Distant Dreams (Time Passages) [Paperback]

Jenny Lykins (Author)

Book Description

Series: Time Passages | Publication Date: October 1, 1998

Maine, 1999: Shaelyn Summer was helping to reenact an 1830's wedding on an antique ship, but when she put on an old diamond ring she found herself in Maine, 1830! Now she is the very real wife of a man from the distant past. Could the ring that brought them together keep her untied for all time with the man she loves?.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Jove (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515123684
• ISBN-13: 978-0515123685
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #915,957 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star time travel - excellent story, April 9, 2005

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This review is from: Distant Dreams (Time Passages) (Paperback)

I picked up this romance figuring it would be a quick read - it turned out to be an excellent one. This book grabbed my interest right away. The way this story was crafted, it was easy to imagine that a ring could wisk you off into the past. Once able to suspend belief, I was able to enjoy the very well created characters and well written story. You can picture the estate by the sea and our heroine falling in love.

Shaelyn has agreed to take part in a living history re-enactment on board a historic ship. She is to be the bride in the re-enactment to be married on board the ship deck. Meanwhile, back in time Alec is prepared to marry a woman who has traveled across a vast ocean to marry his younger brother in an arranged marriage. Alec wants to set his younger brother free to wed the woman he really loves by marrying the stranger. Fast forward back into the present - Shaelyn is a journalist, now dressed in a beautiful old-fashioned gown, drops her pad, pen, and tape recorder on the floor of the cabin and in searching for them, she finds a ring wedged into the floor boards. She resolves to slip it on so she will remember to return it to the ship captain. When she slips the ring onto her finger, the ship lurches about and all the lights go out. Unaware that she has been transported back in time, Shaelyn goes up on deck and Alec, believing she is his brother's betrothed, steps up onto the deck and marries her.

Thus begins a well created time travel romance. It's easy to suspend belief in this one. You grow to care about the characters. To say more would give too much away. It was a very enjoyable tale and earns 5 stars all the way.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I could not put this one down!, March 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Distant Dreams (Time Passages) (Paperback)

After slipping an antique ring on her finger, Shaelyn Sumner is transported back in time just in time to marry poor Alec. Shaelyn & Alec find themselves married, quite by accident. She thought she was participating in a "living history" re-enactment & he thought he was saving his brother from a loveless arranged marriage. Alec thinks Shaelyn is crazy even if she is very desirable and truly doesn't know what to make of her. Shaelyn is a wonderful female character, she's smart, sassy & she's got brass. I really enjoyed the way she & Alec played off of each other. I also enjoyed the "Puffin" conversations between Alec & his friend Griffin. I laughed out loud at the "Pugilistic Puffin" (you'll have to read the book to understand!). I love humor in romance novels and this one doesn't disappoint. Jenny Lykins is one terrific author and this book is well worth your time.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I would like to give this 3 1/2 stars or a 7 out of 10, April 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Distant Dreams (Time Passages) (Paperback)

Distant Dreams is an enjoyable time travel read, and worth picking up. This story is better written than the last book by Ms. Lykins which I read (Echoes of Tommorow), but still not up to the standards I think she is capable of writing at. Shaelyn and Alex create a warm plot with humor woven throughout the story. I do not have any problem with the fact that our hero thinks our heroine is crazy and just can't believe she is from the future. To be honest, I think I would have a hard time believing anyone if they where to tell me that they were from the future. My biggest problem with the story is the ending...always the ending with Ms. Lykin's books. Is she trying to keep the story under a certain page number? Every story of her's that I read, the end is rushed. Where are we all going to in such a hurry that we have to cram 40-70 pages of story into 3??? One minute Alex doesn't belive her and the next he is devising a way for Shaelyn to return from the future. No revelation, just a scolding fron his sister (and not a very convincing one to me at that). What about Shaelyn's family? They don't think she's certifyable and accept that she gets swept back to the past? Can anyone be such a complete jerk as Alex's father and behave how he did? Please Ms. Lykins, I love your plot, ideas, and writing, but I wish you would take more time with your endings.