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Cherished Displacement
Mason had always been concerned about his sister’s job as a physicist at Area 51, and when she calls him in the night and begs him to meet her, he doesn’t hesitate. Patricia has been given a special assignment that is top secret. She has to discover a code which will activate the time machine left behind by the aliens. Patricia has discovered the right combination, but realizing what that type of power can do in the wrong hands, she steals the device and tells Mason to dispose of it.
Mason heads out in the night to bury the machine in the desert, only to find that he is being followed. Soon he will be plunged into 16th Century London where he’ll discover there are others waiting for his arrival.
Lewis Langley, the son of a 16th century nobleman is completely unaware of his connection to the alien race who invented the time machine, but his grandfather isn’t. Soon Lewis will meet Mason, and it will change his entire life.
A love that crosses centuries, ripped apart by time….Lewis is Mason’s Cherished Displacement even when true love is worlds away.
Mason heads out in the night to bury the machine in the desert, only to find that he is being followed. Soon he will be plunged into 16th Century London where he’ll discover there are others waiting for his arrival.
Lewis Langley, the son of a 16th century nobleman is completely unaware of his connection to the alien race who invented the time machine, but his grandfather isn’t. Soon Lewis will meet Mason, and it will change his entire life.
A love that crosses centuries, ripped apart by time….Lewis is Mason’s Cherished Displacement even when true love is worlds away.
274 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 8, 2011
About the author
D.J. Manly
242 books267 followersI write not only for my own pleasure, but for the pleasure of my readers. I can’t remember a time in my life when I haven’t written and told stories. When I’m not writing, I’m dreaming about writing, doing something wild and adventurous, or trying to make the world a better and more open minded place to live in. I adore beautiful men, and I know I’m not alone in this! Eroticism between consenting adults, in all its many forms is the icing on the cake of life!
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January 15, 2011
Star-crossed lovers have it easy compared to the 'century crossed' lovers who are the main characters in Cherished Displacement. I must admit that I was interested in the idea from the time I first read the blurb: I mean, an alien time machine, trying to keep it out of the wrong people's hands, an actual journey back in time, and true love? Can it get any better? But that initial interest was far outdone by the total fascination with the story once I started reading it.
Mason is a great guy who gets himself involved in way more than he can handle when all he tries to do is help his sister. The way he coped with 16th century London was fascinating, his observations made me laugh and cringe in turn. The practicality of having to live in an era not your own were described so vividly, I could almost smell the stench and hear the rats scurrying along the streets.
Lewis starts off as a bored young nobleman who only knows one thing for sure: he doesn't want to get married, and definitely not to the woman his father has picked out for him. Once Lewis meets Mason, his slow awakening to the fact that he loves this stranger makes him miserable. He sees no way to escape his fate, and when a story twist forces both Lewis and Mason to accept they'll have to be separated, my heart broke with theirs.
From the first page, this story captured my attention. The explanation of the time machine (which I had thought might be the most interesting bit) was an important part of the plot, but it wasn't what ended up fascinating me most. The characters and their deep love for each other, the honor they both show in accepting their fate, and the final resolution was what made this story very special to me. Like most of DJ's stories, this is one that takes a look at human nature in all its different incarnations and expressions. I totally loved it, even though I spent the last third of it trying to read through a flood of tears. It was worth hanging on!
Mason is a great guy who gets himself involved in way more than he can handle when all he tries to do is help his sister. The way he coped with 16th century London was fascinating, his observations made me laugh and cringe in turn. The practicality of having to live in an era not your own were described so vividly, I could almost smell the stench and hear the rats scurrying along the streets.
Lewis starts off as a bored young nobleman who only knows one thing for sure: he doesn't want to get married, and definitely not to the woman his father has picked out for him. Once Lewis meets Mason, his slow awakening to the fact that he loves this stranger makes him miserable. He sees no way to escape his fate, and when a story twist forces both Lewis and Mason to accept they'll have to be separated, my heart broke with theirs.
From the first page, this story captured my attention. The explanation of the time machine (which I had thought might be the most interesting bit) was an important part of the plot, but it wasn't what ended up fascinating me most. The characters and their deep love for each other, the honor they both show in accepting their fate, and the final resolution was what made this story very special to me. Like most of DJ's stories, this is one that takes a look at human nature in all its different incarnations and expressions. I totally loved it, even though I spent the last third of it trying to read through a flood of tears. It was worth hanging on!
July 21, 2012
I think the premise was interesting and the first chapter or so I was excited for something different but then it just became a mess. There was absolutely no difference in the speech patterns, vocabulary, etc. between Mason and Lewis, or Mason and James or Mason and anyone in the 16th century. A couple of remarks were made of, "oh you sound different; where are you from?" I mean, really? That's it? If you plopped a 21st century person down in 1940 maybe, but 16th century England? And when the truth is revealed it's like not really a big deal. Time travel, being descended from aliens from another planet - it's all just accepted with a grain of salt from the characters. I would freak the hell out. Bad characters turning good at the drop of a hat, plot holes you could drive a truck through, I guess I'll just reread Tamara Allen's "Downtime" to enjoy a well-written time travel M/M.
February 16, 2011
The story is interesting and enjoyable till the end. A bit illogical for my point of view, but okay.
The story is set so that Mason is plunged into 16th Century where he meets Lewis. They fell in love,
but they are forced apart because Lewis needs to stay in his own 16th Century, because he needs to merry a girl who will give birth to his daughter, who is really important part of 16th Century. But then the plot is turned up side down and this important child, daughter from Lewis, which needed to be born in 16th Century, is plunged into 21th Century, because she was in danger for her life. And the story ends like that, this child which needed to be born in the 16th Century ends in 21th Century and stays there.
I mean were is logic in this PLOT ???
The story is set so that Mason is plunged into 16th Century where he meets Lewis. They fell in love,
but they are forced apart because Lewis needs to stay in his own 16th Century, because he needs to merry a girl who will give birth to his daughter, who is really important part of 16th Century. But then the plot is turned up side down and this important child, daughter from Lewis, which needed to be born in 16th Century, is plunged into 21th Century, because she was in danger for her life. And the story ends like that, this child which needed to be born in the 16th Century ends in 21th Century and stays there.
I mean were is logic in this PLOT ???
September 2, 2012
Wow. DJ Manly’s CHERISHED DISPLACEMENT is a creative combination of Area 51, time travel, the gay romance genre, and the historical romance, and I loved it.
Please see my complete review on September 2, 2012 at http://mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index....
Please see my complete review on September 2, 2012 at http://mrsconditreadsbooks.com/index....
May 18, 2011
Loved it! Was absolutely fantastic!! I was so excited for Mason and Lewis and I could hardly keep reading it. I wanted to cry. It was a pretty darn good book!
June 1, 2011
3.5 stars
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