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The Avenger: Time Raiders (Silhouette Nocturne)

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The Time Raiders send psychic Alexandra Patton back to 60 A.D. so that she can bring back part of the medallion that will enable Earth to join the alliance of other space-traveling planets. Alex loathes the brutal feral behavior of her hosts; as she speaks to the dead who often are victims of atrocities.

Alex pretends to be a soul speaker priestess to the goddess Andraste when she and Queen Boudica's Druidic cousin Caradoc meet and are attracted to one another. As she falls in love, he helps her adjust to ancient times. However, she knows that Boudica will die in the battle for Londinium, but fears Caradoc will too though she does not know for certain.

The third Time Raiders romantic suspense thriller (see The Seeker by Lindsay McKenna and The Slayer by Cindy Dees) is an entertaining tale that hooks readers from the opening dialogue between Alex and the dead but restful Andred and keeps the audience's attention throughout. The spin to the exciting story line is what the time traveler knows about ancient Britannia and does not as Alex fears her beloved will die alongside his famous warrior cousin. This tale and the saga are winners due to a strong casting leading to readers wanting to accompany the heroes on their treks back in time to find the medallion segments and love.

Harriet Klausner

The book was good but it reminded me too much of Cast's writings for her vampyre series the house of night....Too many things seemed similar to her time raiders book. Like the sapphire blue tattoo's marking the High priestesses and her druids and also the Goddess seemed alot more like her goddess in her novels as well. Also in the area where she has her characters soul shatter just like in the House of Night. As well as having her character refer to herself as getting all "snotty nosed and thats not attractive right now" is exactly the same wat Zoey is reffered to often in the House of Night. I just think that she should have changed it up a little bit instead of using the same material for a completely different book in different type of series.

While this was not my favorite time travel romance, it's up there. I liked how the main characters were so strong in spirit and their stories intertwined with celtic history and lore. I really enjoyed this book

THIS IS A GREAT FANTASY TIME TRAVELLER BOOK GREAT FOR THOSE WITH HEARTS OF ACTION AND ROMANCE. DEFINITELY NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED. SO I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR OVER 16YEARS NOT UNDER.

Ms Cast does a great job of writing about white women and thier goddess' within. This story is no diffrent from the other books as Alex/Blouwen travels thru time and becomes a soul seeker. This story was quick and reminded me of Cast's prior writings...All where the woman is living a ho-hum life and gets pulled into another life that at first is deceitful until the heroine decides to accepts her fate and then all works out in the end with powers abound and a new exciting life. Where else but in Ms. Cast stories can a goddess get a lover who is accepting AND ten years younger! ;}
You want a REAL challenge Ms. Cast - write a story about a goddess of a different culture/nationality like Oriental, African, Egyptian, Incan, Indian, Hindu.