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Fantasy. Fiction. Romance. Historical Fiction. Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements. When a mysterious accident transports Simon and his assistant, Elizabeth West, back in time, Simon finally finds both the proof that he's been looking for, and the romance that he hasn't.Simon and Elizabeth's developing relationship is tested by demons real and imagined. In 1920s Manhattan, there are more than mobsters vying for show more power in the city's speakeasies. When the local kingpin with a dark secret sets his sights on Elizabeth, day to day struggles become a fight for their very lives.Out of Time: A Time Travel Mystery (Book #1)When the Walls Fell (Book #2)Fragments (Book #3)The Devil's Due (Book #4)Thursday's Child (Book #5)Sands of Time (Book #6)Book #6 coming soon!. show lessTags
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This is not one star, this is one half a star. And that is a generous half star. This was a Book bub bargain but I still felt duped and that the blurb set an expectation that was far from met. Caveat - I do not like romance novels. Especially those of the Harlequin variety. And I am not a fan, at all, of Fifty Shades of Grey - not because of the subject matter, but because I don't feel the subject matter was handled well. But I digress.
When I chose this title, what I was expecting was a time travel novel with a supernatural/horror element. The first chapter was fine. Introduction of Professor Simon Cross, occult studies and his teaching assistant Elizabeth. An implication that they were attracted to one another and the items that would show more aid the time travel. This book is 254 pages on my Nook.
For the first 200 pages, literally not figuratively, the story was nothing more than burning flashing eyes, sensuous curvature of her breasts, his hard manhood, her thighs and ass, his ass and back and the sexual tension that drove them to have endless cold showers in a seedy hotel room in the year 1929, to which they had been transported.
At some point, they finally had sex and then the story became about how much they dropped the whole idea of anything they were supposed to be investigating or doing on this time travel trip and ran back to their seedy motel/apartment and had sex. Or when they went to Coney Island for the day, wanting to have sex on the train and the roller coaster and at the movies. And in their job at the speakeasy (he as a piano player, she as a barmaid) watching each other, lusting after each other and dipping into the back room for a quickie or a make out session.
In between the sex, they went to a diner and ate breakfast every day at 1pm and then had more sex with an occasional glass of bootleg scotch or bourbon. Occasionally, one or the other would be assaulted for various reasons and they would clean each others wounds and have sex.
The last 54 pages were the story about the supernatural, crammed in amongst more sex/sexual tension and lots of loose ends, unexplained ideas and half thoughts. The book finally ends with a list of follow up books with these same characters presumably screwing their way through time.
I'm not a prude. Sex is great. Well written sex scenes within the context of a story are great. This is not that. This is Harlequin romance stuff with Fabio on the cover. If you are into that, then this a book for you and hell, maybe it's a 5 star read for those who go in knowing that and wanting that kind of novel.
But this is not a good time travel novel. Both devices (a ring and a watch) that were supposed to be so important to the story were poorly explained and in the case of the ring, barely even covered making it at most an afterthought. Characters would come in with no explanation as to the hows and whys (Simon's grandfather who incidentally had died about 38 years earlier in Chapter 1) and in the last 10 pages, a mysterious council who controlled time travel was mentioned in passing but Simon was too busy worrying that he would never have sex with Elizabeth again to stop for the explanation. I'm not kidding. Father Cavanugh, a priest who seemed to be important in the beginning, dropped in and out...I could list a lot of things but the truth is, the inconsistencies are so many that it's a book in itself.
As for the horror portion. A 1920's era bootlegger/gangster who is a cross between a vampire and demon with yellow eyes. He made himself into this incidentally with Egyptian artifacts that he acquired from King Tuts tomb. How a low level rum runner acquires Tut's treasures 5 years or less after the discovery - well, yet another poorly explained plot point. He ran around ripping the throats out of men, women and children thus controlling the Bowery. Oh yes, lest I forget, the power of love was his undoing. He also spent a lot of time ogling and leering at Elizabeth and there was of course a pissing contest about who would have her.
It has been a long time since I have read a book I would rate so low. I suppose I am a book masochist because I make myself finish any book I start to give it and the author a chance to make me a believer. This one defied all efforts to do so. One for fans of the romance genre and probably needs to be put into a more accurate category so as not to deceive readers as to what it's really about. show less
When I chose this title, what I was expecting was a time travel novel with a supernatural/horror element. The first chapter was fine. Introduction of Professor Simon Cross, occult studies and his teaching assistant Elizabeth. An implication that they were attracted to one another and the items that would show more aid the time travel. This book is 254 pages on my Nook.
