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The Bride of Time
SOME LOVES... There was little of joy and beauty for Tessa LaPrelle, a scullery maid in 1903 London, but a painting called The Bride of Time. The nude raised eyebrows and speculation that Tessa had posed. Impossible! Even if some man could make her so wanton, even if the subject had Tessa's thick chestnut hair, the work had been commissioned a hundred years previous, at the start of the Regency! ...KNOW THE BRUSH OF ETERNITY Regardless, it wasn't the subject or its uncanny resemblance to her that drew Tessa to The Bride. Nor was it fascination with the one Giles Longworth, whose portrait showed eyes black as sin, wind-combed mahogany hair and broad, muscular shoulders. If any could make her wanton it was he; but he was also accused of sorcery, of dark evil things. Some even said Longworth had been a werewolf, the throats of his alleged victims torn from their bodies. No, what drew Tessa was a small window in the painting's corner, a seeming portal to that wild Cornish wilderness, to misty moors in a time gone by. Sometimes she dreamt she had been running all her life--from what and to whom, she was about to discover.
318 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2008
About the author
Dawn Thompson
47 books63 followersDawn Thompson was a regular columnist featured in women’s special interest publications world and nationwide for over thirty years, one of which CROCHET WORLD, published by House of White Birches, since its inception over twenty-five years ago. She was an award-winning poet, artist, and needlework designer and illustrator, specializing in vintage concepts for today’s woman.
Dawn wrote historical fiction under her own name and that of penname Dawn MacTavish. She primarily wrote Regency Romance, writing both traditional Regencies, and Regency-set historicals and paranormals. She also wrote paranormal romances for both Kensington Books and Dorchester Publishing. Some of her other works include historical paranormals, and Celtic and Norse Medievals, incorporating the history, theology, legend, and lore of her heritage, which was the ongoing focus of her research over the past thirty-five years.
Dawn lived on Long Island, New York until her death, with her double-coated Tuxedo cat, Shadowfax (alias, Miss Fuzz), and Espirit, her scandalous Senegal parrot, an incurable flirt. Since her death, Miss Fuzz resides with author Deborah Macgillivray.
Her favorite books was "Green Darkness" by Anya Seton, and as a tribute, Dawn's books always contained the phrase "green darkness" in some passage of the book.
Dawn wrote historical fiction under her own name and that of penname Dawn MacTavish. She primarily wrote Regency Romance, writing both traditional Regencies, and Regency-set historicals and paranormals. She also wrote paranormal romances for both Kensington Books and Dorchester Publishing. Some of her other works include historical paranormals, and Celtic and Norse Medievals, incorporating the history, theology, legend, and lore of her heritage, which was the ongoing focus of her research over the past thirty-five years.
Dawn lived on Long Island, New York until her death, with her double-coated Tuxedo cat, Shadowfax (alias, Miss Fuzz), and Espirit, her scandalous Senegal parrot, an incurable flirt. Since her death, Miss Fuzz resides with author Deborah Macgillivray.
Her favorite books was "Green Darkness" by Anya Seton, and as a tribute, Dawn's books always contained the phrase "green darkness" in some passage of the book.
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August 2, 2012
Of the 4 Dawn Thompson books I have read, including this one, The Bride of Time is by far my favorite. It was a bit of a combination of the themes used in The Falcon's Bride and The Ravencliff Bride. (The Waterlord was the other book by hers I've read.) In order from favorite to least favorite (I very much enjoyed all of them, though:
1. The Bride of Time
2. Ravencliff Bride
3. Waterlord
4. The Falcon's Bride
I always love her themes. I love the paranormal/magical elements in her stories. I find her stories to be unique.
Negatives - writing can be a little redundant. Example: she uses "frock" a great deal, muslin frock, etc. She must have really favored the thighs in a man, as she always seems to describe her hero's thighs. Having read four of her books, back to back, I noticed some repetition in her writing, not a big deal though, just noticeable.
As always, I feel like she tends to rush the relationship between her two leads a bit. So far, though, I think she did her best relationship development with these two characters, compared to the others I've read.
I would definately recommend ANY of her novels to anyone. If you are reading her works, I would suggest saving Bride of Time for last. Maybe start with Waterlord since is the most different of the mentioned 4, then go on to Falcon's Bride (it's my least favorite, but it is a great introduction to her time travel theme), then Ravencliff Bride, it'll give you some good background that will make The Bride of Time all the better. The characters are not linked whatsoever, though, so reading in any order will not be an issue.
