Tumbling Through Time [Mass Market Paperback]

Gwyn Cready (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 29, 2008

In her sparkling and hilarious debut, author Gwyn Cready introduces Persephone "Seph" Pyle, a total control freak who plans for everything -- until a pair of killer heels sends her back in time and into the arms of a ruggedly handsome sea captain straight from the pages of a romance novel.

Wandering the Pittsburgh airport before a business trip, Seph decides to kill time with some preflight shopping -- anything to get her mind off Tom Fraser, her irresistible, dimple-chinned coworker turned travel buddy. So when a pair of to-die-for pink stilettos calls her name from a store window, she tries them on -- only to be swiftly transported back to the eighteenth century and flung aboard a turbulent ship sailing the Mediterranean!

There, Seph is stunned to meet Phillip Drummond, an arrogant British pirate and the spitting image of Tom. Phillip has summoned her back in time to straighten out his complete mess of a life -- for he is the burly hero in the romance novel she someday hopes to write, and she is responsible for his destiny. But in the midst of turning things right so she can get back to reality, Seph starts to fall for the smolderingly sexy Phillip. And when Tom is thrown into the mix, she doesn't know what -- or who -- she wants. Seph soon realizes that spotting the perfect pair of shoes may be easy, but finding the perfect man can be a real trip.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Uptight business executive Persephone Pyle tries on a pair of shoes in the Pittsburgh airport and finds herself magically whisked to a ship at sea in 1706, captained by a privateer who bears a startling resemblance to her office crush, Tom Fraser. She becomes even more bewildered when she discovers that the captain, Philip Drummond, is a character from a romance novel she's been thinking about writing. In exchange for her safe passage to Venice, Drummond orders her to help him find some crucial documents that will determine the fate of the English navy. While she's falling for the roguish Philip, she finds it necessary to travel back to the 21st century and recruit Tom's help; among the time traveling, swashbuckling and office politics, Persephone is no longer sure what she wants—or whom. Cready combines her disparate elements with fast-paced dialogue and a charming plot, hanging it all on a smart, sassy lead who's equally believable as a businesswoman and a writer. Tackling both time travel and the concept of authorial intent in fresh ways, this romance debut is a joy and its author worth watching. (Feb.)
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"Fun and sexy...a reading adventure you don't want to miss."
-- Janet Evanovich

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; First novel by this author edition (January 29, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416541152
• ISBN-13: 978-1416541158
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #715,351 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #81 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Romance > Time Travel

More About the Author

I'm the RITA-winning author of sexy, funny romances. My next book, A Novel Seduction, a contemporary romance, hits bookstores at the end of October, 2011. It's my first non-time travel romance. I hope you like kilts, because I managed to get my hero into one for the last third of the book. [Personal cheer.] Find out more at cready.com.

The author photo is copyright 2011, Garen DiBartolomeo.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Double the Romance and Humor for Seph, January 31, 2008

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Valentine (Canonsburg, PA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tumbling Through Time (Mass Market Paperback)

I loved this book. It delivers twice as much entertainment as most romance novels! Think one current and uniquely engaging heroine ("Seph") with two really sexy men, two great locations in two different centuries, a mystery to solve and great shoes, it easily delivers twice as many moments that leave you both sighing or laughing out loud, and a surprise ending that really delivers! It was a page-turner I couldn't put down, cliche as that sounds. Seriously, after I read the book I had to go to Ms. Cready's website (www.cready.com) just to see what's next! Now I can't wait for her next novel "Seducing Mr. Darcy".

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Huh?, July 29, 2008

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Princess Caffeine (West Coast) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tumbling Through Time (Mass Market Paperback)

I'm a big fan of the time traveling books. I love Diana Gabaldon's books as well as the Highlander books from Moning so I'm always on the lookout for a new one. I had high hopes for this book because it sounded like it had some humor, some romance, pirates and time travel and how can that go wrong?
The plot is confusing at times and the idea of a writer that falls into her own unwritten story and therefore can't control it is just a bad idea. She supposedly created the characters but yet she hasn't, the main character is a guy from work that she's attracted to and the bad guy is her boss that she hates and the plot revolves around some documents that no one can find because the woman that "wrote" the story doesn't know anything about them. That isn't much of a story, even an unwritten one.
I feel like this book was published in the idea stage instead of waiting until it was completely formed.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tumbling Through Time, March 25, 2008

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Julie R. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tumbling Through Time (Mass Market Paperback)

I thought this was silly at first but then I began to get into it more and ended up thoroughly enjoying it. There were some real laugh-out-loud moments, and I could share the heroine's confusion. I found the very end confusing, however, and disappointing.