-romance, vampire

This is the third book Ms Paige's I've read. I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoyed her two books from another publisher. This story about a male vampire stalking a female human to make her "his" has been done before. This version is fun because of Ms. Paige's writing voice. Some of the witty one liners that show up in the book caused me to giggle. I read how a couple of people felt there were holes in this world of hers. I disagree because I've read her two other books - Maelstrom and Shadowp...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Alix Taylor rated it 5 of 5 stars

An interesting thing happened while i was reading this book, I found myself sitting up, leaning forward, rapt, paying close attention, pressing the forward button faster and faster, trying to read as quickly as possible getting as into the story as i could. This story made me physically move. It made me sit up straighter, my heart raced, I was in the zone. This book was responsible for me missing a meeting, being late to pick up someone, it was responsible for the entire destruction of a day. An...more

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Mar 03, 2011 Melissa rated it 3 of 5 stars

I found the plot of Evie becoming a vampire interesting. I loved her descriptions of pain and the absence of pain. Both descriptions were right on. So, I settled into what I thought was somewhat stereotypical but still enjoyable vampire fiction. However, when James starts taking Evie out on the town, they kept running into people who didn't like James and made him fight for everything. What I found problematic with this is that after a bit, you'd wondered why they kept going out and second no re...more

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Feb 01, 2011 Jessica rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, advanced-review-copy

Overall, this was very nicely done. The plotting could have been better, but I think the author has demonstrated enough potential that I'll keep an eye out for future works.

What I liked:
- the way the author is able to describe things so vividly; you can hear the characters breathe, see their shadows move. Each moment/scene is crystal clear.
- Evie and James. Sometimes they do things that make me wonder what they're thinking... but I'm wondering because I want to go deeper, get to know them bette...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Carmel (Rabid Reads) rated it 3 of 5 stars

The premise of this book is interesting, the characters are lovable but the plot has many gaps and is hard to follow. That's not to say that this book isn't worth your time. It's a nice, leisurely read with a cute love story. I just felt that the overall end goal wasn't obvious. The supernatural war that's mentioned in the synopsis was an afterthought and didn't really make an appearance until the end.

Evie's background story is a sad one; she's young, beautiful and dying. Luckily for her, she ha...more The premise of this book is interesting, the characters are lovable but the plot has many gaps and is hard to follow. That's not to say that this book isn't worth your time. It's a nice, leisurely read with a cute love story. I just felt that the overall end goal wasn't obvious. The supernatural war that's mentioned in the synopsis was an afterthought and didn't really make an appearance until the end.

Evie's background story is a sad one; she's young, beautiful and dying. Luckily for her, she has a vampire guardian angel (so to speak) watching over her. After receiving her final prognosis, Evie gets into a fatal car crash while en-route from her doctor's office. Talk about bad luck! That is until James swoops in and turns her dying mortal body into a vampire. For me, this was a great start to the novel. Having personally experienced cancer struggles with loved ones I rather enjoyed exploring this possibility. It added a dose of reality to Elisa Paige's fictional world. The only downside was that all of this occurred within the first chapter. I would have liked to have learnt more about Evie and her struggle before she was turned.

Evie awakens to her new life in James' house. She accepts her fate way too quickly in my opinion. There was little to no transition from her being terminally ill, to dying, to becoming a vampire. That's not including the evolution of Evie and James' romantic relationship. There were a few obstacles but they become immortal life-long companions in the blink of an eye. Evie resisted at first, but it wasn't much of a fight. They quickly became each others' everything. Love at first sight has its merits but in this case it wasn't fitting. I found it hard to believe that someone in Evie's position would just embrace her new existence so readily. She's been through hell and then some only to do a 180 and for everything to magically become hunky dory.

The main part of this book revolves around Evie and James' love story. They bask in each others company and try to learn every minute detail about the other. One night, during a romantic stroll through Central Park, they encounter another vampire which kick starts their adventure. However, it wasn't immediately evident what the danger was. In fact, it seemed like the bad guys were thrown in as an afterthought. None of the confrontations seemed connected until near the end when the plot finally comes to light. My impression of this novel went something like this: happy lovey dovey couple, couple kicks random vamp's ass, repeat. There weren't any obvious connections between the main characters and the main plot. Everything snowballs from here, all of a sudden James has an evil uncle who's trying to put an end to a centuries old treaty. Heuh?

