Touched By Time (Zebra Regency Romance) [Mass Market Paperback]

Leanne Shawler (Author)

Book Description

Series: Zebra Regency Romance | Publication Date: July 1, 2005

Ramsay Chadwick has grown accustomed to the blurred ghosts that occasionally inhabit his bed. They're a minor inconvenience compared to the fact that his beautiful fiancee is flirting with another man. But the latest "ghost" to visit his room, Miss Jane Leighton, is nothing like the others. For one thing, a single touch turns her into a flesh and blood woman - revealing substantially more flesh than would be deemed proper by the ladies of Bath. For another, this lovely, spirited creature stays in his world from dusk till dawn...and suddenly, Ramsay finds himself waiting eagerly for evening...Jane treated herself to a vacation in Bath to escape from relationships - not to play matchmaker for the most intriguing, handsome man she's ever seen. And did she happen to mention that he lived two hundred years ago, and they can only meet at night? It's a decided complication...but falling in love is proving all too easy - and letting him go will be impossible...

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (July 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821778307
• ISBN-13: 978-0821778302
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,196,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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67 of 67 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Read, August 14, 2005

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Jennifer French (Garland, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touched By Time (Zebra Regency Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Jane Leighton is a modern day woman, escaping a stalking ex-boyfriend by vacationing in Bath. She ends up staying at a quaint Bed and Breakfast at Chadwick Manor, a place formerly owned by a gentleman who disappeared tragically during Regency period England.

Ramsey Chadwick is a Regency gentleman, two-weeks away from his marriage to the most beautiful woman in Bath. However, he starts noticing two things: (1) his future wife is flirting quite freely with his best friend and (2) there is a ghost of a woman in his bedchamber. Jane and Ramsey first meet as ghosts to one another. They both try to investigate who each other is, however Ramsey has no success, as Jane's time does not exist. Jane, on the other hand, discovers more about Ramsey and starts to long to help him find his way.

One night, during Ramsey's ball for his fiance, Jane is brought into Regency England by a touch from Ramsey. Once there, Jane believes that she is to help Ramsey discovered who caused him to disappear and to help prevent it from happening again. At the same time, Jane tries to assist Ramsey in dealing with his fiance. There is a twist, though. Jane is only in Ramsey's time at night. Every dawn, she returns to her world.

TOUCHED BY TIME is a good, solid afternoon read. It is rather shorter than my normal books, but I was intriqued by the story. Ramsey and Jane do not fall "head over heels in love" immediately. They gradually learned to like and respect each other. Will they be able to save Ramsey? Will Ramsey marry his fiance? Is there a way for Jane to remain in Ramsey's time, if they do fall fully in love? Read to find out.

30 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Time Travel Romance!, September 11, 2005

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Sharon H. Shearouse "abknk" (Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touched By Time (Zebra Regency Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

Touched By Time is a different take on the Time Travel Romance genre. I realize this genre can be disappointing because of the details of how hard it would be to change the time we live in & what we'd live without.
This book starts with 2 people who live in the same house (one the original owner, the other a visitor) in Bath. They are aware of someone else in the master bedroom & both suppose they're seeing ghosts. How do they find each other, who is the one to "travel"? are questions that are answered creatively and in a way that says "Well, it COULD happen!"
A fresh view with 1 of the characters realizing what they'll be giving up on changing time & learning the expected behavior of the society they choose to stay in.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TIME DOESN'T MATTER, March 24, 2008

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Maria Augusto "Book & Movie addict" (Santos, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Touched By Time (Zebra Regency Romance) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is a very likeable time travel story. Bath is the perfect scenery. Then, friends, do not lose the adventures of Jane and Ramsay. You can jump from today's Bath to the one from 1812. That's what it is most interesting in this book, as Jane, little by little knows the way of living from the past and the most important, knows better our hero, Ramsay. The way she goes to past and returns was ingeniously created by the writer Leanne Shawler. I only give 4 stars as I would have liked to read more of this nice couple in the final chapter of this nice story !