I plan to read some her final stories ( I think they are about vampires or werewolves, or something, will have to look that up.) It was SINCERELY disappointed to learn that she had passed away not too long ago. However, her voice will live on. She continues to touch readers, such as myself.
1. The Bride of Time
2. Ravencliff Bride
3. Waterlord
4. The Falcon's Bride
I always love her themes. I love the paranormal/magical elements in her stories. I find her stories to be unique.
Negatives - writing can be a little redundant. Example: she uses "frock" a great deal, muslin frock, etc. She must have really favored the thighs in a man, as she always seems to describe her hero's thighs. Having read four of her books, back to back, I noticed some repetition in her writing, not a big deal though, just noticeable.
As always, I feel like she tends to rush the relationship between her two leads a bit. So far, though, I think she did her best relationship development with these two characters, compared to the others I've read.
I would definately recommend ANY of her novels to anyone. If you are reading her works, I would suggest saving Bride of Time for last. Maybe start with Waterlord since is the most different of the mentioned 4, then go on to Falcon's Bride (it's my least favorite, but it is a great introduction to her time travel theme), then Ravencliff Bride, it'll give you some good background that will make The Bride of Time all the better. The characters are not linked whatsoever, though, so reading in any order will not be an issue.
I plan to read some her final stories ( I think they are about vampires or werewolves, or something, will have to look that up.) It was SINCERELY disappointed to learn that she had passed away not too long ago. However, her voice will live on. She continues to touch readers, such as myself.
September 4, 2008
This book could have been better than what it was. I found myself frequently bored with this book and it took me FOREVER to read it. Also, the author seemed to get mixed up in the time line. The painting was gone on the day that Tessa was accused of stealing the brooch... so how is it possible that cops would be looking for her before the painting was sold? I didn't find either of the main characters to be exceptionally likable and I truly didn't care what the heck happened to them. In the end, with its time line errors and several other annoyances, I wouldn't read this book again. If you like paranormal romances, maybe you will enjoy it, but it just annoyed me too much for me to care about it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 2, 2010
As a time travel fan, I picked this up. It had a unique slant and a werewolf too which I didn't know getting into it. I really enjoyed the gypsy angle, this was a cool addition. It was a bit too predictable at times but overall good escapist fiction and I would recommend to fans of time travel fiction.
March 3, 2026
Started but dropped pretty quickly. From other reviews discussing the character of the male lead, I'm fine with not finishing this one. My reasons for not reading on may seem picky, but here we go. A young woman who speaks like she is educated would not be a scullery maid. That job went to someone who would most likely be of the lowest social order. They spent their days in the literal skullery.. scrubbing pots and dishes and doing the dirtiest kitchen jobs. Her hands would be rough and chapped. If she had been an upstairs maid, dressing the lady of the house, that would have been more believable.
Right at the start, because she has to make her own way, she thinks, well it's scullery maid or whitechapel lightskirt, those are my only choices. Women worked in shops. As clerks, in factories, etc. And about her hands, on her day off when she is dressed in her good dress to go to the art gallery, the kitchen maid, a rung above her on the household ladder, has to do the Tessa's work, and she's on her hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor with a brush and the 'harshest of lye soap'. Can you imagine what her hands would look like? Then the maid mocks Tessa for being Miss high-and-mighty gallery-goer, in a gutteral cockney dialect - the maid who is higher on the social ladder, remember. Tessa sweetly says, "a little culture may be beneficial to you", as she sips her tea. Seriously! This is the skullery maid. It's too unbelievable.
Tessa (the poor orphan skullery maid) is ready to go out in her best indigo bombazine frock with the little Brussels lace collar, her thick chestnut hair ordered in place with 3 tortoiseshell 'clips'. You can't put a head of long hair in order with 3 clips, and clips were never made of tortoiseshell. It should be combs. These are little things, but so distracting and ridiculous.
Anyway, I know some folks love this book. If you don't care about accuracy or things making sense in the world within which they're set, you may enjoy it too. It's not for me.
Right at the start, because she has to make her own way, she thinks, well it's scullery maid or whitechapel lightskirt, those are my only choices. Women worked in shops. As clerks, in factories, etc. And about her hands, on her day off when she is dressed in her good dress to go to the art gallery, the kitchen maid, a rung above her on the household ladder, has to do the Tessa's work, and she's on her hands and knees scrubbing the kitchen floor with a brush and the 'harshest of lye soap'. Can you imagine what her hands would look like? Then the maid mocks Tessa for being Miss high-and-mighty gallery-goer, in a gutteral cockney dialect - the maid who is higher on the social ladder, remember. Tessa sweetly says, "a little culture may be beneficial to you", as she sips her tea. Seriously! This is the skullery maid. It's too unbelievable.
