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A Love Beyond Time (Timeswept)

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Accidentally thrust back to the eight century by a computer genius's time-travel program, Mike Bailey fell from the sky and landed near Charlemagne's camp. Knocked senseless by the crash, he couldn't remember his name, address, or occupation, but no shock could make his body forget how to respond when he awoke to the sight of an enchanting Angel. Headstrong and innocent, Danise was already eighteen and almost considered an old maid by the Frankish nobles who courted her. Yet the stubborn beauty chose to risk spending her life cloistered in a nunnery rather than marry for any reason besides love. Unexpectedly mesmerized by the stranger she discovered unconscious in the forest, Danise was quickly roused by an all-consuming passion-and a desire that would conquer time itself.

Danise is the heroine and friend to India Baldwin (Of Time to Love Again) and this is her story.

Mike Bailey the hero of this story is the friend that Mark sent after the elusive Hank, whose computer genius started the whole mess, after he escape in Time to Love again.

Flora Speer does a great job of entertaining the reader from start to finish. The characters and plot are superb.

In this sequel to A TIME TO LOVE AGAIN, we get to see what happened with Danise who was a good friend of India Baldwin. It picks up from when Hank, the computer-geek obsessed with time travel, escapes with India's files and laptop. Hoping to stop Hank from recreating India's adventures in the eighth century and possibly changing the course of history, she enlists the help of archaeologist Mike Bailey. Unfortunately, the confrontation doesn't go according to plan and before he knew it, Michael is accidentally thrust back in time, right in the arms of Danise and with no memory whatsoever.

While out walking in the forest, Danise stumbles upon the unconscious stranger but instead of fear, she feels drawn to him, wanting to know more about the man with his strange clothes. And as she nurses him back to health, at the same time trying to help him regain his memory, both fight the intense attraction they feel for each other. For Danise, it is the fear that Michel (the adopted name of Mike) might in fact be married and she also feels guilty that she's betraying Hugo (the knight she fell in love with in the first book and who died the year before) whom she vowed to love for eternity. For Michel, it is his respect for Danise's father that stops him from pursuing her, not to mention that he doesn't have anything to offer her. And so both try to deny their growing feelings for each other, until Michel suddenly recovers his memory. Thinking that Hank wouldn't bring him back in order to eliminate the only witness he has, Michel accepts his life in 779AD and vows to live the life of a Frankish warrior hoping he will gain the wealth and respect he needs in order to pursue Danise.

A LOVE BEYOND TIME features some of the characters in the first book, with a few additions to complicate the storyline. Danise and Michel meet a year after she loses her beloved Hugo in the Battle of Roncevaux, and we see her still bearing her heartbreak over his death. While both main characters are likable, I found that the story lacked the spark and emotions that made me like the first book. I found some parts were unnecessarily stretched and so I skipped a lot of pages. I also didn't feel the depth of love between Michel and Danise, compared with Theo and India.

Having read "A Time to Love Again", I guess I had high expectations from this book, which is what makes me a bit critical. But even though this isn't as captivating as its predecessor, this is still quite an enjoyable read so long as you don't expect too much. Also if you have read the first book, don't expect to find an update on India and Theo's relationship, as their part in this is very little.

I enjoyed reading this book and was delighted to find out its a sequel. I'll go back and read the first book just as soon as I can order it.
This is a time travel book that has the hero traveling back in time to the time of Charlemagne. The hero is a modern day man who is trying to stop a scientist from sending people back in time. Mike accidentaly falls into the machine and ends up inn the 8th century and has no idea who he is or where he is. He is found by the beautiful young, by modern standards, Danise. She nurses him back to health and they fall for each other. But even though they have fallen in love they have serveral obsticals to overcome before they can be together. Enemies in both time periods try and rip them from each other.

This book has very tender love scenes and an interesting plot. I enjoyed this book quite a bit and I would highly recommend it.

From the back cover:

The man from the heavens...

Accidentally thrust back to the eighth century by a computer genius's time-travel program, Mike Bailey fell from the sky and landed near Charlemagne's camp. Knocked senseless by the crash, he couldn't remember his name, address, or occupation, but no shock could make his body forget how to respond when he awoke to the sight of an enchanting...

Angel on earth...

Headstrong and innocent, Danise was already eighteen and almost considered an old maid by the Frankish nobles who courted her. Yet the stubborn beauty chose to risk spending her life cloistered in a nunnery rather than marry for any reason besides love. Unexpectedly mesmerized by the stranger she discovered unconscious in the forest, Danise was quickly roused by an all-consuming passion--and a desire that would conquer time itself.

And my review:

This book was just okay. Not outstanding, and not terrible, either.

One thing I found interesting was that in this story, the man was the one to travel back in time. It seems that in 99% of time-travel romances, it's the heroine who does the time-travelling. Also, this author's use of the Charlemagne period (779 A.D.) was also unique, as I had never before read a story set in this period before.

The drawbacks were that this novel read more like a political history lesson that a romance novel. It was obviously well-researched, but sometimes I felt overwhelmed by the historical detail. I didn't feel that it wove seemlessly into the story.

Also, I felt that the romance aspect of this was sacrificed for the political struggle part of it. The romance was starting to develop nicely when the hero and heroine are seperated for a time. After that, they fall into bed together. I was left feeling a little bit cheated by this. I kind of felt that the heroine gave it away too easily, considering the time period, and especially considering that she'd just narrowly escaped from being gang-raped.

All in all, this book was okay. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't one I'd highly recommend, either.