Traded Secrets [Paperback]

Victoria Presley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1996

Pursuing her dream of becoming a doctor after an unhappy love affair, Savannah Stuart visits an antique shop and is transported back in time to a Confederate hospital, where she enters a relationship with Dr. Jacob Cross.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Books (Mm) (May 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0505520923
• ISBN-13: 978-0505520920
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,444 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A sweet love story., March 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Traded Secrets (Paperback)

I enjoyed "Traded Secrets" because the characters were so likable. Savannah is an intelligent and strong female character, I found myself saying "You go girl." several times when she stood up for herself. Jacob is an unusual male character, but pleasantly so. He is willing to let go of past heartaches and to let a woman teach him new & important advances in medicine. These two were such a pleasant surprise for me. After reading so many romance novels with weak, simpering female characters who get themselves into one scrape after another until some man saves them, Savannah was a breath of fresh air.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Civil War time travel, June 27, 2005

By 

Sandra J Smith "reader of passionate books" (Beaverton, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Traded Secrets (Paperback)

This is the first time travel book I've read having to do with the
Civil War era. In fact, this is my first Civil War era romance I've ever read.

It wasn't a book with a lot of humor, and I didn't go into reading it expecting any. The plot showed a great deal about the lives of
confederate soldiers at that time, especially wounded & dying ones.

Jacob & Savannah were a great couple. She came from 1996 into
1862, and he is a confederate doctor in that time. They fall in
love, but not without many pitfalls. Savannah thinks she is fulfilling her destiny by helping the wounded soldiers, but before the book is out, she finally realizes that Jacob is her
destiny.

Savannah sincerely wants to help the soldiers, but in order to
do so, she needs plenty of medicines. The problem was, she was
not allowed (this is where it gets a bit complicated) by her
time-travel aide, to bring back anything that wasn't already
being used in that time. For instance, aspirin, though not
available in the United States at that time, was available in
Europe, therefore, it was a medicine that her time-travel agent
would allow her to use. There was a catch here -- Mathilda
(the time-travel helper) required that Savannah bring her certain
historically-valuable items she could sell in her antique store in 1996, in exchange for these medicines (this is how Savannah
gets these medicines without ever going back to 1996).

Also, there is a villain, in the form of her ex-fiance's ancestor. His name is Jordan, and she is attracted to him until she realizes he is the same sort of schmuck her ex-fiance was
in 1996. Since Jordan dies at the end of the book, I can only
come to the conclusion that the ex-fiance was never born in the
the future. Jordan tried to use Savannah for his purposes &
died trying for his efforts.

On a 1-10 scale, I would give the book at least a 9. It was
very good. I see on Amazon where a "Vickie Presley" has a book,
and I am wondering if it is the same author. If so, I might be
tempted to check it out sometime. Victoria Presley should definitely write more books, especially time travels.

4 to 4 1/2 stars.