Tessa (the poor orphan skullery maid) is ready to go out in her best indigo bombazine frock with the little Brussels lace collar, her thick chestnut hair ordered in place with 3 tortoiseshell 'clips'. You can't put a head of long hair in order with 3 clips, and clips were never made of tortoiseshell. It should be combs. These are little things, but so distracting and ridiculous.
Anyway, I know some folks love this book. If you don't care about accuracy or things making sense in the world within which they're set, you may enjoy it too. It's not for me.
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August 23, 2024At some point I needed to check the date of publication for this one, which is pretty telling in and of itself.
Early on in the book I have to admit that I started wondering if this was a joke - how many ludicrous tropes can we throw in and still get away with it? I generally enjoy time travel books a lot, and ironically just finished another book about time travelling, but a very different mood. No werewolves in that one.
This came pretty close to a DNF, but short of losing the book I try not to do that. I figure the author put the time and work in, I can at least see where it goes. I have enjoyed some of the books written by her under the name of Dawn MacTavish, although I see that many of the things that irritated me in her other books (under both names) prevail here.
For one, the fact that the hero behaves like a beast even when he is theoretically himself, and yet the heroine is swept away by him is simply baffling. She fell in love with his portrait?? Every time he might begin to redeem himself by behaving like a normal person, he screams at a servant, belittles a local or loses his temper or whatever.
The "not my nephew" is a whole labyrinth in and of itself...
The relationship with the Gypsy healer...
The confusing explanations of lay lines..
Good news, I did read it to the end. If it was a prank, kudos for getting it published, I guess.
Not my cuppa.
Early on in the book I have to admit that I started wondering if this was a joke - how many ludicrous tropes can we throw in and still get away with it? I generally enjoy time travel books a lot, and ironically just finished another book about time travelling, but a very different mood. No werewolves in that one.
This came pretty close to a DNF, but short of losing the book I try not to do that. I figure the author put the time and work in, I can at least see where it goes. I have enjoyed some of the books written by her under the name of Dawn MacTavish, although I see that many of the things that irritated me in her other books (under both names) prevail here.
For one, the fact that the hero behaves like a beast even when he is theoretically himself, and yet the heroine is swept away by him is simply baffling. She fell in love with his portrait?? Every time he might begin to redeem himself by behaving like a normal person, he screams at a servant, belittles a local or loses his temper or whatever.
The "not my nephew" is a whole labyrinth in and of itself...
The relationship with the Gypsy healer...
The confusing explanations of lay lines..
Good news, I did read it to the end. If it was a prank, kudos for getting it published, I guess.
Not my cuppa.
January 21, 2022
After sleeping on it, I think I'm going to settle on a 3.25 for this one. I enjoyed the adventure/mystery part of the plot well enough and the romance was just fine, but that's about it. No huge wow factor, but nothing horrible either. I did want to know what came of Monty at the end and he didn't really get mentioned again after the climax of the book, so that's kind of a bummer. And if I have to read the phrase "needs must" that many times in a book ever again, I might lose it. I do appreciate how this book scratched the itch that I have for historical paranormal romance though! It's one of my favorite subgenres and it can be a bit tough to find.
Brief content warning: There is a group of Roma people involved as side characters and they are referred using the G slur throughout the whole book.
Brief content warning: There is a group of Roma people involved as side characters and they are referred using the G slur throughout the whole book.
June 28, 2019
Oh wow!!! This is one of my favorite books now! It was off like a shot from page one,no boring introduction chapters or anything unnecessary, straight into the story at breakneck speed. And I couldn't bare to put it down! Regency,time travel, werewolves,evil children, true love,oh it was perfect!! And the first fantasy I've read in which something bad actually happened, normally it's hinted at and worried over, but the heroine always finds the solution and saves the day. Not so here.. and I loved it, somebody actually let it befall the characters for once, very unique. I loved every page and want to read all of Thompson's books now!!
March 16, 2017
It started out like your typical gothic romance with a time travel twist. I was really surprised at how well she mixed the paranormal genre with the gothic romance. There could have been a little better character development on the part of the hero but on the whole I found the author was a good world builder and the book a good read.
July 3, 2008
The Bride of Time is a time-travel, as one might infer from the title, and it's another of author Dawn Thompson's tour de force books that continually amazed me with just how talented she was.
