A Love Through Time (Time Passages) (Paperback)

by Terri Brisbin (Author)

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Product Description
To Maggie Hobbs, Scotland is a dream vacation. For Alex MacKendimen, it's a way to free himself from work and explore his family history. Or so they think--until a mysterious stranger sends them back to medieval Scotland. Together, they will embark on a journey through time on a quest for love.

Product Details

• Paperback: 342 pages
• Publisher: Jove (November 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0515124036
• ISBN-13: 978-0515124033
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #245,670 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Debut Deluxe!, August 3, 1999

By	Leslie Tramposch "PNR Reviewer" (Moon Township, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is my favorite type of time travel in which both main character travel through time in order to learn a lesson. This is an incredible debut for Ms. Brisbin. Her writing style is so vivid and emotional that I felt as if I'd been pushed through the arch right along with Maggie and Alex! I experienced their confusion, fear, and pain, their courage, joy, and love. I watched as Alex's true character emerged and his emotions blossomed, up close and personal. I laughed, cried, and hurt for the two of them. The touching epilogue was the perfect ending to a perfectly delightful read! I highly recommend this novel and wait with baited breath for the November sequel "A Matter of Time". --------- Leslie Tramposch - Pghromance

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A TIME TRAVEL TALE THAT TANTALIZES..., September 29, 2001

By	Lawyeraau (Balmoral Castle) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (COMMUNITY FORUM 04)

This is an interesting debut novel and a welcome addition to the time travel genre. It is a well told tale that evokes another time, long ago. It is also a tale of love.

Two people from New Jersey, each on the run from a broken romance, go to Scotland. Maggie Hobbs is there on vacation. Alex MacKendiman is accompanying his aunt to a gathering of his clan near Dunnedin, Scotland. Maggie and Alex meet at the clan gathering. They also meet a mysterious stranger, Mairi, who pushes them through a portal in time. Before they know it, they are in a medieval Scotland of six hundred years ago.

As luck would have it, Alex is the doppelganger of a long ago ancester of the same name. It appears that his ancestral namesake has been visiting in England for some time. When Alex and Maggie arrive in medieval Scotland, he is mistaken for his returning ancester, who also happens to be the laird's son. Maggie is taken to be his leman, as Alex has been betrothed to Anice, daughter of the head of the MacNab clan.

From here on in, their adventures fly fast and furious, as Alex and Maggie struggle to fit it and get the lay of the land in order to survive, until they can figure out a way to return to the present. There are many pitfalls to avoid and many customs to adopt in order to make their trek through time a safe one. In the process, they fall in love.

What happens to Alex and Maggie is entertaining and interesting, as they traverse a veritable minefield of differences between past and present. It is only through their growing love, however, that they will find the link necessary to effect a return to their time. Will they make it? Read this book and find out. You will not be disappointed.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good read-intriguing time travel, October 4, 1998

By A Customer

In New Jersey, school teacher Maggie Hobbs, who just split from her boyfriend, is looking forward to spending her summer vacation on a tour of Scotland. At the same time also in the Garden State, Alex MacKendimen, whose girlfriend just left him, is planning to accompany his beloved Aunt Jean to Scotland in order to attend the clan gathering in Dunnedin. This is the first trip to Scotland for both Americans.

Near Dunnedin, Maggie's tour bus breaks down. She attends the clan gathering where she meets the mysterious Mairi and ultimately Alex. The fellow Americans are attracted to each other, but admit there is no time to get acquainted until after they return to the states. Mairi insists they have all the time in the world and pushes them through a magical arch that tranport the pair back several hundred years to a Medieval Dunnedin. Now the twentieth century travelers need to depend on one another to survive and find a way home. During this trek, they fell in love.

Readers beware of A LOVE THROUGH TIME because one must prepare for a paradigm switch. Debut author Terri Brisbin successfully sends both lead protagonists back through time's portal, thereby, geometrically increasing the fun of a crisp story line. Maggie and Alex are a wonderful pair as each seeks something better out of life, while the support cast adds authenticity to both centuries. If this novel is any indication, Ms. Brisbin has a long future ahead of her, hopefully with more tales involving Mairi the marvelous matchmaker.

Harriet Klausner