Bitterroot [Paperback]

Victoria Chancellor (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

Discovering the bitterroot plant in Wyoming, therapist Rebecca Hartford is swept back in time to help the menacing Sloan Travers, but a shaman warns that her journey will last only as long as the bitterroot blooms and she prays that their love is strong enough to withstand time.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (Mm); First Edition edition (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505520877
• ISBN-13: 978-0505520876
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 3.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,030,052 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Victoria Chancellor grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, but married a Texan and moved west in 1971. She now lives in a suburb of Dallas, Texas with her husband and a menagerie of animals, and spends weekends on Lake Holbrook in Mineola, Texas. While working as a financial analyst at EDS, she sold her first book, a historical romance, on proposal to Harper-Collins. She then sold a contemporary romance, quit her "day job," and began writing paranormal romances. As of 2011 she has 22 published romances. National awards include the HOLT Medallion and the Golden Quill for Best Paranormal Romance, and she is also a two-time Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Finalist. Her books have appeared on the Ingrams Top 50 list and the Waldenbooks bestseller list.

Her current "Brody's Crossing" series for Harlequin American Romance consists of six (as of 2011) contemporary romances set in a fictional west Texas town. Before the Brody's Crossing books, she wrote series romance set in the fictional Texas Hill Country town of Ranger Springs. Her native-Texan in-laws influenced her writing career by telling wonderful stories of their years in small towns. Victoria may be contacted via her website and an author page coming soon to Facebook, or @victoriachance on Twitter.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Time Travel Historical Romance, July 27, 2011

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L. B. Taylor (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bitterroot (Paperback)

It is 1996 and Rebecca Hartford, a therapist, is at a family reunion when she meets a distant cousin, Jordan. Soon thereafter they go on a picnic near property Jordan may have inherited. They are attracted to each other, then kiss but there are no fireworks for Rebecca. (OK, I want to know how distant of cousins were they???) They are getting ready to pack up when Jordan leans over to kiss her again. Suddenly there is the smell of gunpowder and Jordan appears angry; he starts to choke Rebecca. She blacks out only to wake up and find herself in nineteenth century Wyoming.

Sloan Travers, a rancher, finds Rebecca and takes her back to his home. Though the beginning of the story is still a little fuzzy I am intrigued. Sloan loved Leda, Rebecca's great, great grandmother. He is bitter because she married someone else. Midway through the story you are given one detail as to his anger. More explanations are not disclosed until close to the end of the book.

In the meantime, Rebecca tries to explain to Sloan where she came from but, of course, he doesn't believe her. She resembles Leda. Rebecca becomes aware that when the Bitteroot flower no longer blossoms she will return to her own time. Then, she fears that she will die.

Sloan thinks Rebecca is in cahoots with his former love and her husband. His hostility toward Rebecca vibrates on each page yet we are to believe that he wants her to stay at the ranch. At this point I would have stopped reading but I was looking for explanations.

I can't reveal too much more because it would give away the reasons for Sloan's venom. Unfortunately, I thought they were weak since he caused much of what happened between Leda and himself. Also, IMO, the ending was too quick and unbelievable. I didn't feel any chemistry between the characters. At best, the writing was OK but I can't recommend this story. I gave the book two stars because I didn't care for it.

7 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary!!!, February 7, 1999

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River Lindsay Balmer ([e-mail]) (Corrales, New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bitterroot (Paperback)

Wow! This author definitely knows how to weave two centuries into one book. If you like matters of the heart and believe in true love and destinies you will love this book! If six stars was possible that's the rating this book would get. You don't want to miss this book!

5 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bitterroot, January 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bitterroot (Paperback)

This time travel keeps your interest as you live through Rebecca and Sloan's relationship, hoping that the bitterroot doesn't ever bloom again. Ms. Chancellor uses the flower in the most cleaver way.