Time's Captive [Mass Market Paperback]

Kate Lyon (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 326 pages
• Publisher: Love Spell (July 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505526026
• ISBN-13: 978-0505526021
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #845,256 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kate Lyon writes romance with a hint of the paranormal - it's what she knows. Swept off her feet in a very weird, whirlwind romance, she learned to expect the unexpected. Now she brings that element of mystique to the printed page. Although born and raised 'out west,' Kate has traveled extensively and lived in six different states and overseas, which has given her a wide perspective and plenty of writing material. Her first novel, Time's Captive--written while raising five teen-agers and working full-time--co-won the 2003 Romantic Times/Dorchester Publishing "New Voice In Romance Contest" and was a LoveSpell release in July 2004. Award winning, highly acclaimed Hope's Captive followed in January 2006, and Kate's third novel, Destiny's Captive, will be released in November 2009, completing The Captive series.

Kate currently lives in northern Texas near the Oklahoma border and the Red River, areas that figure prominently in her books. She welcomes mail from her readers and encourages visits to her website: www.katelyon.net.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars insightful time travel romance, June 30, 2004

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time's Captive (Mass Market Paperback)

Her Comanche grandmother told Kris Baldwin many tales about their people; thus, though a mixed breed, Kris is comfortable with her duel heritage and even wears the stone that her Indian Grandmother gave her. Kris goes swimming in Barton Springs, Texas when she notices a stone like the one she wears around her neck. She also sees an Indian warrior gesturing for her to come to him. Bewildered, Kris almost drowns, but the Indian saves her life.

More baffling to Kris is how she ended up a century and half in the past. She concludes that she is in a graphic dream and his People refuse to accept that Kris is a powerful person sent to help the villagers. Only her rescuer Black Eagle believes otherwise. Kris begins to understand first hand the plight that is glossed over in modern day (that is her biological era) history books and what will happen to the various tribes. She duels with two deep contrary feelings of loving Black Eagle and knowing that she must return to use her knowledge to help her mother's People even as the evil Coyote Droppings wants to destroy her so she cannot help anyone.

This insightful time travel romance emphasizes the era with a realistic portrayal of the inner conflict that Indians struggled with as the tribes contend with self-respect and love for the land vs. overwhelming odds of war with the Anglos and certain devastation. The romance is solid and the cast offers a fabulous look into the past. Readers also receive a deep thought provoking tale that has relevance to what is happening in Iraq. Award winning newcomer Kate Lyon is an author worth keeping an eye on if TIME'S CAPTIVE is any indication of her talent.

Harriet Klausner

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Realistic!, July 3, 2004

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This review is from: Time's Captive (Mass Market Paperback)

She must be a messenger from the gods, Duuqa believes when he finds a woman who looks Indian but speaks with the white tongue. She is either that or someone he must kill, and he hopes she is not that. Kris is no messenger, just a half Indian woman who has been sent back in time, and why she does not know. Deciding to make the best of it, she submits to the necessities of Indian life as well as she can. It's not easy. She is seen as an angel by some and an enemy by others. Their customs are downright outre to her sensibilities. Polygamy is the norm, and Kris is not about to share a spouse. Duuqa has caught her eye and heart, but there are so many questions. Why is she here? Will what brought her to the past seize her back to the future just as unexpectedly? It's a dangerous and unsure time to fall in love.

*** Kate Lyon makes a strong debut with her award winning novel. Familiar elements and historical personalites combined with her own twist to the norm make a fantastically realistic read. ***(...)

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars In My Opinion, September 12, 2005

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Marva P. Bouldin "MarvaP" (Surprise, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time's Captive (Mass Market Paperback)

Time's Captive is the story of the War Chief of a Comanche tribe, Black Eagle. He has a vision of a "white woman" who will be instrumental in saving the Comanche. Kris Baldwin, the "white woman" who is half Comanche has other ideas about her role in this situation.

Theres two concepts are developed with conflicts in loyalties, ideas, love, friendship and beliefs. Some parts of the story is believable, others are not.

Easy reading.