In Time for You
by Chris Karlsen
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GENRE: Historical Romance
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BLURB:
While
horseback riding in the English countryside, sisters, Electra and Emily Crippen
find themselves trapped in a tear in time. Thrown back to 1357 England England and one is sent miles away to Wales
There is one other hope
for help the sisters don’t know exists. It’s Electra’s lover, Roger Marchand. A
time traveler himself, he never told her of his past. When he realizes what has
happened to the sisters, he enlists the help of a scientist friend to help him open
the suspected passageway through time. Any effort to save Electra and Emily
will likely cost him his life. This was the time Roger came from, a time when
his country, France , was at
war with England
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My Review:
I loved from the first pages this historic medieval romance with different time travel. There are two romantic love story, so many twists, action, adventure, humor.
Roger is a medieval knight. He has traveled in time and now is living in 2015 in England. He knows and falls in love with Electra but has never been the courage to tell her the truth. The day he wants to propose to her, she mysteriously disappears with her sister Emily. They have ended in 1357. They are desperate, Electra without her cell phone feels lost. Soon he discovers what happened, Roger does everything to return to his time although it is extremely dangerous: he is a French knight on English soil during the war between France and England. Will he be able to save them and to save himselves?
All the characters are well defined and lovable, even the secondary. I loved the story of Roger and Electra but that between Simon and Emily is even more sweet and touching.
It's the fourth book in the series, can be read as a stand alone, I had no great difficulty understanding the story but I think to appreciate it better is preferable to read the series in order. I can not wait to read the first three books, I love stories with time travel.
The plot is perfectly constructed and well-developed, engaging thanks to continuous time jumps between the story of the adventures of the two sisters in the Middle Ages and attempts to Roger and his friend scientist in 2015 to find ways to reach them.
If you love romantic stories set in the Middle Ages and with time travel this is the perfect book for you
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EXCERPT:
While she ate, the button on Electra's sleeve fell out of
the frog loop. She didn't hook the button again, reaching for her wine instead.
The sleeve pulled back from her wrist to expose her watch, which she hadn't
thought to remove.
"What is that?" Simon asked and pointed to her
Seiko.
"A watch." What a bizarre question. There wasn't a
corner of the planet that people didn't recognize a wristwatch.
A frown slowly formed and he stretched across Emily and took
hold of Electra's hand to tug it toward him for a better look. He turned her
hand over and in a matter of seconds had the clasp undone.
He brought the candle in front of his trencher closer and
held the watch under it. "What do the numbers mean?"
"It's a clock, a miniature timepiece you wear on your
wrist."
From his expression, the explanation puzzled him. "Do
they not have candle clocks in this Greenland
you claim you're from?"
How to explain the abundance of various clocks to a man who
apparently has no context for the anything beyond a candle clock or similar
ancient means of telling time?
"Are you saying you've never seen a clock?" Emily
asked.
"One like this? No, I have not."
Emily bent her head nearer Electra and whispered, "Are
you thinking what I am?"
"Sadly, yes."
Simon ran his finger over the watch face. "These small
digits, what is their meaning?"
"It's the date and year: 5.14.15."
He shook his head. "What year is 15?"
"2015, of course."
"You are mad. It's the year of our Lord, 1357."
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
I was born and
raised in Chicago
My parents also
love traveling, a passion they passed onto me. I wanted to see the places I
read about, see the land and monuments from the time periods that fascinated
me. I’ve had the good fortune to travel extensively throughout Europe, the Near
East, and North Africa .
I am a retired
police detective. I spent twenty-five years in law enforcement with two
different agencies. My desire to write came in my early teens. After I retired,
I decided to pursue that dream. I write three different series. My paranormal
romance series is called, Knights in Time. My romantic thriller series is
Dangerous Waters. The newest is The Bloodstone Series. Each series has a
different setting and some cross time periods, which I find fun to write.
I currently live
in the Pacific Northwest with my husband and
five wild and crazy rescue dogs.
Links:
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE
Chris will be awarding a $10 Amazon gift card, one
print or ecopy of In Time For You and a SWAG bag, to one randomly drawn winner
(international) via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thank you for hosting
RispondiEliminaWhat is your favorite part about writing?
RispondiEliminaI like the part where I have the characters interact with the support characters or the environment, when it's a time travel.
EliminaChris
Thanks for the giveaway.
RispondiEliminaI want to thank Mave for taking the time to read and review In Time for You. What a lovely review. It is much appreciated.
RispondiEliminaChris
Sounds like a good read.
RispondiEliminaGreat review! Love the excerpt. :)
RispondiEliminaI really enjoyed the excerpt and the review, thank you for sharing!
RispondiEliminaLove Historical Medieval Books,well I love all books about the past and how they lived, and this book sounds great,can't wait to read it....
RispondiEliminaI enjoyed the excerpt.
RispondiEliminaJennifer Rote
Thank you for the amazing share and giveaway! :)
RispondiEliminaHello from a fellow Chicagoan! :-)
RispondiEliminalooking forward to reading this
RispondiElimina