Alicia's Song (Timeswept) [Mass Market Paperback]

Susan Plunkett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Timeswept | Publication Date: April 2001

In Search of Perfect Harmony

For Alicia James, something was missing, and her entire life seemed off-key. Her childhood romance hadn't ended the way she dreamed, and to be honest, she was wary of trying again. Still, she found solace in the fact that her career was inspiring and her sisters were the most loving family a woman could have. And together with those sisters, Alicia found a magic in song that seemed almost able to carry away her woes.

In fact, singing carried Alicia away--from her home in modern-day Wyoming to Alaska, a century before her own. There she found everything she’d been lacking: a sexy, dark-haired gentleman with an angelic child just crying out for guidance. And Alicia, who’d always felt she’d needed direction herself, was everything this pair needed. Suddenly it seemed as if life were reaching out and giving Alicia the chance to create a beautiful music she’d never been able to make with her sisters--all she needed was the courage to sing her part.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A light-hearted plot, delicious sexual tension and a well-researched setting makes this a quick, fun read. -- Romantic Times

An enjoyable, well written novel. -- The Romance Journal

For a read that is intelligently and emotionally satisfying, whether or not your tastes normally run to time travel... -- Romance Reviews Today

Ms. Plunkett is a rare talent who captivates you with her storytelling ability. -- Suzanne Coleburn

From the Publisher

How Alicia's Song Evolved

People frequently ask where I get my story ideas. Alicia's Song was actually born on a rural Wyoming road, not far from where the story begins. If you've driven from Yellowstone National Park to Central Texas, you know there are places where if you dropped a ball bearing, it would roll for a week. All those miles provided a fine opportunity to think, imagine, and plot.

Wyoming has a fascinating history. It had the first government to allow women the vote, and was the first state to have a woman governor. As I drove, I speculated what it might be like to grow up on a remote ranch near the Tetons, what kind of challenges a heroine might face through life.

I imagined career-minded Alicia James, a woman betrayed by the childhood sweetheart she's married, as a conservative botanist. With two loving, supportive sisters, Alicia had a good life in rural Wyoming. A safe life. It might be dull, but it was planned and neatly within her control.

Then I asked myself what Alicia would do if I pulled the rug out from under and sent her back to . . . hmmmmm . . . 1895 Sitka, Alaska.

Oh, Yes. She is totally out of her element here. Just to add to the difficulty of her circumstances, I gave her Caleb Marker, a man with his own set of problems; a man who doesn't believe anything he hasn't read in a book. The last thing Caleb needs is a know-it-all, headstrong young woman thrust into his already complicated life.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 315 pages
• Publisher: Dorchester Publishing Company (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505524341
• ISBN-13: 978-0505524348
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,948,999 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tender, Passionate: Sings to Your Heart, August 24, 2003

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Trisha A. Howell "Howell Canyon Press author" (Los Angeles, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alicia's Song (Timeswept) (Mass Market Paperback)

Susan Plunkett's Alicia's Song is a stunningly beautiful novel replete with searing passion and genuine love. It celebrates the wonder and tenderness of not only an extraordinary man and woman meant for each other but also of that special love between a parent and child.

Alicia James, along with her beloved sisters Bethany and Caitlyn, has since childhood sung in graveyards to bless the spirits of the recently departed. But when the three sing for Yolanda D'Arcy, who was widely reputed to have been a witch, Alicia is swept from her home in modern rural Wyoming to the pristine mystical beauty of 1895 Sitka.

Alicia immediately encounters Caleb Marker, a devastatingly handsome, passionate and tender lumberman devoted to Mariah, his bright and full-hearted 5-year-old daughter.

After a grueling process in which Alicia-a thoroughly modern botanist with haunting violet eyes-must come to terms with the impossibility of her having traveled through time, Alicia takes on the only work she can find: a live-in position as Mariah's governess.

Mariah quickly comes to worship the warm, imaginative and highly intelligent Alicia-whom she longs to have as her mommy-while Alicia and Caleb fight the enormous passion that is growing between them. After a disastrous marriage, the last thing Alicia wants is to fall in love, while Caleb is utterly captivated yet wary of the intriguing "wood nymph" who shares all his values but will share almost nothing about her past.

As mutual passion, respect and a limited trust blossom into love, Alicia and Caleb must come to terms with the secrets they have from one another which threaten to destroy the most extraordinary relationship they have ever imagined.

Plunkett writes with such passion and wonder that the reader is spellbound. Alicia's Song reverberates with the lush, wild and fragile beauty of a magnificent setting that reflects an equally magnificent love. The exquisitely crafted characters possess such vitality and appeal that the delighted reader's heart also sings.

I was utterly captivated and unable to put down this supremely entertaining, uplifting and life-affirming novel. Plunkett's sensitivity, wisdom and magic with words places her high on the must-read list for any romance lover.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic time travel romance, April 5, 2001

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alicia's Song (Timeswept) (Mass Market Paperback)

At the Drexel cemetery in the Wyoming mountains, the three sisters sing Christian songs at the burial of local witch Yolanda D'Arcy. No one else including the caretaker Digger Phelps (not the former Irish coach) attend the ceremony. Soon a fog comes out of nowhere and engulfs the female trio.

Alicia, a botanist, quickly realizes that she is no longer in Wyoming, but seemingly in the Alaskan wilderness. Her two siblings are not with her, but she is not alone. She is near the home of logging mogul Caleb Marker who is shocked that a governess has arrived so soon. Stunned to realize that she also traveled back in time to 1895, Alicia accepts the job offer especially after meeting Caleb's daughter. As the trio fall in love and have the possibility of forging a family together, he cannot let go of a past betrayal while she worries about her sisters and whether she will return to her proper place in time.

ALICIA'S SONG is an entertaining time travel romance that readers will fully enjoy even as they breathlessly await the upcoming stories starring the two siblings. Though a botanist and from a ranch, Alicia's acceptance seems too simple and easy, yet the audience will still adore the chronically impaired heroine. Caleb also leaves quite a mark on the readers, as does his daughter. Susan Plunkett opens her time travel romance with a fun to read scene that fans will find delightful.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What Reader's say about ALICIA'S SONG, May 4, 2001

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This review is from: Alicia's Song (Timeswept) (Mass Market Paperback)

For a read that is intelligently and emotionally satisfying, whether or not your tastes normally run to time travel, ALICIA'S SONG is very much a keeper. -- Romance Reviews Today

A light-hearted plot, delicious sexual tension and a well-researched setting makes this a quick, fun read. Though Alicia never has a chance to explain her disappearance to her sisters, we assume they know of her fate from the old witch's forecast and will adjust as easily as Alicia has. - Romantic Times

Of all the time travels I've read, there has only been one that I can truly say I enjoyed and kept as part of my personal library. So, when handed Alicia's Song I was not looking forward to reviewing it. To my relief, it proved to be an enjoyable, well written novel. If the next two books in Ms. Plunkett's series are as well done as this one, I look forward to reading them. -- The Romance Journal

Ms. Plunkett is a rare talent who captivates you with her storytelling ability. I'm really thrilled with this Alaskan trilogy starting with ALICIA'S SONG!" --Suzanne Coleburn