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Forever Beside You in Time
Aurora Morrison scrimped and saved for a tour of Britain but, exhausted after the long plane trip to London, she falls asleep in Kensington Gardens and wakes to find herself somehow thrust back in time to 1902. The first person she meets is Jonathan Saunders, who takes her under his wing and introduces her to his family and friends as an American cousin. How can she help but fall in love with this handsome man of a bygone era? And how can she find her way home to her own time?
Newly engaged Jonathan Saunders is fascinated by this mysteriously lost and confused American woman and vows to protect her. When Aurie decides to pursue her original plan--touring the British Isles--Jonathan follows her across England and Wales, his fiancee hot on his heels. He knows he can't have it all, but he doesn't want it all. He just wants Aurora.
Newly engaged Jonathan Saunders is fascinated by this mysteriously lost and confused American woman and vows to protect her. When Aurie decides to pursue her original plan--touring the British Isles--Jonathan follows her across England and Wales, his fiancee hot on his heels. He knows he can't have it all, but he doesn't want it all. He just wants Aurora.
273 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2013
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About the author
Bess McBride
55 books147 followersI've been writing romance fiction since 2006 and have published 20 books. I write time travel romances, contemporary romances, romantic suspense, and light paranormal romances (lovelorn ghosty stuff).
A gypsy at heart, I've lived in Aruba, Venezuela, Arizona and California (thanks to my parents, and in Guam, Wyoming, Washington State, Belgium, Washington D.C., Maryland, Montana, Turkey and Alaska (thanks to my time in the U.S. Air Force. Since then, I've lived in Idaho, Nebraska and Alabama in addition to visiting many more countries and states, and I'm determined to Goodreads friend everyone from all those places plus many more!
Please stop by visit my website at www.bessmcbride.com and my blog at http://willtravelforromance.blogspot.com
A gypsy at heart, I've lived in Aruba, Venezuela, Arizona and California (thanks to my parents, and in Guam, Wyoming, Washington State, Belgium, Washington D.C., Maryland, Montana, Turkey and Alaska (thanks to my time in the U.S. Air Force. Since then, I've lived in Idaho, Nebraska and Alabama in addition to visiting many more countries and states, and I'm determined to Goodreads friend everyone from all those places plus many more!
Please stop by visit my website at www.bessmcbride.com and my blog at http://willtravelforromance.blogspot.com
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March 24, 2018
Good
Nicely written storyline ! Good interaction among characters! Storyline followed through so you knew how it ended! I look forward to more
Nicely written storyline ! Good interaction among characters! Storyline followed through so you knew how it ended! I look forward to more
August 10, 2014
This book was okay. It had "good bones" so to speak but could have been so much more which I'll point out later. I bought this during a time where I was in the mood for as many time travel romances as I could get my hands on. I moved onto another genre before reading this one and am just getting to it a month or so after I bought it. While not a great time travel romance read, it did somewhat satisfy.
Quick Rundown: Librarian Chick gets transported back to Edwardian England (1902) and predictably gets taken in by a wealthy Dude who is about to be engaged to the Ice-Queen Chick as both have been promised to each other by their dead mothers. Insta-love happens and we go on a journey through Great Britain with this cast of characters to find out how these two will get together.
Plot: Nothing new here, it was pretty predictable. At page 52, I marked it as "pleasant enough". But at page 62, there was the insta-love scene that was not well done at all- if you read this, just pretend that part didn't happen as the insta-love was much better done later on in the book. Note to author: The book was pretty contrived but I wasn't really expecting much being an obscure independent. There were a lot of missed opportunities with this book. For one, not much sharing of what the 21st century was like. There were a few times it was brought up but they were brief and brushed under the rug pretty quickly. I kept wondering if she's going to bring up WWI or anything and the author just skipped over what would have made for some interesting interactions and conflicts. The tour of GB and what happens on it was fairly entertaining but the ending was quite lackluster. Most of the resolving conflicts happened "off-screen" and all was made well by a bunch of kissing and tree-carving. The epilogue was clearly intended to be suspenseful in the sense of what time period did they end up in but it was really just kind of boring. I wasn't feeling the connection of these two MC's in the epilogue. The mechanics of time travel were never revealed but not really necessary for me in this type of read as sometimes, shit happens and I can leave it at that.
Overall: I felt this was a decent read of the genre when better done options have been exhausted. The time period was very well done and I found very few inconsistencies in that regard. And since the writing itself wasn't bad, I felt the author could have done better here. I'd consider reading future works of this author in the hopes of finding a more developed, epic read.
-Spuffed, "Half stars are for pansies and one gif is plenty."
Quick Rundown: Librarian Chick gets transported back to Edwardian England (1902) and predictably gets taken in by a wealthy Dude who is about to be engaged to the Ice-Queen Chick as both have been promised to each other by their dead mothers. Insta-love happens and we go on a journey through Great Britain with this cast of characters to find out how these two will get together.
Plot: Nothing new here, it was pretty predictable. At page 52, I marked it as "pleasant enough". But at page 62, there was the insta-love scene that was not well done at all- if you read this, just pretend that part didn't happen as the insta-love was much better done later on in the book. Note to author: The book was pretty contrived but I wasn't really expecting much being an obscure independent. There were a lot of missed opportunities with this book. For one, not much sharing of what the 21st century was like. There were a few times it was brought up but they were brief and brushed under the rug pretty quickly. I kept wondering if she's going to bring up WWI or anything and the author just skipped over what would have made for some interesting interactions and conflicts. The tour of GB and what happens on it was fairly entertaining but the ending was quite lackluster. Most of the resolving conflicts happened "off-screen" and all was made well by a bunch of kissing and tree-carving. The epilogue was clearly intended to be suspenseful in the sense of what time period did they end up in but it was really just kind of boring. I wasn't feeling the connection of these two MC's in the epilogue. The mechanics of time travel were never revealed but not really necessary for me in this type of read as sometimes, shit happens and I can leave it at that.
Overall: I felt this was a decent read of the genre when better done options have been exhausted. The time period was very well done and I found very few inconsistencies in that regard. And since the writing itself wasn't bad, I felt the author could have done better here. I'd consider reading future works of this author in the hopes of finding a more developed, epic read.
-Spuffed, "Half stars are for pansies and one gif is plenty."
May 19, 2015
Great story with strong characters. I love the idea of traveling through time and the concept of having to fit in with the time you land in. The characters are very likeable and the story moves well. Bess McBride is a very good author. All of the books I have read of hers have been enjoyable and well worth reading.
May 23, 2020
Forever Beside You in Time by Bess McBride
I choose five stars, cause I love this author. This is a good storyline and rounded characters. I would read this book again.
I choose five stars, cause I love this author. This is a good storyline and rounded characters. I would read this book again.
July 29, 2015
Not bad
It's a good read but it feels so slow and I feel like the story goes in circles, same drama and whining worry tones ...
It's a good read but it feels so slow and I feel like the story goes in circles, same drama and whining worry tones ...
September 13, 2015
I loved this story
I'm a big fan of this author's work, and this book is such a wonderful read. I'm very fond of happy endings!
I'm a big fan of this author's work, and this book is such a wonderful read. I'm very fond of happy endings!
December 17, 2015
Good time travel romance!! I didn't want to put it down!!
February 28, 2019
Forever Beside You in Time
I just loved this book and am so glad that you got the together, and a happier ending I could not be happier with . Thank you again.. Ada G.
I just loved this book and am so glad that you got the together, and a happier ending I could not be happier with . Thank you again.. Ada G.
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