Tessa LaPrelle is a scullery maid in Poole House. She speaks proper English, has manners of a lady, but she is nothing more than a maid in the year 1903. On her day off, she stumbles across the self-portrait of Giles Longworth and is drawn to the image of the handsome artist, as well as another of his paintings called `The Bride of Time'. The painting was done in 1811 at the commission of the Prince of England, and Tessa and patrons of the small gallery are surprised to see that it's her face on the painting. She is continually called back to the Longworth paintings, which seem to embody everything her life is not.
Later, she is accused of stealing a pearl brooch from the owner of Poole House. She escapes the Bobbies by accidently stumbling over a ley line that carries her back to Longhallow Abbey, and face-to-face with its mysterious owner Giles Longworth. In the year of 1811, Tessa is mistaken for the new governess for Giles's ward, Monty, who sends governesses running in terror¯and no small wonder, as this child is more than a brat, he is evil incarnate, cursed from his Gypsy mother's blood.
Rumors abound that Longworth killed his wife and her lover, maybe even killed Monty's step-mother, Giles's sister, and her unborn child. Then there are the dead animals, and sometimes dead people, in the small hamlet near the Abbey in the wilds of Cornwall, all left with their throats ripped out. Tessa soon sees her charge is troubled, but wonders if his guardian isn't partly to blame. The man is nearly brutal with the child, spends his time sloshed with Brandy, and locked up in his garret studio painting like mad. Or is he really mad? Mad or tormented, Tessa cannot resist the man.
Time-traveling ley lines, werewolves, Gypsy curses, and more fill this wonderful novel that keeps the reader turning pages. Thompson was a beautiful writer, a true storyteller, and this is just another marvelous book in the long line of titles spanning her `shooting star' career. Giles and Tessa's love that spans the years is one that touched my heart, and will linger long in memory after the book is put down. Another Dawn Thompson novel for my Keeper Shelf and possibly her best book yet. Bittersweet for this is the first book published after her death.
Tessa LaPrelle is a scullery maid in Poole House. She speaks proper English, has manners of a lady, but she is nothing more than a maid in the year 1903. On her day off, she stumbles across the self-portrait of Giles Longworth and is drawn to the image of the handsome artist, as well as another of his paintings called `The Bride of Time'. The painting was done in 1811 at the commission of the Prince of England, and Tessa and patrons of the small gallery are surprised to see that it's her face on the painting. She is continually called back to the Longworth paintings, which seem to embody everything her life is not.
Later, she is accused of stealing a pearl brooch from the owner of Poole House. She escapes the Bobbies by accidently stumbling over a ley line that carries her back to Longhallow Abbey, and face-to-face with its mysterious owner Giles Longworth. In the year of 1811, Tessa is mistaken for the new governess for Giles's ward, Monty, who sends governesses running in terror¯and no small wonder, as this child is more than a brat, he is evil incarnate, cursed from his Gypsy mother's blood.
Rumors abound that Longworth killed his wife and her lover, maybe even killed Monty's step-mother, Giles's sister, and her unborn child. Then there are the dead animals, and sometimes dead people, in the small hamlet near the Abbey in the wilds of Cornwall, all left with their throats ripped out. Tessa soon sees her charge is troubled, but wonders if his guardian isn't partly to blame. The man is nearly brutal with the child, spends his time sloshed with Brandy, and locked up in his garret studio painting like mad. Or is he really mad? Mad or tormented, Tessa cannot resist the man.
Time-traveling ley lines, werewolves, Gypsy curses, and more fill this wonderful novel that keeps the reader turning pages. Thompson was a beautiful writer, a true storyteller, and this is just another marvelous book in the long line of titles spanning her `shooting star' career. Giles and Tessa's love that spans the years is one that touched my heart, and will linger long in memory after the book is put down. Another Dawn Thompson novel for my Keeper Shelf and possibly her best book yet. Bittersweet for this is the first book published after her death.
January 3, 2009
Tessa LePrelle is a scullery maid in London in the year 1903. To brighten up her dreary existence she visits a gallery where a century old painting by Giles Longworth, the “Bride of Time” is on display. She’s not only drawn to patchwork hills and the manor house hidden in the mist, the woman in the portrait intrigues her. She resembles her in many ways.
After being accused of stealing from her employee, she makes as mad dash through the London fog hoping to escape the Bobbies that are determined to take her away. The fog lifts and she finds herself in another time, a time where Giles Longworth is very much alive. She is mistaken for the new governess and Giles coachman brings her directly to the brooding artist. She knows his face immediately for she’s seen his self-portrait in the gallery. While she tries to figure out how and why she’s here, she agrees to be the governess for Monty, Giles’ ward. The child proves to be more than a handful. He is part gypsy and believes he is a werewolf.
