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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
wonderful sequel, February 9, 2002
This is the sequel to the book" A Double-Edged Blade" which was the story of Miles and Faith. Well they appear in this book too so you get to find out what happened to them. This is Fiona's story. She is Faith's cousin back in modern England aand after a year of not knowing where Faith has gone to she decides to do a bit of investigating on her oen. She goes to Ireland where her cousin disapeared and finds herself at the same Druid circle of stones that Faith was at. The time portal opens again and she finds her self propelled back in time to the Ireland of 1649. There she meets up with Miles's friend a Scot with an attitude, named Ian. Together they must help Miles and Faith and along the way they fall for each other. Some of the supporting characters from the first book make an appearance here and it makes for a very enjoyable read. I also enjoyed the different ending it had. I would recommend this book and the first one to anyone who enjoys time travel books.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Average time-travel romance, January 31, 2006
From the back cover:
A love match...
An enchanted dagger bearing a mysteriously familiar inscription pointed Fiona Chancellor to Ireland in search of her missing cousin. Then a midnight visit to Celtic holy ground slid her into the seventeenth-century--and into the arms of the most gorgeous male she had ever seen. But after one clash with the stubborn man, Fiona longed only for her twentieth-century comforts.
Instead, she found herself pressed against Ian Maclaren, galloping across moonswept moors to escape death. The hot-blooded barbarian ordered her about as if she were a soldier. But his kisses left no doubt he thought of her as a woman, and soon she knew she would trade a thousand bubble baths for one of his passionate embraces. For although she had traveled across three centuries into the past, it had taken only a moment for her heart to recognize she had met her match.
And my review:
I absolutely love time-travel romances, so I've read a lot of them. I found this to be an average read. While this book was a sequel to "A Double-Edged Blade", this book worked just fine as a stand-alone. Still, those who enjoyed the first book will like that much of this story revolves around the main characters of that story.
The time-travel aspect of this story was interesting, and quite well-written. At first, it seemed as if Fiona accepted the fact that she'd travelled 300 years into the past a bit too easily, but the author would throw in enough "fish out of water" moments to keep it realistic. The characters were also quite well drawn, and the action was non-stop. This book was also quite well researched, and interesting, as not many books are set in Ireland during the time of Oliver Cromwell.
My only complaint with this book was that the romance part of it felt a little bit rushed. At first, it seemed to be progressing nicely, but then the author kind of ruined it by having the characters fall into bed so quickly. (They'd only known each other for a few days). I know that Fiona is a modern woman, and therefore not subject to the rigid standards of the day, but still, I kind of felt cheated. It was like the romance was just starting to blossom, and then the author decided to take a short-cut and throw them into bed together, where, of course, they realize that this must be love.
Also, the ended felt a little bit rushed, as if the author had gotten past the exciting part of the story and just wanted to wrap things up.
Still, I've read far worse time-travel novels than this one. While I wouldn't give this a glowing recommendation, this was still an enjoyable quick read, and I would probably give other books by this author a try.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great time travel tale, August 15, 2001
In 1997, the trail Fiona Chanceller has followed in search of her missing cousin Faith Worthington takes her to County Tyrone in Northern Ireland. The experts told her that the dagger she holds that Faith once possessed comes from that region. She quickly learns from an antique shop owner, Seamus Gogarty that the OBruiader dagger is indeed from the area. He also informs her that the dagger, which has not been seen in centuries at least in this vicinity, has a legend involving Fey people, and an enchantment allegedly activated by mystic stone circles like that of nearby Beaghmore. Fionas search takes a twist when she soon finds herself in mid-seventeenth century Ireland where she learns that Faith is happy with her soul mate, who is a prisoner of the Roundheads. As Fiona tries to help free Miles OBruiader, she falls in love with his best friend Ian Maclaren, but can she give up the conveniences of late twentieth century life as her friend has? ACROSS A MOONSWEPT MOOR is an exciting time travel romance. The engaging story line works because the heroine struggles with her adjustment to a less technological area and clearly misses the conveniences she is used to having. The return of Faith and Miles (stars of A DOUBLE EDGED BLADE) augments this story as their fate impacts on that of Fiona and Ian. This cleverly crafted tale that uses historical tidbits to describe the setting belongs to the lead couple, especially the cake and eat it heroine who wants her hunk and her twentieth century devices too. Harriet Klausner
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