For the first 200 pages, literally not figuratively, the story was nothing more than burning flashing eyes, sensuous curvature of her breasts, his hard manhood, her thighs and ass, his ass and back and the sexual tension that drove them to have endless cold showers in a seedy hotel room in the year 1929, to which they had been transported.
At some point, they finally had sex and then the story became about how much they dropped the whole idea of anything they were supposed to be investigating or doing on this time travel trip and ran back to their seedy motel/apartment and had sex. Or when they went to Coney Island for the day, wanting to have sex on the train and the roller coaster and at the movies. And in their job at the speakeasy (he as a piano player, she as a barmaid) watching each other, lusting after each other and dipping into the back room for a quickie or a make out session.
In between the sex, they went to a diner and ate breakfast every day at 1pm and then had more sex with an occasional glass of bootleg scotch or bourbon. Occasionally, one or the other would be assaulted for various reasons and they would clean each others wounds and have sex.
The last 54 pages were the story about the supernatural, crammed in amongst more sex/sexual tension and lots of loose ends, unexplained ideas and half thoughts. The book finally ends with a list of follow up books with these same characters presumably screwing their way through time.
I'm not a prude. Sex is great. Well written sex scenes within the context of a story are great. This is not that. This is Harlequin romance stuff with Fabio on the cover. If you are into that, then this a book for you and hell, maybe it's a 5 star read for those who go in knowing that and wanting that kind of novel.
But this is not a good time travel novel. Both devices (a ring and a watch) that were supposed to be so important to the story were poorly explained and in the case of the ring, barely even covered making it at most an afterthought. Characters would come in with no explanation as to the hows and whys (Simon's grandfather who incidentally had died about 38 years earlier in Chapter 1) and in the last 10 pages, a mysterious council who controlled time travel was mentioned in passing but Simon was too busy worrying that he would never have sex with Elizabeth again to stop for the explanation. I'm not kidding. Father Cavanugh, a priest who seemed to be important in the beginning, dropped in and out...I could list a lot of things but the truth is, the inconsistencies are so many that it's a book in itself.
As for the horror portion. A 1920's era bootlegger/gangster who is a cross between a vampire and demon with yellow eyes. He made himself into this incidentally with Egyptian artifacts that he acquired from King Tuts tomb. How a low level rum runner acquires Tut's treasures 5 years or less after the discovery - well, yet another poorly explained plot point. He ran around ripping the throats out of men, women and children thus controlling the Bowery. Oh yes, lest I forget, the power of love was his undoing. He also spent a lot of time ogling and leering at Elizabeth and there was of course a pissing contest about who would have her.
It has been a long time since I have read a book I would rate so low. I suppose I am a book masochist because I make myself finish any book I start to give it and the author a chance to make me a believer. This one defied all efforts to do so. One for fans of the romance genre and probably needs to be put into a more accurate category so as not to deceive readers as to what it's really about. show less
Well-Written Time Travel Romance with a Paranormal Twist
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I had never read a romance novel before 'Out of Time,' but I'm really glad I gave this one a shot. I enjoyed it from its great premise at the start to its suspenseful finish. I think the strongest element of 'Out of Time' is the writing itself, particularly the dialogue and the characterization of the two main characters (as well as, of course, the romance). Even when there were aspects of the book that I questioned, and that didn't happen often, the strength of the writing and the tension in the story always kept me going. I'm going to nitpick some minor points below, but know that I recommend this book without any reservations.
The book has an interesting structure that show more makes it almost like two books in one with a big turning point in the middle. I'll talk about each half separately. The first half focuses mainly on the romantic and sexual tension between Elizabeth and Simon, tension they are forced to confront when they accidentally travel back to New York City in 1929. On this element, I felt like a fish out of water because I've never read a romance genre story before, but I can say that these elements worked well for me. If you're curious, there is a vivid but tasteful sex scene or two in the novel.