Stealing Time is primarily a romance novel with vampires. I'm not sure if that was the author's intent or if the supernatural war was supposed to take center stage. This novel seemed like it was meant to be a mix of the two but failed to achieve that balance. The ending left me with more questions than answers and wondering what the main goal of the book was. The novel itself isn't bad, it just wasn't what I was expecting.

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Feb 21, 2011 Chrissy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: netgalley, read-in-2011

The thing that drew me to Stealing Time (on NetGalley) was the cover. It was so purple and vivid and beautiful, that I knew I wanted to read the book. And all this time, I presumed that I don't judge a book by it's cover...

The initial concept of Stealing Time by Elisa Paige is actually a pretty interesting one. Evie, a successful young 20-something who has pushed her way up the ladder in a male dominated career has learned that she is dying. She has terminal cancer and although the end is eminen...more

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Jan 22, 2011 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc

This is a fast paced urban fantasy that kept me gripped throughout. I found myself thrust into Evies world from the first sentence and was hurtled along at incredible speed as she struggles with terminal illness and is changed into a vampire- escaping death. The pace was a little disconcerting at first but I soon adjusted.

I liked the way that the author describes Evies change from human to vampire but I thought that she accepts that she is a vampire perhaps a bit too quickly. The vampire mytholo...more

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Feb 24, 2013 Christine rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, galley

This book’s pacing was brisk with only a few ‘take a second to breath’ scenes from the start of it. It’s told in Evie’s POV, so the first few chapters are rather well done as she adjusts to being a newly turned vampire (and honestly, I couldn’t help comparing it to Bella’s POV in Breaking Dawn, which was arrrggh. Stealing Time‘s description was better).

I liked James from the start. His pull toward Evie was evident, even though she chose to ignore the telling signs of his affection for her until...more

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Jan 23, 2011 Shelley aka Gizmo's Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-releases, vampires, paranormal-romance

26 year old Evelyn Reed (Evie) is a former hot shot reporter who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She has been told that there's nothing more the doctors can do for her. As she is leaving her doctors office, she decides that she is going to try and live. Fortunately, fate has plans for Evie.

James Wesley is a 150 year old vampire, turned by his uncle Philippe on the day he turned 30. He is also an amazing artist who's works sell very well. He has been following Evie around for 8 months since...more 26 year old Evelyn Reed (Evie) is a former hot shot reporter who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She has been told that there's nothing more the doctors can do for her. As she is leaving her doctors office, she decides that she is going to try and live. Fortunately, fate has plans for Evie.

James Wesley is a 150 year old vampire, turned by his uncle Philippe on the day he turned 30. He is also an amazing artist who's works sell very well. He has been following Evie around for 8 months since running into her in Chicago. He is awe stuck by her beauty and courage and after realizing that she is dying, he wants to do something for her. When Evie's cab is T-boned by a garbage truck, James rushes in and saves her in the only way he knows how: changes her into a vampire.

Just as James and Evie begin to define eternity together, a zealot breaks an ancient treaty, threatening a peace between humans and vampires that has stood for a thousand years. And when he focuses his hatred on Evie, the immortal lovers find themselves swept up in a deadly supernatural war.

Review: I liked the premise and relationship between James and Evie well enough. I was not offended that Evie took so quickly in becoming a vampire. Had anyone else been given a choice whether to die painfully, as cancer takes and rips apart the body, they would have gladly taken the chance as well. I liked the way the change is called the kiss, and the new vampire is called a changeling.

The first part of this book is all about Evie's determination to learn how to be a vampire and James love for her. Most of the novel is about their love and romance, and yes sex scenes abound between James and Evie as they strengthen their love for each other.

As things are getting good between Evie and James, Philippe sends some men to kill James. Evie jumps in the in the way and James is forced to save her again. It's not the only time that vampires try to come between the couple. Another vampire named Liam challenges James for control of Evie (she's a new changling at the time and therefore any vampire who wants to put a claim in on her, can.) James wins.

Evie's story is very interesting. She was dropped off by her mother at her grandmothers house when she was 7 years old. Grandmother died as she was graduating from college and Evie told herself that she would never again allow herself to become a victim. She self teaches herself Krav Maga, and works harder than anyone other reporter to get her story. Evie grows some amazing new powers thanks not only to exhanging blood with James, but after being hit with lightning trying to save a kid. She's also a force to be reckoned with now that she has these new powers. Can't wait to see how they develop.

