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4.0 out of 5 stars
fine historical romantic fantasy, June 16, 2003
This review is from: My Secret Protector (Mass Market Paperback)
William MacAlpin prefers working as an emergency rescuer jumping into dangerous scenarios to rescue trapped firefighters than serving as a Protector. However, the Council, through his Uncle Gavin, orders William to make a critical leap in time to stop escapee Bartholomew from changing history. He says no until he learns that the Renegade time traveler plans to go back to the sixteenth century to kill William's parents.
William journeys back to 1558 where Isabel de Pinze sees him miraculously step out of the water. However, thugs immediately accost him. With Isabel's help he wins the battle, but is badly wounded. She manages to take him to her home where her guardian calls Dr. John Campbell to look at William. John is actually Bartholomew who recognizes the tattoo of a Protector who is most likely coming for him. As William and Isabel fall in love, he must stop Bartholomew from changing history by protecting his mother, a little girl living with Isabel's guardians.
MY SECRET PROTECTOR is a fine historical romantic fantasy that readers of the two sub-genres will enjoy. Though the audience will need to accept the Protectors and their species living among mortals, the author binds her audience through the plight of the hero willing to die to protect his loved ones. This solid tale will lead to the audience wanting to learn more about this nearly immortal race watching the time stream.
Harriet Klausner
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Oh yeah!, June 11, 2003
This review is from: My Secret Protector (Mass Market Paperback)
William could be a superhero easily with his good looks and bravery. His work as a smoke jumper takes him into danger almost daily. He is a rule breaker and risk taker, but even more than that, he is Immortal. He is one of an ancient race descended from the Atlanteans and charged with watching over humanity. For the most part, he lives life with little contact with his people.
That all changes when his irratating uncle shows up on his doorstep. Gavin has an assignment that William would refuse, but when his uncle explains the odds at stake, he can not refuse. It is his mission to go back in time and keep a renegade Immortal from seeking revenge on those who killed his brother by making sure that Bloody Mary remains alive and Elizabeth never becomes queen. While the historical implications are frightening enough, no Shakespeare, none of the advances of the Elizabethan era, the end of the Reformation, for William, it is even more so. The first targets of the revenge will be his own parents.
In the past, William immediately continues his heroics by rescuing a young woman, though at first it appears to have cost his life. The maiden takes him home, hoping to cure him, and is blown away when he appears to rise from death. Her parents are not stunned, however. She is the adopted half breed child of an Immortal and his human lover. Bringing William home draws her into the line of danger involved in the war between good and bad Immortals and also risks bringing her own secret past to light.
All of that is secondary though, for Isobel and William immediately fall in love, even though that is breaking every rule that William has not already broken.
***** Spanning centuries, this is a well balanced time travel romance that makes sense. So often, such books, while fun, still stretch credibility, but not this one. The characters are dynamic and likeable, unless you are supposed to hate them. Then, they are thoroughly despicable. The best part? The threads for several sequels are apparent, promising readers the hope of even more Immortal stories in the future. *****
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