There And Now

by Linda Lael Miller

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After her divorce was finalized, Elisabeth McCartney felt adrift, lost. So she decided to escape to her centuries-old family home. People in Pine River had said the house was haunted, but Elisabeth never believed them. Until one night when she heard the voice of a child. She followed the voice...all the way back to 1892.

Elisabeth wasn't prepared to be thrust into a Victorian world. Nor was she prepared for the emotional pull she felt for widower Jonathan Fortner and his daughter, Trista. show more And yet Elisabeth knew she didn't belong in his time and they could never be together. She also knew that tragedy was in Jonathan and Trista's future. If she stayed in the past, she could save them. But would that mean that they were destined to be separated by time? show less

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The usual problems with time travel romances, plus a blatant disregard of changing the past. She's already proven she can change the past (it would have been a lot better if she just recognized herself in the photo, rather than saw herself added), but she still goes on changing his life then. If they'd come back to now, it would have been right - no bodies found. As it is...stupid. A mad desire to live back then. A really stupid choice of stuff to give to prove the future - one pill is very like another. Show him a rubber band, a watch, those photocopies of the newspaper stories - heck, show him a zipper. A bottle of penicillin pills? sheesh. And there's a lot more (long-term) danger from an incomplete course of penicillin than there is show more from penicillin allergy. I don't know. The story is faintly cute, it was _not_ thought through (either from the POV of the main character or as the author), and the more I think about it the more annoyed I get. Pity, but NOT a keeper. show less
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In this time travel romance Elizabeth sets up residence in this old house that has a mysterious past. Sure enough Elizabeth starts hearing ghostly sounds and then discovers that there is a way to travel back in time to the late 1800's. There she meets a little girl and an intriguing man and soon has to choose between her exciting life in the past and the conviences of the future.
I'd say this was a well told story, the time travel aspects add drama and the romance was compelling enough. Fans of historical/time travel romances should definitely give it a spin.
so good i didn't know what was going to happen until the very end

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Linda Miller was born in Spokane, Washington and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She began writing when she was 10 years old after a teacher praised her for a story she had written. Through a correspondence course, she sold over 30 stories to magazines like True Confessions and True Romance. She sold her first novel, Fletcher's Woman, in 1983. show more Her first hardcover novels were Pirates (1995) followed by Knights (1996). She has written over 80 contemporary and historical romance novels. She is the author of numerous series including Stone Creek series; Montana Creeds series; The Women of Primrose Creek series; and Springwater Seasons series. In 2007, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Original publication date
2002
People/Characters
Elizabeth McCartney; Dr. Jonathan Fortner; Trista Fortner
Important places
Western USA
Important events
1892
Dedication
For Darlene Layman, the best darn secretary ever, and her very nice husband, Lloyd.
First words
Elizabeth McCartney's flagging spirits lifted a little as she turned past the battered rural mailbox and saw the house again.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Elizabeth Fortner had found the century where she belonged, and she meant to stay here.
Disambiguation notice
Do not combine with the 2-in-1 containing a bonus story.

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Fiction and Literature, Romance, Science Fiction
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PS3563 .I41373 .T43Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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Rating
½ (3.61)
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