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Lovers and Other Lunatics
Get Ready for . . . The Time of Your Life! Teresa Phelps has heard of being crazy in love. But Charles Everett seems just plain mad. Her handsome kidnapper unnerves her with his charm and flabbergasts her with his accusations. He acts under the misguided belief that she holds the key to finding buried treasure. But all Tess feels she can unearth is one oddball after another. While Charles= actions resemble those of a lunatic, his body arouses thoughts of a lover. And while Charles helps to fend off her dastardly and dangerous pursuers, Tess wonders if he has her best interests at heartCor is she just a pawn in his quest for riches? As the madcap misadventures ensue, Tess strives to dig up the truth. Who is the enigmatic Englishman? What is he after? And most important, in the hunt for hidden riches is the ultimate prize true love?
393 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2000
About the author
Eugenia Riley
78 books100 followersEugenia Riley is the award-winning, bestselling author of dozens of historical, contemporary and time-travel romances, including A TRYST IN TIME, TEMPEST IN TIME, and TIMESWEPT BRIDE. She is a #1 Bestselling Author of Time Travel Romance at Amazon and Kindle. She has written for publishers including Avon, Bantam, Warner, Harlequin and Dorchester.
Eugenia is delighted to announce the launching of Eugenia Riley Classics, a new imprint featuring all of your favorite Eugenia Riley historical, contemporary, and time-travel romances, finally available again in Kindle, NOOK, Kobo and at iBooks! Eugenia's currently available e-book list includes: WANTED ACROSS TIME; BUSHWHACKED BRIDE; BUSHWHACKED GROOM; PHANTOM IN TIME; EMBERS OF TIME; A CHRISTMAS IN TIME; LOVERS AND OTHER LUNATICS; TIMESWEPT BRIDE; TIMESWEPT BABY; THE PHANTOM OF THE BATHTUB ; TEMPEST IN TIME; and TWO HEARTS IN TIME.
Eugenia's latest release, WANTED ACROSS TIME, is an April 2013 release in Kindle, NOOK, Kobo, and at iBooks. WANTED ACROSS TIME is a wild and sexy romp back in time to the Wild West, in the tradition of BUSHWHACKED BRIDE and BUSHWHACKED GROOM.
Eugenia is especially acclaimed for her nine time travel romance novels. Her first two, A TRYST IN TIME and TEMPEST IN TIME, were Waldenbooks romance bestsellers in mass-market paperback; both titles sold out of print three times. Three of her time-travels placed on the Ingram's romance list; and EMBERS OF TIME was a top ten bestseller in time-travel at Borders. Eight of Eugenia's time-travels have earned 5 star ratings or better at Heartland Critiques, and all have won numerous high ratings and rave reviews in publications such as Romantic Times, Rendezvous, and The Literary Times. Reviewer Harriet Klausner calls Eugenia "the empress of time-travel romance." She has received thousands of fan letters on her novels, from locations all over the world.
Eugenia is the winner of the HOLT Medallion for WALTZ IN TIME. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, Texas, a former English teacher and editor of TOUCHSTONE Literary Quarterly. She lives in Texas with her husband; they have two grown daughters and two grandchildren.
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December 20, 2017
4 stars full of suspense and laughs
I want to start my review saying that I didn't expect to enjoy that much this book. It has everything I like and I'm glad I read it.
This is the story of Teresa and Charles, she is doctorate student and he just happens to want to be around her for some reason you'll have to find out. That was the first thing that got my attention and had me guessing through all the book. I never expected him to be what he is and that's something I enjoy while reading, when I get surprised by a character. Teresa is quirky, a little aloof, smart and sad. She just lost her brother in a weird accident and she's trying to get her life together. This is where Charles get into her life. I have to confess I always felt wary about him but I never disliked him and that's something weird to me. I usually have strong feeling for the characters in a book, but I just couldn't love nor hate Charles. I just knew he was hiding something but he actually cared for Teresa and I just hoped when his secret was out I wouldn't end up hating him. I'm not going to say how I feel about him since I don't want to give anything away from the plot, but this book is worth reading.
So, why 4 stars? I think it needs a little more editing in she sense of congruence of the action. I'm picky like that. Charles referred to her as Tess or Teresa but there was no reason behind it. He should've sticked to one, or at least make a notable difference of why using both names. Then, there is a scene that I don't think it would've happened that way for the circumstances, it looks like Teresa forgot she was in pain and was able to do whatever she wanted. That scene could've happened differently taking into consideration her well being. That's me being picky again.
Overall, I enjoyed to book and I'm looking forward to read more about the author. The characters were funny and all of them got together in a nice way at the end. Even in the Epilogue, I wasn't sure if I wanted to punch someone or not and that's great.
I want to start my review saying that I didn't expect to enjoy that much this book. It has everything I like and I'm glad I read it.
