A Husband in Time [Paperback]

Maggie Shayne (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette Books (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373389086
• ISBN-13: 978-0373389087
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,561,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

New York Times Bestselling author Maggie Shayne has published 53 novels, all for major NY Publishers, in her 18 year career. So far. In 2012 she'll be releasing a brand new trilogy dubbed "The Portal" and its books will include MARK OF THE WITCH in October 2012, DAUGHTER OF THE SPELL CASTER in December 2012, and BLOOD OF THE SORCERESS in February 2013, all for MIRA Books.

Maggie has published westerns, category romances, romantic suspense, paranormal romances, urban fantasy, women's fiction, and just about everything in between, and is currently working on her first thriller. She's a winner of the RITA Award, the romance fiction industry's most prestigious prize, and has won countless others.

Maggie's "Twilight" series of vampire novels, officially known as Wings in the Night, began in 1993 with a TWILIGHT PHANTASIES from Silhouette Shadows. The series only just concluded with TWILIGHT FULFILLED in October 2011. (Printable list and reading order at the author's website and on her Facebook page.)

Besides being an author, Maggie is a Wiccan High Priestess, Reiki healer, Tarot Card Reader, unofficial Life Coach, Law of Attraction expert, advice columnist, and a licensed minister. Her long running newspaper advice column has just now been compiled into book form; SHAYNE ON YOU, the author's first non-fiction book.

Recently, Maggie has begun re-releasing her out of print novels in ebook format. So far these include FAIRYTALE, FOREVER ENCHANTED and ANNIE'S HERO, fantasy-romances she wrote for Avon Books (Harper Collins) in the early 1990's, and a novella WITCH MOON RISING, originally published by Spilled Candy Books.

There will be much more to come.

Of course Maggie's publishers also release E-versions of her works, and it's difficult for the average reader to tell whether an ebook is released by a publisher, or the author herself. Especially books that were previously published by a NY Publishing House. Just look for the "Publisher" listing in the book's information and you'll see what's what. The prices are usually a little bit lower on the books Maggie releases herself.

Maggie lives with her soulmate Lance in a tiny town called Taylor (phone exchange: Truxton, mailing address: Cincinnatus, tax map: Cuyler. Smalltown folks understand!) in New York State's little known but sprawling and gorgeous dairy farm & wine country near the Fingerlakes region. Together they have a pair of Old English Mastiffs (Dozer & Daisy,) a chubby little bulldog (Niblet), an arrogant cat (Glorificus,) a saltwater reef aquarium with two clown fish (Larry & Cill) and two damsels (Vinnie & Blue,) a bearded dragon (Captain Yellow Beard) and a life of utter contentment and joy.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars :(, April 23, 2001

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Jennifer Medlock (AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Husband in Time (Silhouette, Fortune's Children) (Paperback)

Disappointed does not even begin to cover how I feel about this book. Almost always I give a book in the Fortunes Children series a four or five star rating simply because I love the series. However, A Husband in Time is a book that I can not believe is apart of this series. Jane and her young son Cody inherit an old house from Jane's grandma Kate. The last thing Jane expects is a man to show up from 1897. Thats right Zach, this intelligent scientist plans to go back in time so that he can keep his son Benjamin from getting sick, but instead accidently goes into the future and arrives in the year 1997. Jane wants to help Zach, but if she does it could redo all of history and Jane may lose her son Cody. I suppose this is supposed to be a timeless love story. Even 'dead' Kate was aware of the time traveling Zach. In my opinion, this story made a joke of the other books. No offense to Maggie Shayne, who is an excellent writer. I am not objecting to the story, its more that I do not believe that it fits in with the Fortune's Children series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Snappy Dialogue but Story Fails halfway through, September 2, 2004

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Serene (Marina, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Husband in Time (Silhouette, Fortune's Children) (Paperback)

I recently read a Husband in Time, by Maggie Shayne, and while I found the plot unique, and the dialogue well-written, this story failed for me about halfway through when the romance was hijacked by the heroine's small son 'Cody.' I am not opposed to children being in romance novels, but, I hate it when the romantic plot is subsumed by other characters. In this case, the "Cody attempts to rescue Benjamin" subplot got a little old.

Still, I liked Zach, and enjoyed his dialogue and the attraction between the heroine and himself seemed genuine. I'm giving this 3 stars. I would've liked to see more of the hero and heroine and less of the children's antics.

4.0 out of 5 stars Likeable but a little farfetched, March 22, 2010

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K. Lowrie - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Husband in Time (Paperback)

Good character detail but I found it upsetting at the end of the book that Jane's grandmother knew about the time travel aspect.