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A Knight to Cherish (Time Passages Romance Series)

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Though twenty-five, Francine Peabody believes she must be the oldest living virgin on the planet. Since she will shortly marry, she feels she needs to understand sex just a little bit. She goes to the library looking for a simple primer. In the same aisle is elderly Mrs. Rapaport, who asks Francine for a favor. She wants Francine to simply civilize humanity in 1214 England. To patronize the senior citizen, Francine agrees to the request.

The next moment, Francine finds herself sitting by a lake near a forest. Sir Garrick rescues her, takes her to his castle, and rips her clothing off her. He leaves and yells at the sorcerer Lady Anne for producing another woman he can reject. Though he is forced to allow her to stay for three months, Garrick is even more frustrated as Francine begins to teach cleanliness and politeness to his knights. As he begins to fall in love with her, Garrick knows he must control his passion and need because he must court a wealthy woman for the good of his keep. Francine also falls in love with her barbaric knight, but she has a fiancé waiting for her almost eight centuries in the future.

A KNIGHT TO CHERISH is a wonderful time travel romance that takes twentieth century thoughts on cleanliness into war with thirteenth century tenets. The story line is fun and entertaining as a battle of wits ensues. The lead couple are a dynamite duo totally unprepared for love. The support cast augments the plot with a feel for the Medieval period. Angie Ray provides her audience with an enjoyable time travel romance that will be a keeper for sub-genre fans.

Harriet Klausner

This story was easy to believe. It had magic, humor, and a sexy knight with a secret of his own. The lead character, Francine, has a definite personality. She's really cute, although nothing she does seems contrived or created by the author to get a laugh. When she does something funny, it seems so natural to her, that it's really funny. All the characters in the book seem like real people. The story moves at a smoothly flowing pace, and I was so caught up in it, I hated to stop, even for a minute. I was sad when it ended! That's a sure characteristic of a good author.It's been quite a while since I've read such a satisfying time travel. Definitely one to read again, and share with friends.

Even with a spell put upon him so he can't "rise to the occasion" unless with true love, this tough guy hero doesn't believe in such until he meets the endearing heroine and can't help falling in love with her. The part where they spent the night together and the other women asked her about "his affliction" was hysterical. Wonderful characters I had fun reading about.

Although slow to start I loved this book. It is the first of Angie Ray's books I have read, but it won't be the last. The twist at the end of the story was brilliant. Usually I can tell what is going to happen, but I love it when I am surprised by some twist in the tale, like this one.

After finishing I checked on the other book I have by Angie "My lady in time". I was wondering after seeing the name of the hero of that book and where it is based if the two books are in some way connected. Can some one please tell me in what order I should have read them? I think My lady in time was released before A knight to cherish. I'm going to have to read My lady to find out if i'm right.

I tried to find out from Angie's website but the url in the book does not seem to be working. I would appreciate it if someone could send me her website address, I want to find out about all her other books. She is a marvelous writer and I for one will keep looking out for her books.

Those readers who like time travel romances will find much to enjoy in this book. The plot is interesting with a couple of twists and turns in the tale. It is relatively well-written with a certain amount of charm and humor permeating its pages.

Francine Peabody is a prim young miss living in relative comfort in Southern California in 1998. Engaged to be married and working as an accountant, Francine has a predictable future looming before her. Others, however, have something else in store for her. When her eccentric, elderly neighbor wants Francine to put on an old emerald necklace of her and say that she is willing to go to the year 1214 in order to help civilize mankind, Francine humors her, only to suddenly find herself on an adventure of a lifetime.

Transported to the year 1214, Francine meets up with Lord Garrick, a knight with secrets of his own. A brave, though rough-around-the-edges knight who initially sees Francine as a nuisance, Garrick finds himself strangely drawn to Francine, despite his vow to never fall in love. Francine also finds herself responding to Garrick in a way no engaged woman should respond to another man.

This well-plotted time travel romance will be enjoyed by fans of the genre. It is a funny and charming time travel romance that will keep the reader turning the pages.

This is the first book by Angie Ray that I've read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope to read many more ! While one must always check facts at the door when reading time travel romance, this one was both romantic and altruistic. You *wanted* to believe that this was possible !

I enjoyed the main characters of Francine and Garrick very much. Their verbal sparring, their profound attraction towards one another and their day to day life in medieval times was great fun to read. I especially enjoyed the completely surprising twist at the end of this book. I was most certainly not expecting it !

That said, I was thoroughly confused by the characters of Anne and Raphael. I didn't really understand who or what they were. I also didn't understand the role they played in the time travel experience. This is the only reason I didn't give A KNIGHT TO CHERISH 5 stars.

A good story to read, very romantic and funny at the same time... Loved it when Francine taught the knights to change their habits and teaching manners. If I can go back in time, ohhh man I think I would love it, if I had to replay the story with the dashing knight :0)

I enjoyed this book even though it was a bit slow at the start. It had humor and serious scenes that were evenly matched. This is the story of Francine a very geeky accountant in 1998 who is about to be married to a geeky accountant that she works for. She has a verry eccetric old neighbor who is always asking her to help her with some project or another. Well this latest project transports her back in time to England in the year 1214!. In order for her to return to her time she must "Civilize" the people here. But here is controlled by the Lord of the keep. Garrick. He's very brave but has a problem that keeps him from falling in love with any woman. Francine must get past his brutish ways to help these people and to get to the heart of Garrick's problem. Along the way she finds new friends and even starts to enjoy herself. She also finds herself more and more attracted to Garrick, who is also fighting his passion for her. Together they must compromise to bring Civilization and love to this brutal time. I enjoyed this book and was really suprised at the end. I hope to read other books by this author.

I had a hard time getting caught up in the story. The writing in of itself was fine, but the two main characters couldn't seem to capture my interest. They seemed two dementional to me. Now, I realize that not every writer is going to be for every person, so I give it three stars for writing, plot imagination and the twist at the end.

A clever idea, but I found the main character hard to relate to -- maybe it was all that hairspray the author kept referring to at the beginning. It occurred to me more than once that if any woman (or man for that matter) with this gal's attitude was transported back in time as she was, she would have been murdered before the end of the first chapter for being so obnoxious. If you found yourself with a copy, save it for bathroom reading.