Stealing time is definitely a novel for those who enjoy the aspects of paranormal romances as well as those who love to see vampires fighting other vamps and a bunch of intrigue between the main characters. Evie and James love affair is defintely worth reading about. The fact that you have a vampire uprising in the making, along with intrigue with the possibility that the Fae might join in, only makes this novel that much better to read. The story plots along at a rapid pace and at 298 pages, I finished it in one sitting.

The book ends, of course, with a major cliffhanger, for which I will not spoil. Needless to say, there has to be another novel to answer some questions. We need to know more about Philippe and the Church Slayers, and what happened to the Ancient vampires at the Gathering of vampires in Idaho. Why is Philippe aligning himself with the Dark Fae King Reiden? What will happen to Evie's college roommate Kate Garrison since she was kissed by another vampire? I also want to see more of conflict between the Slayers and the vampires and see on what side James, Evie, Gabe, Jack, Siska, Nic and Kate fall on.

I'm rating this book with 4 stars. My reason is that James and Evie's relationship didn't feel contrived or made up. It was genuine. The action outside of their relationship was good as well.

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Feb 01, 2011 Amber (The Musings of ALMYBNENR) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 100-reading-challenge-2011, 2011-e-book-challenge, arcs

Evie’s life is ending and she is only twenty-six years old. As far as she knows, she has no living family and ever since her diagnosis she has pulled away from those she knows. She is unrecognizable to herself in the mirror. Her body is betraying her and she is dealing with it all on her own, yet she remains strong and determined intellectually even as she knows there is nothing more she can do.

Until James finds her and changes everything. Changes her.

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Feb 19, 2012 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was fantastic! Evie was stubborn and loyal and James was handsome, comical and protective. There love wasn't exactly instant but there was always a connection. The romance was amazing and they clicked with each other so well. There friends were amazing and they were like a big family which is weird for vampires in there world. James's uncle is crazy and oh my god was that a huge cliff hanger. I can't wait for the next one!

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Feb 27, 2011 Nichole ~Bookaholic~ rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: pnr-uf, z-2011, arcs-netgalley-edelweiss

3.5 Stars...
Overall the book was pretty good. It did start about a bit slow and until the second half of the book, the pacing seemed off. The first half of the book had no clear direction and it made me wonder where the story was going and how soon it would get there. Fortunately the second half really picks up and there is a clear direction. I will definitely read the next one to see how the series moves forward.

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Jan 20, 2011 Kelly rated it 5 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved this book! I was swept away from the beginning on a non-stop romantic journey into an urban fantasy like non-other. I couldn't put the book and and was left early awaiting the next in the series!! All of Elisa Paige's books are MUST READS!

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Feb 02, 2011 Parajunkee.com rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: didn-t-finish

This book was just to stereotypical of vampire fiction. On top of the unoriginal premise, the plot had a whole bunch of gaps and things weren't explained and leaps were made without any explanations. I had to stop this one about a quarter through.

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Apr 01, 2011 Kimberly rated it 1 of 5 stars

Could not finish. Considering how I usually devour vampire novels, I don't know what it was. Fast action but annoying deliberation over the small things in the story.

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Mar 03, 2011 Dinjolina rated it 3 of 5 stars

I don't know...i just...have no idea.
It was good..but...bah!
Will have to rew in a few days.This one just makes me question a lot of things.

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Jan 07, 2011 Chibineko added it

Shelves: did-not-finish

Try as hard as I might, I just didn't get into this book. It's not because this was a bad book- the author manages to create some real heat between her characters & puts a bit of a new polish on vampire trends.

I think that in the end, I just wasn't the right reader for this book.

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Feb 28, 2013 Ashley rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, favorites

I absolutely loved this book! It had me addicted from the start!

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Elisa Paige is a former newspaper reporter, editor, and freelance writer who’s always had a passion for urban fantasy. While in college, Elisa carried a double major, a minor, worked four internships, and served as a European exchange student (Winchester, England) – solid preparation for juggling family, work, daily life, and writing, writing, writing. Elisa is a self-avowed caffeine addict with n...more

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