Giles would like to dismiss the child’s claims as fantasy, but the child has bitten him and the wound will not heal. There have been recent animal deaths and the child’s temper is out of control, forcing Giles to search for answers. Not only does he have the child to worry about, he must finish the painting the Prince Regent has commissioned, but he can’t keep a model there long enough to complete it. When Tessa arrives, he knows she is the face of the “Bride of Time.” All he has to do is convince her.
Dawn Thompson has created an intriguing paranormal tale of suspense. You’ll be drawn into her world where the legends of the lay lines (the time portals) that run along the route of St. Michael’s Churches, and where werewolves are a threat when the moon is full. Not only are Giles and Tessa characters that you will love and care for with the hope that they find a way to be together, you will also fall for the secondary characters as well. Moraiva, the Gypsy woman who does all she can to help the young couple and Foster, Giles’ trusted man, who will do all he can to keep the secret that plagues Longhollow Abbey.
I truly cannot say enough about this book with its gothic romance and the mystery of time travel and the threat of the werewolf. It is a definite keeper on my shelf. Ms. Thompson truly had the knack for creating a tale that grips the imagination.
After being accused of stealing from her employee, she makes as mad dash through the London fog hoping to escape the Bobbies that are determined to take her away. The fog lifts and she finds herself in another time, a time where Giles Longworth is very much alive. She is mistaken for the new governess and Giles coachman brings her directly to the brooding artist. She knows his face immediately for she’s seen his self-portrait in the gallery. While she tries to figure out how and why she’s here, she agrees to be the governess for Monty, Giles’ ward. The child proves to be more than a handful. He is part gypsy and believes he is a werewolf.
Giles would like to dismiss the child’s claims as fantasy, but the child has bitten him and the wound will not heal. There have been recent animal deaths and the child’s temper is out of control, forcing Giles to search for answers. Not only does he have the child to worry about, he must finish the painting the Prince Regent has commissioned, but he can’t keep a model there long enough to complete it. When Tessa arrives, he knows she is the face of the “Bride of Time.” All he has to do is convince her.
Dawn Thompson has created an intriguing paranormal tale of suspense. You’ll be drawn into her world where the legends of the lay lines (the time portals) that run along the route of St. Michael’s Churches, and where werewolves are a threat when the moon is full. Not only are Giles and Tessa characters that you will love and care for with the hope that they find a way to be together, you will also fall for the secondary characters as well. Moraiva, the Gypsy woman who does all she can to help the young couple and Foster, Giles’ trusted man, who will do all he can to keep the secret that plagues Longhollow Abbey.
I truly cannot say enough about this book with its gothic romance and the mystery of time travel and the threat of the werewolf. It is a definite keeper on my shelf. Ms. Thompson truly had the knack for creating a tale that grips the imagination.
April 23, 2013
A LEAP FROM TIME INTO ANOTHER ERA...HOW FASCINATING!
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I didn't expect this to be so entertaining, leaping from early 1900 to early 1800 and back, I was afraid Tessa LaPrelle will never find that lane back. I would cringed and scream NO each time she leaped back to her time, afraid she'll get stuck and not be able to find her way back...oh, but she has to go back, back to something terrifying but also to something so wonderful...back into the arms of a beautiful, tormented, well known artist, Giles Longworth, who's passionately and hopelessly in love with her. For her, stumbling back into 1800's was a reprieved as she was being chased by the authorities and her employer, who's determined to put her in the gallows believing Tessa stole from her. Amazing how the difference of fashion from her own time to the early eighteen hundreds was frowned upon on how she's dressed and mistaken for a loosy-gussie.
This is such a fascinating story full of suspense, there's so much I wanted to tell but afraid it'll end up being a spoiler. If you're fond of historical romance and a thriller at the same time, this is the book for you
December 19, 2008
Dawn Thompson’s book, The Bride of Time, is so engrossing you will not be able to put it down. It catches your interest the moment Tessa La Prelle has her nightmare. You can almost feel the hot breath on your neck as she runs for her life.
In a small gallery she’s drawn to a hundred year old painting and the artist’s self- portrait. The picture haunts her because “The Bride of Time” resembles Tessa, and the artist looks familiar.