There are a few points I can quibble with in the first half. At the start of the story Simon is painted as extremely cold, but once they travel through time he softens up a lot; I thought there was a slight disconnect around his character early on, but at the same time it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story and his coldness does (properly) reassert itself later. Another issue I felt early on was that the characters didn't seem amazed enough by accidentally traveling through time, but this issue wasn't handled poorly either. The last thing is (MINOR SPOILER to follow) that the characters end up sharing a small apartment, and it was never properly explained whey they didn't request a unit with two beds or try to find another place to stay (they seemed shocked to discover just one bed); I think this was the only time I felt like the author did something convenient for the story that didn't fully make sense. True, they pretended to be married, but I felt there needed to be a stronger reason than that. I can understand Elizabeth being happy with the arrangement, but it was hard for me to believe that Simon wouldn't try to change it.
The second half of the novel turns into a suspense story involving an antagonist with a paranormal origin. The author did a fantastic job with keeping the tension building and the second half of the novel became a powerful page-turner for me. This was a nice change of pace because it meant that the whole book wasn't focused on the central romance. I really did like the romance angle, but I still welcomed the variety and the switch to something I was more familiar with. For example, there was a great fight scene and some other violent elements that worked well. Making a romance novel suspenseful is no easy task, I would imagine, since we know something about the ending just by knowing the genre. I also felt the quality of descriptions got even stronger in the second half, and as the story went along I appreciated the writing more and more.
As for my quibbles with the second half of the story, there was only one. (MINOR SPOILER to follow) A supporting character enters the story very late and while certain elements of this character's introduction were very neatly done, he also ends up becoming a minor deus ex machina that saves the main two protagonists. In my opinion, this deprived the main two characters of the chance to fulfill their own story and achieve their own victory over the antagonist, though on the other hand the main two characters still struggle and make all the efforts they can against a very powerful figure. This sort of thing happens a lot in fiction, though, and it was definitely more of a minor problem than a big one. It was also set up fairly well, because the character had an established connection to someone else in the story.
I hope I haven't come across as too critical because I loved the story, the characters, and the writing. Those three elements are like a holy trinity of good fiction, so I can heartily recommend this one and give it five stars. If there's any other thing that I think could've been done better, I believe the time travel element itself could've been milked a little more; on the other hand, there's a great scene where the characters visit Coney Island and remark about how things were different in 1929 on one particular ethical matter. I thought that was a very nice addition to the novel and, though this wasn't the only good example of this sort of thing in the story, I would've loved to have seen even more about how things have changed since '29.
Because I loved this book, I'll end with some more positives. The quality of the copyediting and proofreading was excellent. The dialogue was outstanding, in my opinion. Simon Cross and Elizabeth West are vivid characters who are going to live on in my memory for many years. Pretty much everything that happened felt realistic and believable, despite the story's fantastical premises; this a mature but fun story. Overall, I think the author displays excellent storytelling skills by constructing the story as she did; it's tight and it pulls the right triggers in the reader, in ways that always felt entertaining rather than manipulative. For me, 'Out of Time' was an outstandingly good read and more than worth the price of admission. show less
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I had never read a romance novel before 'Out of Time,' but I'm really glad I gave this one a shot. I enjoyed it from its great premise at the start to its suspenseful finish. I think the strongest element of 'Out of Time' is the writing itself, particularly the dialogue and the characterization of the two main characters (as well as, of course, the romance). Even when there were aspects of the book that I questioned, and that didn't happen often, the strength of the writing and the tension in the story always kept me going. I'm going to nitpick some minor points below, but know that I recommend this book without any reservations.
The book has an interesting structure that show more makes it almost like two books in one with a big turning point in the middle. I'll talk about each half separately. The first half focuses mainly on the romantic and sexual tension between Elizabeth and Simon, tension they are forced to confront when they accidentally travel back to New York City in 1929. On this element, I felt like a fish out of water because I've never read a romance genre story before, but I can say that these elements worked well for me. If you're curious, there is a vivid but tasteful sex scene or two in the novel.
There are a few points I can quibble with in the first half. At the start of the story Simon is painted as extremely cold, but once they travel through time he softens up a lot; I thought there was a slight disconnect around his character early on, but at the same time it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the story and his coldness does (properly) reassert itself later. Another issue I felt early on was that the characters didn't seem amazed enough by accidentally traveling through time, but this issue wasn't handled poorly either. The last thing is (MINOR SPOILER to follow) that the characters end up sharing a small apartment, and it was never properly explained whey they didn't request a unit with two beds or try to find another place to stay (they seemed shocked to discover just one bed); I think this was the only time I felt like the author did something convenient for the story that didn't fully make sense. True, they pretended to be married, but I felt there needed to be a stronger reason than that. I can understand Elizabeth being happy with the arrangement, but it was hard for me to believe that Simon wouldn't try to change it.