This is the story of Teresa and Charles, she is doctorate student and he just happens to want to be around her for some reason you'll have to find out. That was the first thing that got my attention and had me guessing through all the book. I never expected him to be what he is and that's something I enjoy while reading, when I get surprised by a character. Teresa is quirky, a little aloof, smart and sad. She just lost her brother in a weird accident and she's trying to get her life together. This is where Charles get into her life. I have to confess I always felt wary about him but I never disliked him and that's something weird to me. I usually have strong feeling for the characters in a book, but I just couldn't love nor hate Charles. I just knew he was hiding something but he actually cared for Teresa and I just hoped when his secret was out I wouldn't end up hating him. I'm not going to say how I feel about him since I don't want to give anything away from the plot, but this book is worth reading.
So, why 4 stars? I think it needs a little more editing in she sense of congruence of the action. I'm picky like that. Charles referred to her as Tess or Teresa but there was no reason behind it. He should've sticked to one, or at least make a notable difference of why using both names. Then, there is a scene that I don't think it would've happened that way for the circumstances, it looks like Teresa forgot she was in pain and was able to do whatever she wanted. That scene could've happened differently taking into consideration her well being. That's me being picky again.
Overall, I enjoyed to book and I'm looking forward to read more about the author. The characters were funny and all of them got together in a nice way at the end. Even in the Epilogue, I wasn't sure if I wanted to punch someone or not and that's great.
May 18, 2015
Lovers and Lunatics
Teresa has just lost her brother and is trying to recover. All she has to remember him now is a cheap pirate bracelet. While buying towels for her aunts visit, she is kidnapped. When she escapes and catches a ride home, she finds that her home has been ransacked and shot up. When her kidnapper turns rescuer and everyone seems to think her brother sent her "papers" leading to treasure, who can Teresa trust? Charles, the kidnapper? What about the low life thugs that try to kidnap her again? What's "pig face" doing sneaking in her house and threatening her? Trying to figure out what everyone wants, if her brother was actually murdered and who may have killed him is exhausting. A lovely and lively set of characters-from Teresa, Charles, Munolo, Aunt Hatch, Aunt Maize, the Bug Brugaide worker who is always at the right place and time...you are never at want for action and, in some cases laughter. I thoroughly enjoyed Eugenia Riley's humor and wit when writing Lovers and Other Lunatics. I highly recommend Lovers to anyone ready for a great read. Love, adventure, mystery, mayhem, suspense, action and drama all in one exciting story.
Teresa has just lost her brother and is trying to recover. All she has to remember him now is a cheap pirate bracelet. While buying towels for her aunts visit, she is kidnapped. When she escapes and catches a ride home, she finds that her home has been ransacked and shot up. When her kidnapper turns rescuer and everyone seems to think her brother sent her "papers" leading to treasure, who can Teresa trust? Charles, the kidnapper? What about the low life thugs that try to kidnap her again? What's "pig face" doing sneaking in her house and threatening her? Trying to figure out what everyone wants, if her brother was actually murdered and who may have killed him is exhausting. A lovely and lively set of characters-from Teresa, Charles, Munolo, Aunt Hatch, Aunt Maize, the Bug Brugaide worker who is always at the right place and time...you are never at want for action and, in some cases laughter. I thoroughly enjoyed Eugenia Riley's humor and wit when writing Lovers and Other Lunatics. I highly recommend Lovers to anyone ready for a great read. Love, adventure, mystery, mayhem, suspense, action and drama all in one exciting story.
September 19, 2014
I received this book for an honest review... I had a difficult time getting into this book, granted I finished it but it wasnt a normal quck read for me.
Eugenia Riley is a good writer but in this story I felt it was description overload, and the , hmm how do I say this, the significantly large words made it extra hard for me to enjoy it. I understand the main character is well educated but overuse of these words made for an extremely uncomfortable read for me.
Overall the story line was great, aside from the before mentioned issues.
Eugenia Riley is a good writer but in this story I felt it was description overload, and the , hmm how do I say this, the significantly large words made it extra hard for me to enjoy it. I understand the main character is well educated but overuse of these words made for an extremely uncomfortable read for me.
Overall the story line was great, aside from the before mentioned issues.
February 20, 2013
I hate the cover of the book. I really really hate it. But the story is quite entertaining with its mystery and sleuthing stuff. And yes, I'm a sucker for those. So despite the cover, I rate it 4/5 for the very well made story. One can't very well judge a book by it's cover.
August 30, 2016
Really good book. Turned out much better than I thought it would. I love humor in a story. It makes it interesting and fun to read. It caught my attention right away and kept it. I recommend it. I was given an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
June 1, 2011
Errrmmmm... well... the lunatic part fits v. well. Book was insane.
December 20, 2017
Liked it.
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