I
recently found out that not all is lost if your library doesn’t have a
book. They will just borrow it from
another library! I know I’m probably one
of the last to know this, but I’m in amazement right now. It was so easy, and my reach for free literature
just got a whole lot wider. This
was the first book I got this way, and boy am I glad that I did.
BOOK DESCRIPTION
When thirty-nine-year-old Elaine Metcliffe awakens one morning,
she is astounded to find herself in a strange bed, in another
century--inhabiting the body of another woman. In this, her "new"
life, she is married to English baron Charles Mortimer--dark, breathtakingly
handsome--and bent not only on seducing the resentful young woman he believes
her to be, but educating her in practices of physical pleasure Elaine has never
dared to imagine. Torn between fidelity to the passionless husband she left
behind and the exquisite temptation Charles offers with every touch, Elaine
will discover that the dark magic responsible for her transport to this time
and place is no match for the carnal delights that make her want to stay...
MY REVIEW
5 out of 5 *Stars*
This
is my first book that I’ve read by Robin Schone, and all I have to say is… Why,
oh why, is there not another book in this series! I’m not ready to never read
about these characters again. I want
more!
This
is not JUST a historical romance but more of a paranormal historical romance
because the heroine started off an overweight middle aged woman from modern day
Chicago and time travelled to a body of a young woman from 1883 Dorset who had
just turned twenty one and her only flaw happened to be a supposedly injured
leg that never healed correctly.
There
were so many questions I had when Elaine woke up as Morrigan. Can she go back and forth as she pleases?
What happened to Elaine’s body? Did the
real Morrigan jump into it, or does it just not exist yet since Elaine went
into the past? If that’s the case, where
is the actual Morrigan? Did she die?
The
best part about there being so many questions is that I was completely hooked
and couldn’t put the book down until I had figured out all the answers.
There
were plot twists and turns, along with added drama that fit in perfectly. The story divulged into Morrigan’s ugly past
to help explain the person she became.
I
loved the two main characters. They
complimented each other perfectly and I wanted nothing more than to see them
get their happily ever after. It was interesting reading Elaine’s modern way of
thinking into the past that she woke up in.
Other than constantly plagued with thoughts of infidelity to her modern
day husband, she was continuously observing the right way to talk and dress while
experiencing what life was like in the past, even down to her hairy legs and
underarms because women didn’t normally shave back then.
“It
was so confusing sometimes, keeping the two separate. Elaine, Morrigan.
Morrigan, Elaine.”
Throughout
everything, she was witty and her thoughts were never dull. Even in a critical crisis when nothing but
dread should be filling her, she thought,
“He
looked like the Pillsbury Doughboy with bushy side-whiskers. She wondered if he would giggle if she stuck
her finger into his stomach.”
Charles
is the epitome of that rugged hero we all love to read about. He is strong and domineering and has the
typical male thoughts that what ails his wife can be solved with a good bout of
sex and multiple orgasms. Even if that
wasn‘t the exact case, it did make for some amazing romantic scenes. I’ve read so many romance novels that these
scenes become repetitive and nothing special.
However shockingly, I felt myself start to blush on more than one occasion
while reading this book.
I
will admit that the ending was a little out in left field, but I was so
engrossed in the story that it was one of those things you just roll with.
From
the very beginning, I was hooked. The
first two pages were written in a way that made no doubt that these two were
soul mates from different times that were made for each other. It made me believe that it was no accident it
was Elaine that entered Morrigan’s body but the hands of fate deftly at
work.
Overall,
I loved this book. There were parts at
the beginning that were harder to get through because of the change of time and
language, but after a while your brain catches up and the book flows easily
along. This was Schone’s first book
written and my first book to read of hers.
I can say that it definitely won’t be my last. Robin Schone has just gained herself another
fan.
Until
next time…
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