Love Once Again [Paperback]

Jo Ann Simon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2002

A twist of time had swept them into each other's arms....but a sad turn of fate just as suddenly swept them apart.

On a perfect New England Christmas morning, Jessica, with their infant son in her arms, crosses their bedroom to greet Christopher. But before she has a chance to reach her destination, the image of him seated on the edge of their bed seems to fade. His welcoming smile becomes a look of alarm. He reaches out his hand to her. She thinks she has grasped it.

Yet instead she finds herself in small and very cold nineteenth century cabin, alone with their child...while Christopher finds himself in a New York City rooming house, without his wife and son.

Agonized by memories of their magical time together, each is forced to carry on—Jessica as a servant in a wealthy farm household. Christopher adjusts to finding a career in early nineteenth century New York.

Will the love they have shared remain only a memory...or will fate allow their paths to cross again? Can even a love as strong as theirs overcome...for all time?

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About the Author

Jo Ann Simon was born Jo Ann Haessig in Norwalk, Connecticut on November 2,1946—about nine months after her father, Charles Haessig, returned from his Navy position in the Pacific Theater after the war was won over Japan.She grew up in Norwalk, attending local schools and the local college, achieving honors grades, before marrying Kenneth Campbell, Sr., the father of her two children, Kimberly and Kenneth, Jr.

She began writing at nights, after working a full time corporate day job and putting her two young children to bed. She began writing her first book because she had always loved writing and reading, and she sought another avenue for her talents that she knew couldn't be found in the corporate world, where in the late 1970's and early 1980's the 'glass ceiling' still existed in most corporate workplaces.

Writing as both Jo Ann Simon and Joanna Campbell, her pseudonym for the Thoroughbred Series, Jo Ann has written over thirty books of her own and has had many other books published as the offshoot of her ideas for the Thoroughbred Series with her listed as the 'creator.'

Product Details

• Paperback: 344 pages
• Publisher: Imajinn Books (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893896684
• ISBN-13: 978-1893896680
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,569,960 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A love for all time . . ., August 9, 2004

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Amanda Carrell "Erotic Romance Author" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love Once Again (Paperback)

_Love Once Again_, the sequel to Ms. Simon's _Love Once In Passing_ picks up moments after the first book ends. It's Christmas morning in Connecticut and everything's finally going right for Jessica and Christopher when fate decides to deal them a cruel blow.

Just as the celebrations are about to begin, both Christopher and Jessica are swept back in time to the 19th century. Jessica, along with her son Kit, is cast into the life of a serving maid a few miles from her 20th century home, while Christopher winds up in New York, only 40 miles away from his family. Neither knows what has happened to the other and both assume they'll never see each other again. They both pursue new lives but never forget the love they shared.

It's two years before they finally run into each other purely by accident. Jessica's settled into the life of a servant and Christopher has built a successful shipping business and has a new fiance.

Though they are back together, things are far from easy and the road to love is a long and bumpy one.

The book follows the characters right up until the end of their lives, so you're left with no doubt this time whether or not they are able to stay together.

Overall I was glad to see what happened to the characters, though I feel that Ms. Simon wasn't exactly true to the character of Christopher. In this book I really found it hard to like him at all and more often than not I actually hated him.

I do recommend this book if you've read the first one, but once again keep a box of tissues on hand, you'll definitely need them.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read, May 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Once Again (Paperback)

A must read to find out what happens to Jessica and Christopher.
One moment she was standing in her bedroom of her twentieth century Connecticut home and the next minute, Jessica and her son are in a cold strange room, she was swept back in time to the year 1812. I could not put this book down.