When a broach is stolen Tessa, a scullery maid, is blamed. She runs into the fog to escape imprisonment and slips through a corridor of time. Frightened and confused, she’s mistaken for a governess for Longhollow Abbey. When she meets Giles Longworth and his nephew, she realizes that she is no longer in 1903. Giles is the artist that painted The Bride of Time.
Dawn Thompson spins an amazing tale of romance, time travel, mystery, and werewolves. All of it works together to create an exciting romance, and the ending left me wanting more. Although Dawn is gone, her talent is alive, and she will be remembered.
In a small gallery she’s drawn to a hundred year old painting and the artist’s self- portrait. The picture haunts her because “The Bride of Time” resembles Tessa, and the artist looks familiar.
When a broach is stolen Tessa, a scullery maid, is blamed. She runs into the fog to escape imprisonment and slips through a corridor of time. Frightened and confused, she’s mistaken for a governess for Longhollow Abbey. When she meets Giles Longworth and his nephew, she realizes that she is no longer in 1903. Giles is the artist that painted The Bride of Time.
Dawn Thompson spins an amazing tale of romance, time travel, mystery, and werewolves. All of it works together to create an exciting romance, and the ending left me wanting more. Although Dawn is gone, her talent is alive, and she will be remembered.
July 29, 2025
The heroine get thrust back and forth threw time on multiple occations throughout the book. This didn't really seem to shock her much- I suppose having gone from 1903 to 1800's wasn't a massive change compared to a modern women going back. The hero was a drunken whoremonger who's gets bitten by his sisters step son and turned into a werewolf. The boy was an evil figure, like he was possessed by the devil and creepy as hell. I liked the book except for one part. The hero, in his lust crazed change basically thrusts his cock into the girls hand and though she was a lady and virgin she didn't even bat an eye. It was odd and didn't fit with her character. But it was quick obvious from the first meeting that he loved her. He remarked numerous times of the beautifulness of her hair and was genially tortured to find out that he had turned her into a werewolf by accident.
December 12, 2008
I haven't read too many time travel books, so I wasn't sure what to expect. If it didn't have a werewolf angle I probably wouldn't have picked it up!
I really liked this book. I had ideas about how I thought the story would go, and was pleasantly surprised when I was wrong!
My only complaint is that it ended too soon, I wanted to see what happened next...it sounded like there was still an adventure ahead of them.
I really liked this book. I had ideas about how I thought the story would go, and was pleasantly surprised when I was wrong!
My only complaint is that it ended too soon, I wanted to see what happened next...it sounded like there was still an adventure ahead of them.
July 23, 2014
I picked this one up on sale on Amazon without reading anything about it and was delightfully surprised! It was a wonderful mix-up of several generes: time travel, werewolves, gypsies, art, Regency, and Edwardian. Seriously! All in one book! And, somehow, it works. So, if you like any or all of those, by all means, give it a read!! It hits so many elements, there is bound to be something in it for everyone!!
September 5, 2008
While escaping the law, accused of a crime she didn't commit, Tessa stumbles upon Laylines and finds herself 100 years in the past. She comes across handsome brooding artist Giles, and his 9 year old ward, who's much more then a typical problem child...
January 11, 2015
It's been a while since I've read a paranormal historical romance. This was a refreshing change from the other books in my to be read pile. It was a good and entertaining book. I really liked Tessa so I wanted to see her get a happily ever after.
May 12, 2012
Magical, simply magical. One of my favorite love stories.
February 9, 2016
Very good
This was a very good story, I enjoyed this book very much, I recommend to all adults to read and more
This was a very good story, I enjoyed this book very much, I recommend to all adults to read and more
March 17, 2022
Wonderful
Real good reading, kept me on the edge of my seat. You didn't want to put it down . Sometimes it was hot and steamy.
Real good reading, kept me on the edge of my seat. You didn't want to put it down . Sometimes it was hot and steamy.
April 15, 2017
I am a little disappointed with the book probably because I might had some really high expectations from it. I did like the story at the beginning and being able to read from the point of view of the hero and heroine was a boon.
What makes me skip a lot of part from this book was the heroines action and way of thinking. It became just irritating for me and being on her head became a chore and there weren't really much going on in the story. I did find the concept of the story amusing and could see a lot of potential from it with it having a paranormal twist in it with the werewolf, gypsy and ley line.
What makes me skip a lot of part from this book was the heroines action and way of thinking. It became just irritating for me and being on her head became a chore and there weren't really much going on in the story. I did find the concept of the story amusing and could see a lot of potential from it with it having a paranormal twist in it with the werewolf, gypsy and ley line.
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