Beyond My Dreams (Zebra Historical Romance) [Paperback]

Tammy Hilz (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Historical Romance | Publication Date: April 1, 2004

"Combining adventure and passion is Tammy Hilz's forte and she more than fulfills readers' dreams."--Romantic Times on Once an Angel

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821774409
• ISBN-13: 978-0821774403
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,832,442 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No thanks!, March 19, 2005

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M. DETWILER "fairval4" (Martinsburg, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond My Dreams (Zebra Historical Romance) (Paperback)

I started this book, but never really got into in. Maybe I didn't have the time or wasn't in the right mood, but I actually didn't even finish it. It was slow and if a book doesn't get my attention right away, I have trouble with it. I could tell right away that I didn't like Mac. Don't like women who act like men. Gavin might have been okay with someone else. Other people have liked this book, but I put it down and didn't want to pick it up again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great Read by Tammy Hilz, April 19, 2004

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Tangela Williiams (Alabama USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beyond My Dreams (Zebra Historical Romance) (Paperback)

BEYOND MY DREAMS, takes us back to the world of archaeology in Egypt. For those who wondered about Gavin, the Earl of Blackwell, we met in Shadow of the Sun, now he has his on story.

Gavin cannot bring himself to trust any woman. Their lies the problem when he gets a guide to help find the Pharaohs tomb. He hires the best guide in all of Egypt. Never realizing that it is a She.

Mackenzie is the best of guide that can be found when searching for the tombs in Egypt. Now that her father( Willie Tuggle) has gotten too old to do much anymore, she feels that it is her place to take care of him and all the rest of his crew. Although she is English she has spent most of her life living with her father on board his ship or in Egypt. Unbeknownst to her, Willie accepts the job from Gavin. Even though he knows of the hard ship that the French will cast on anyone not digging for them, this is the reason Mackenzie is set against it knowing that the French are also searching for the Pharaohs Tomb.

After meeting Gavin though, she sets her mind to proving to him once and for all that not all women are like his late wife and untrustworthy. She is determined to find the tomb just as she promised she would.
But can she win Gavin's trust?

Beyond my Dreams, is another great novel by Tammy Hilz. She has a unique way of pulling her readers into the stories and I for one wanted the book to never end.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Action Historical Romance with Egyptian Background, April 2, 2004

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M. Rondeau (West Springfield, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beyond My Dreams (Zebra Historical Romance) (Paperback)

Setting - Rosetta, Egypt 1799 --- Sent by his sovereign, King James of England, Gavin DeFoe, the Earl of Blackwell, and his trusted friend Connor were in Egypt trying to locate a crew of excavators to unearth a valuable artifact and untold riches that both King James and Napoleon Bonaparte were seeking. Napoleon had pressed into labor most of the excavating crews so Gavin was forced to negotiating with Willie Tuggle, his last hope. Having to pay double the fee, the Earl was not pleased to see this decrepit looking crew in which there didn't seem to be a man younger than 50 years old. Gavin wasn't happy, but even less so having to wait for the leader, `Mac' to show up and to discover that `Mac' was in actuality MacKenzie --- tall, statuesque and of all things, a woman! Gavin wanted nothing to do with a woman - he'd vowed never to trust another woman as long as he lived after marrying a woman, betrayed, then losing both her and his 3 year old son. For the last six years he'd built a wall around his heart and though the very sight of this woman caused his blood to boil, he was determined to fight that attraction by being as obnoxious as he could - and this he did well!

Mac, had never before let a man affect her but one glance at this darkly handsome man and the attraction was both immediate and intense! That glance had heated her body and caused her normally unflappable mind to wander to the wild side. The dangers of the desert, and the dangers of being caught by Napoleon were secondary as compared to the dangers of succumbing to the tall dark and handsome earl. Knowing well the dangers, Mac was still determined to break through the wall guarding his heart, at the cost of losing her own.

This was a fast read and somewhat suspenseful. The author set up quite a few adventures with some steamy scenes that should have left you squirming only to have the hero pulling back which after awhile became quite frustrating - hence the 4* versus a 5* rating. Hilz's character development was good, and you will at once come to champion Mac, and want to kick Gavin in the butt to make him come to his senses to `seize the moment'. The secondary characters, evidently from the first book of this series, worked well in the plot as they were the archaeologists that gave the story more credence. The rest of Mac's `crew' or `family' as she referred to them, and Mac's father were delightful. This plot was good with colorful characters that I can recommend as a delightful light historical read.