The second half of the novel turns into a suspense story involving an antagonist with a paranormal origin. The author did a fantastic job with keeping the tension building and the second half of the novel became a powerful page-turner for me. This was a nice change of pace because it meant that the whole book wasn't focused on the central romance. I really did like the romance angle, but I still welcomed the variety and the switch to something I was more familiar with. For example, there was a great fight scene and some other violent elements that worked well. Making a romance novel suspenseful is no easy task, I would imagine, since we know something about the ending just by knowing the genre. I also felt the quality of descriptions got even stronger in the second half, and as the story went along I appreciated the writing more and more.
As for my quibbles with the second half of the story, there was only one. (MINOR SPOILER to follow) A supporting character enters the story very late and while certain elements of this character's introduction were very neatly done, he also ends up becoming a minor deus ex machina that saves the main two protagonists. In my opinion, this deprived the main two characters of the chance to fulfill their own story and achieve their own victory over the antagonist, though on the other hand the main two characters still struggle and make all the efforts they can against a very powerful figure. This sort of thing happens a lot in fiction, though, and it was definitely more of a minor problem than a big one. It was also set up fairly well, because the character had an established connection to someone else in the story.
I hope I haven't come across as too critical because I loved the story, the characters, and the writing. Those three elements are like a holy trinity of good fiction, so I can heartily recommend this one and give it five stars. If there's any other thing that I think could've been done better, I believe the time travel element itself could've been milked a little more; on the other hand, there's a great scene where the characters visit Coney Island and remark about how things were different in 1929 on one particular ethical matter. I thought that was a very nice addition to the novel and, though this wasn't the only good example of this sort of thing in the story, I would've loved to have seen even more about how things have changed since '29.
Because I loved this book, I'll end with some more positives. The quality of the copyediting and proofreading was excellent. The dialogue was outstanding, in my opinion. Simon Cross and Elizabeth West are vivid characters who are going to live on in my memory for many years. Pretty much everything that happened felt realistic and believable, despite the story's fantastical premises; this a mature but fun story. Overall, I think the author displays excellent storytelling skills by constructing the story as she did; it's tight and it pulls the right triggers in the reader, in ways that always felt entertaining rather than manipulative. For me, 'Out of Time' was an outstandingly good read and more than worth the price of admission. show less
Martin is an excellent writer; it was a joy reading this book. Well-developed characters, an intriguing premise, nice romance (and I don't typically like romances) plus an interesting development that seems to come out of left field until you remember the subtle hints woven in. The only problem was the extraneous commas (usually associated with novice writers, which Martin is definitely not) but while that puts little hiccups in an otherwise smooth flow, it's not enough for me to subtract a star. I could go on, but definitely do not want to introduce any spoilers here.
I recommend this wholeheartedly...and am loaning it to my daughter. I usually delete the ebooks I read, but I'm keeping this one.
I recommend this wholeheartedly...and am loaning it to my daughter. I usually delete the ebooks I read, but I'm keeping this one.
I love time travel, mystery, paranormal and romance...so this is my genre, but this book really didn't capture the best of any of these pieces. This book reminds me of "The Magic Treehouse" series for 3rd graders, and that isn't a good thing. I thought the author did a good job on the backdrop and the period of 1929. She came close to making me care about the main characters, but it was very cliche. Instead of sprinkling in the paranormal, like seasoning to a good soup and building up to a complex flavor, she unscrewed the salt lid and dropped it in. Big globs in the beginning, middle and end of the book. No complexity...no flavor...left me thirsty and hungry for something different.
I picked this book up expecting to get a nice little romance. Instead I got a very intriguing look into time traveling with romance on the side that actually made sense. It was very interesting following Elizabeth and the Professor through their adventures in the 50s after being used to modern life. The only slightly disappointing part about this book was when the vampire showed up. I know it says on the cover "a paranormal romance", but I would have been perfectly happy with the normal day-to-day basis that the characters were going through. Though the vampire bit did grow on me and it also made sense after it was explained. All in all, a very good and addicting read.
Here's the thing: I turned 40 last week, and while I know that 40 is the new 30, and I'm only as old as I feel, (blah blah blah, whatever else my birthday cards told me,) I look in the mirror, and I see that my hair is turning grey at an alarming rate, I have wrinkles near the corners of my lips where they never were before, and my boobs are hanging about an inch lower than they were last year (dammit.) The worst of it is that my eyes get tired if I try to read half the night; of course, that's only if I don't fall asleep and wake up with a crick in my neck...
