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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a story of passion that dares to challenge the boundaries of time itself.After going through a time gateway, Caleb Hornblower is stuck in the present. He needs to find a way to return to the future, but after falling in love with Liberty Stone, Caleb isn’t sure he can leave the past behind.
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Keeping in mind first and foremost that this is a Silhoette romance novel primarily designed to follow the set romance 'formula', I'm rating this one four stars. The primary reason people read these books is because they want romance between two compelling characters, to see a couple overcome obstacles, and a happily ever after all within 250 pages. A light beach-or-waiting-for-a-bus read. Not War and Peace or The Theory of Moral Sentiments.
With that in mind, the time travel element was an interesting twist. The author handled it credibly enough for someone who is not a theoretical physicist. The science fiction geek in me wants to say 'but such and such research now proves...', but this isn't a science fiction novel. If I'd wanted to show more read science fiction this week, I'd have BOUGHT science fiction. I wanted romance. I got it. The characters were likeable and compelling, especially Liberty. And this book left me warm and squishy enough inside that I'm glad I invested a couple of bucks for this book (used) and just went out and hunted down the second book in this series (also used).
Only two complaints. 1) - why do romance writers still insist on making mid-twenty-something women virgins? and 2) You could tell the author had a 250 page cutoff because the last chapter feels rushed. It cut off at EXACTLY page 250. I wish she'd gone back and snipped and clipped a few places earlier in the book instead of rushing the final scene so much. It had the potential to earn it that 5th star and didn't quite make it. show less
With that in mind, the time travel element was an interesting twist. The author handled it credibly enough for someone who is not a theoretical physicist. The science fiction geek in me wants to say 'but such and such research now proves...', but this isn't a science fiction novel. If I'd wanted to show more read science fiction this week, I'd have BOUGHT science fiction. I wanted romance. I got it. The characters were likeable and compelling, especially Liberty. And this book left me warm and squishy enough inside that I'm glad I invested a couple of bucks for this book (used) and just went out and hunted down the second book in this series (also used).
Only two complaints. 1) - why do romance writers still insist on making mid-twenty-something women virgins? and 2) You could tell the author had a 250 page cutoff because the last chapter feels rushed. It cut off at EXACTLY page 250. I wish she'd gone back and snipped and clipped a few places earlier in the book instead of rushing the final scene so much. It had the potential to earn it that 5th star and didn't quite make it. show less
ISF Captain Caleb Hornblower's ship falls from 2252 to 1989 after slingshoting around a black hole to fall in love with Liberty Stone.
No-recomendado por Veronica
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Nora Roberts was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on October 10, 1950. Her first book, Irish Thoroughbred, was published in 1981. Since then, she has written more than 200 novels. She writes romances under her own name including Montana Sky, Blue Smoke, Carolina Moon, The Search, Chasing Fire, The Witness, The Perfect Hope, Inner Harbor, Dark show more Witch, Shadow Spell, The Collector, The Villa, The Liar, The Obsession, and Shelter in Place. She writes crime novels under the pseudonym of J. D. Robb including the In Death series. She has been given the Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award and has been inducted into their Hall of Fame. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Time Was
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- 1989-12
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- Caleb Hornblower; Liberty Stone
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- Oregon, USA
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