A Timeless Treasure

by Joyce Carlow

After the break-up of her relationship, Maddie Emerson decides that a mystery weekend on an island near Nova Scotia is just what she needs. But during an unexpected storm, she falls unconscious, and awakens on a pirate ship bound for the Caribbean. There, Maddie finds herself in the arms of an 18th-century buccaneer whose passion sweeps her into unknown waters.

316 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

Joyce Carlow is the pen name for the husband and wife professional writing team of Dennis Adair and Janet Rosenstock. They have been collaborating since 1974 and incorporated as Freelance WritersAssociates Inc. in 1982. Dennis has a degree in political science and French from Sir Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo and an education degree from University of Toronto. Janet has degrees in political science and English literature from San Diego State and UCLA They combine their love of history and travel in all their fiction. Joyce began her career writing sagas about America's newcomers. The authors presently live in the beautiful rolling Halton Hills outside Toronto in the summer and travel in the Southwestern United States in the winter.

Reviews

[Emma]

4.5 stars

[Linda (NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS)]

A TIMELESS TREASURE is a romance between a modern woman, Maddie Emerson, and Captain Ben York, a privateer. The storyline is typical. Woman meets man, neither trusts or likes each other, lust rules, then they can't live without each other. Unfortunately, only after the sex, does Maddie realize that "she never really wanted to see the twentieth century again-not if she had to leave him."

The intimacy scenes are continually weaved throughout a weak storyline. If you are looking for substance between the two, or something to make everything gel, don't read this book. I have rated it two stars for 'OK' but IMO it could have been so much better.