Life is too short to read things I don't enjoy. That's not to say I think there's anything wrong with the book, but romance is just not my speed. Most of my friends read them, and show more I'll cop to enjoying a little bit of a love story mixed into my novels, but as the general theme - not so much.
Anyways, for my 40th birthday, my gift to myself (besides a manicure and a {redacted},) was permission to no longer compulsively attempt to finish every single book I buy/receive/find on the bus. Right now, at this moment, I have some 300 books that I already own, but have yet to read. Not one of them is a romance novel. Well, except for that Boleyn thing, but I borrowed that, and I'm trying to convince myself that it's more historical than romantic, and just how romantic is it when there are old wives locked in castles and rutting old men with STDs?
This book doesn't have any of that as far as I know. I only read 30% before I realized I wasn't having any fun. It flows well, I like the 3rd person omniscient perspective, (it's been awhile since I've read one of those,) but I guess I'm just too pragmatic for the machinations, confusions, misunderstandings, and tiny suspenses it takes to make a romance novel. I find myself rolling my eyes at every pained glance, moan, and glower. (I don't watch straight romance movies either, as a rule. Mainly because my friends don't like to hear me guffaw at the main characters' "pain.")
Anyways, back to that 40 thing... I'm going to die before I get to read all the books I want to read, although hopefully that will only be after 1000s more books, and I'll be an impish, cranky and exceedingly old lady. Life is too precious to spend with books you don't enjoy, even if those books are wonderful - for someone else.
No rating on this one for now. It just wouldn't be fair.
The other thing is, sometimes, (very rarely,) I do read a romance novel, especially if there's a good story behind it. From every review I've seen on this one, there IS a good story lurking. "For now." Moods change. There are probably days when a romance novel won't make my brain try to claw its way out of my parietal sutures. Today is not that day. Still, after sleeping on it, I find I'm curious about the rest of the story (not the love story,) the part about trying to make it "out of time."
Update 12/28: Okay, okay, I lied. My OCD is stronger than my Birthday Gifting Powers, I finished this last night really quick because I wanted to see what the Vampire part was going to be. The vampire didn't really make an appearance though, until the 70% mark (hints at about 50-60%,) and there was some action at that point through the end, then a neat little wrap-up. It was probably fine as far as romances go, but the subtitle "-A Paranormal Romance," definitely does NOT lie.
It's very decidedly a romance novel, with the expected formula and plot development. As clichéd as romance novels can be, the language is handled well, with little in the way of the awkwardly rhapsodic dialogue and musings I remember from the angsty romance novels I devoured in my late teens and early 20s.
I've no idea how to rate this story, so I'll have to go with my typical emotional rating. I actually did sort of like this one, once I got past certain passages - this one in particular threatened to melt my brain with its classic romance-novel effusiveness:
This was where I put the book down originally, and swore I wouldn't finish it. But I REALLY wanted to know about the gangster vampire. Heh. Aside from some tastefully done intimacy, the rest of the story started to kick in not too long after the point at which I picked it back up, so I was rewarded for my compulsion once again.
I'm totally Pavlov's reader: Seeing a book triggers an automatic read response. Hopeless, that's what I am.
So... I'm going to give it 3 stars, because... meh, not really my bag, BUT, I would totally recommend this to my romance-devouring friends. show less
Life is too short to read things I don't enjoy. That's not to say I think there's anything wrong with the book, but romance is just not my speed. Most of my friends read them, and show more I'll cop to enjoying a little bit of a love story mixed into my novels, but as the general theme - not so much.
Anyways, for my 40th birthday, my gift to myself (besides a manicure and a {redacted},) was permission to no longer compulsively attempt to finish every single book I buy/receive/find on the bus. Right now, at this moment, I have some 300 books that I already own, but have yet to read. Not one of them is a romance novel. Well, except for that Boleyn thing, but I borrowed that, and I'm trying to convince myself that it's more historical than romantic, and just how romantic is it when there are old wives locked in castles and rutting old men with STDs?
This book doesn't have any of that as far as I know. I only read 30% before I realized I wasn't having any fun. It flows well, I like the 3rd person omniscient perspective, (it's been awhile since I've read one of those,) but I guess I'm just too pragmatic for the machinations, confusions, misunderstandings, and tiny suspenses it takes to make a romance novel. I find myself rolling my eyes at every pained glance, moan, and glower. (I don't watch straight romance movies either, as a rule. Mainly because my friends don't like to hear me guffaw at the main characters' "pain.")
