Wrapped In Wishes [Paperback]

Olga Bicos (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1996

Sent back through time by an accident in hypnosis, attorney Chloe Plum falls in love with rogue adventurer Harrison Connors only to return to her own time, but his appearance in modern-day New Orleans offers Chloe a second chance to be with him. Original.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Wonderful characters, a riveting plot and unique concepts make this romantic adventure (Sweeter Than Dreams) a humdinger of a book. Chloe Plum, a New Orleans law professor has suffered from insomnia ever since she miscarried and found out her then-husband was having an affair. Seeking a cure, she undergoes hypnosis and is transported to Victorian England, where she meets Harrison Connors, a handsome 19th-century ghostbuster whose 20th-century counterpart, a syndicated cartoonist, Chloe meets back in her own time. She later recognize him as her soul mate; but before she can accept his love, she has to discover how his cartoons can foretell her time-traveling experiences even before she has them. Each session with her therapist deepens Chloe's involvement with characters who want to rule the world by traveling through time. Speculative theories on ghosts and time travel are convincingly employed. In a stunning conclusion, past and present meet and Chloe's life is in the balance.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Zebra; First Edition edition (August 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821753703
• ISBN-13: 978-0821753705
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 3.8 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,136,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Both Worlds with Wrapped in Wishes, April 14, 2000

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--corinne-- (Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrapped In Wishes (Paperback)

I found a mention of Wrapped in Wishes on a website several years ago when it won a Waldenbooks award. On that recommendation, I read it and found it to be an extraordinarily original and distinctive time-travel romance.

Chloe Plum is a law professor in contemporary New Orldeans whose personal life is in a mess. Her fiance betrayed her. She suffers a miscarriage soon afterwards and finds out she cannot have children. She then begins to suffer from debilitating insomnia during which she distantly hears a baby crying.
She reluctantly decides to try hypnotherapy for her insomnia. In doing so, she slips into the life of a past ancestress in Victorian times. What is even more surprising is her ancestress's problems parallel those in Chloe's own life.

Olga Bicos does an amazing job with the plot: she keeps two different timelines in dialogue with each other and periodically drops in coincidences to have the two timelines reflect back on each other. The reasons for the time-travel are complex and compelling.

This is a wonderful time-travel that is on my Top Ten Romances of All-Time list. This time-travels comes right under Diana Gabaldon's Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber for me. Wrapped in Wishes reminds me of Linda Howard's Son of the Morning in a lot of ways, but this one was first and in many ways better.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore Cover & Title-This is one GREAT book!, July 14, 2006

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Robin Stark "So many books!" (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wrapped In Wishes (Paperback)

Wow! I just finished this book this morning and ... Wow! This is NOT your typical time travel romance book, even though the dumb title and cover art suggest that it is. I know there is a reason for the title (something in the book), but it doesn't let people know how special this story is. The title should have been something a little more sinister-sounding. The plot is so different, with a lot of suspense and freaky occurrences. It was exciting and scary, because you just didn't know what was going on. There seemed to be no explanation for what was happening. It all came together, with a very satisfying ending. I was glued to this book and highly recommend it.

5.0 out of 5 stars A truly wonderful book, October 3, 1997

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Wen Zientek ([e-mail]) (Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wrapped In Wishes (Paperback)

I rarely read books by authors that I am not familiar with these days. I have so many series that I try to keep up with that I rarely stray. The title of this book is what caught my eye and I was not disappointed at all. It is a wonderful story that spans the ages. The chracters are vivid, and while the latest craze has been these "timeswept" novels this book stands far above many of the rest. Not only does the premise not make you laugh for a long time, it almost makes you wistful. It is a wonderful book by a very powerful author.