Anyways, back to that 40 thing... I'm going to die before I get to read all the books I want to read, although hopefully that will only be after 1000s more books, and I'll be an impish, cranky and exceedingly old lady. Life is too precious to spend with books you don't enjoy, even if those books are wonderful - for someone else.
No rating on this one for now. It just wouldn't be fair.
The other thing is, sometimes, (very rarely,) I do read a romance novel, especially if there's a good story behind it. From every review I've seen on this one, there IS a good story lurking. "For now." Moods change. There are probably days when a romance novel won't make my brain try to claw its way out of my parietal sutures. Today is not that day. Still, after sleeping on it, I find I'm curious about the rest of the story (not the love story,) the part about trying to make it "out of time."
Update 12/28: Okay, okay, I lied. My OCD is stronger than my Birthday Gifting Powers, I finished this last night really quick because I wanted to see what the Vampire part was going to be. The vampire didn't really make an appearance though, until the 70% mark (hints at about 50-60%,) and there was some action at that point through the end, then a neat little wrap-up. It was probably fine as far as romances go, but the subtitle "-A Paranormal Romance," definitely does NOT lie.
It's very decidedly a romance novel, with the expected formula and plot development. As clichéd as romance novels can be, the language is handled well, with little in the way of the awkwardly rhapsodic dialogue and musings I remember from the angsty romance novels I devoured in my late teens and early 20s.
I've no idea how to rate this story, so I'll have to go with my typical emotional rating. I actually did sort of like this one, once I got past certain passages - this one in particular threatened to melt my brain with its classic romance-novel effusiveness:
He’d wanted other women, had been with other women, but not one of them had gotten under his skin the way she had. Even her friendship, if he could call it that, ran deeper than the trysts at Oxford or the stunted relationships he’d bungled in the years after. Intimacy was simply not part of his makeup. It required skills he’d never cultivated and he felt no inclination to do so. Until now. But it was too late for that. He was comfortable with the life he’d built.
He spent years refining the layers that buffered him from the outside world. His work had always been enough. The search for answers. Facts could be categorized, put in their proper place. Text books were conveniently black and white, but now the world was a swirling mass of murky grays. Feelings he couldn’t grasp, much less control, were getting the better of him day by day.
And now, the one thing he’d been able to cling to, the one thing that centered him, was gone. If there were no way to get home, he thought and felt for the watch in his pocket, he’d be trapped here without his work. He supposed he could start a research project here, check some texts that were lost to the future. But it would do little good. She’d become an inexorable part of that too, he realized. There wasn’t a facet of his life she hadn’t slipped inside of, even his past-the one thing that separates each of us from the other.
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It was impossible. She was impossible. The way her eyes sparked with fire when she argued with him. The way her cheeks flushed. The way her pulse pounded out her fury. He wanted to strangle her with one hand and caress her with the other.
Why did the simple act of watching her sleep make him feel more content than he could remember? Why did he care so much what she was thinking? What she was feeling?
Why did he want her so very much?
This was where I put the book down originally, and swore I wouldn't finish it. But I REALLY wanted to know about the gangster vampire. Heh. Aside from some tastefully done intimacy, the rest of the story started to kick in not too long after the point at which I picked it back up, so I was rewarded for my compulsion once again.
I'm totally Pavlov's reader: Seeing a book triggers an automatic read response. Hopeless, that's what I am.
So... I'm going to give it 3 stars, because... meh, not really my bag, BUT, I would totally recommend this to my romance-devouring friends. show less
Simon Cross, Professor of Occult Studies, begins having vague nightmares which culminate in his waking with the fear of the violent death of his teaching assistant, Elizabeth. He has spent the last two years in love with her but has maintained his distance. Elizabeth is also in love but also sees it as unrequited due to age and status. But one evening when she returns corrected papers and finds him reviewing the contents of artifacts left him by his grandfather they are both transported through time to NYC July 1929. Maintaining their relationship gets harder as they rely on each other. Since the transport happened at a full eclipse they figure they must wait 6 weeks to try to return. Getting jobs and staying low key becomes a problem show more when they encountered a mysterious and powerful gangster. Avery good adventure. Will look to see where they series goes. show less
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