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The Going Back Portal Kindle Edition

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Danger and romance in this intriguing time travel novel...

Rural Georgia,1840. Determined to keep her ancestral lands after her family is forced to march west on the Trail of Tears, a young Cherokee Indian woman finds herself trapped by a brutal white man on her own farmstead. When Kathryn Spears arrives from the twenty-first century, Forest Water hopes she's a good spirit sent to help her.

The Going Back Portal is the story of two young women caught in a dangerous confrontation between good and evil where one wrong move could reverberate across generations. Each one falls in love with a man from her own time, but there's no certainty they'll survive the savage who's taken possession of the land and their freedom.

A fast-paced time travel novel filled with compelling characters, including some memorable grandmothers who set events in motion.

"Ten stars! If you're a fan of time travel historicals like 'Outlander,' you'll love this one!" - Goodreads review

"Engrossing and heartwarming... Fresh and captivating." - The Prairies Book Review

'The Going Back Portal' is possibly one of the most intriguing novels I've read this year." - Readers' Favorite

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Publication date

January 28, 2019
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"Engrossing and heartwarming... Fresh and captivating." - The Prairies Book Review
"The Going Back Portal is possibly one of the most intriguing novels I've read this year." - Readers' Favorite
"...well sculpted characters whose presence enhances this fine novel and the result is one fine read!" - San Francisco Review of Books

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Kathryn Spears is a skeptical producer for a TV investigative news team. So when her grandmother claims a Cherokee Indian woman is living on a neighboring farm, she dismisses it as early Alzheimer's. Because, obviously, there is no farm nearby. Not in the present anyway. But when she follows Nana's lead, Kathryn is transported back in time to the year 1840 where she finds a young Cherokee woman left behind when her family marched west on the Trail of Tears.

Forest Water is ensnared in a dangerous struggle to keep her ancestral lands against a violent white man who claims the farm, and then claims her as well. Desperate to help her new friend, Kathryn becomes entangled in a battle between good and evil with much higher stakes than she imagines.

Both fall in love with a man from their own time, but there are threats, seen and unseen, that could cost them their lives.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07N7MW7HW
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wild Falls Publishing (January 28, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 28, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 4424 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #512,094 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #1,564 in Historical Fantasy Fiction
- #1,628 in Time Travel Romance
- #2,001 in Time Travel Romances

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Connie worked for many years as a radio reporter and news anchor, with a couple of brief forays into TV news along the way. Her experience as a journalist shows up in some of her novels. She also dabbled in acting in college and community theater. She uses those experiences in some of her books as well.

Her novels are fast-paced stories featuring young women facing serious challenges set against the backdrop of some thorny issues. She writes time travel, magical realism, historical fiction and climate fiction - all with a dollop of romance. Social justice is a theme of many of her books.

She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke with a degree in Journalism and Creative Writing.

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Unique Book

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2019

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The Going Back Portal by Connie Lacy is a great book filled with history, interesting characters, and best of all, time travel. Kathryn Spears, an investigative reporter travels to visit her Grandmother one evening near Athens, Georgia, and seems to be enjoying her visit, only to find out that her Grandmother seems to think there is a Cherokee Indian living next door. When Kathryn, her Grandmother, and her Grandmother's caretaker go out for a walk the next day to investigate, strange things start to happen. First, there are the figs that grow everywhere, and second, there's what happens to you when you decide to chomp down on a fig. Maybe a strange portal exists and transports people to the past, where Cherokee Indians inhabited the land next door to Grandma's place. This is a great tale, written in a charming way, but it's a story also filled with modern day scary stuff, creepy people, and a challenging job for Kathryn to figure everything out, yet the author skillfully weaves all of the action together in such a way that it makes sense. Not only does it make sense, but it keeps you reading until the end. A solid plot, believable time travel, and engaging, well thought out characters round out this unique book.

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‘You must leave. It is not safe’....’Are you Forest Water?’

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2019

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Georgia author Connie Lacy earned a degree in Journalism and Creative Writing at University of North Carolina at Pembroke and used her skills as a radio reporter and news anchor. Now she writes time travel, magical realism, climate fiction and historical fiction novels: her published books include THE TIME TELEPHONE, A DAFFODIL FOR ANGIE, THE SHADE RING TRILOGY, VISIONSIGHT, and now THE GOING BACK PORTAL. She lives in Atlanta.

In keeping with Connie’s character preference for ‘young women facing serious challenges set against the backdrop of some thorny issues,’ this exceptionally well written novel offers the experiences of two courageous women in different time periods whose lives intertwine by means of a Portal through which the contemporary woman can step into 1840 Georgia to witness the trials of a young Cherokee woman, finding parallels that grow in meaning and significance as the story progresses. Time travel novels can often challenge reality testing for readers, but the secure manner in which Connie introduces the concept results in allowing the reader to suspend disbelief and instead find the story credible.

The note as to the plot compresses the adventure well: ‘Rural Georgia, 1840. Determined to keep her ancestral lands after her family is forced to march west during the Trail of Tears, a young Cherokee Indian woman finds herself trapped by a brutal white man on her own farmstead. When Kathryn Spears arrives from the twenty-first century, Forest Water hopes she's a good spirit sent to help her. The Going Back Portal is the story of two courageous young women caught in a dangerous confrontation between good and evil where one wrong move could reverberate across generations. Each one falls in love with a man from her own time, but there's no certainty they'll survive the savage who's taken possession of the land and their freedom.’

The flow of writing is evident from page 1: ‘There was no denying Nana did sometimes resemble an old Indian woman. She certainly had the high cheek bones and brown eyes. But I stopped believing her tall tales when I was twelve. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, I humored her when she said she was one sixteenth Cherokee. Or one thirty-second. Or maybe one sixty-fourth. Her story changed from one telling to the next.’

Add to the mix well sculpted characters whose presence enhances this fine novel and the result is one fine read! Recommended. Grady Harp, February 19

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The Trail of Tears, Then and Now

Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2020

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“There’s no denying Nana did sometimes resemble an old Indian woman.” So begins Connie Lacy’s riveting time travel tale, The Going Back Portal.

Kathryn Spears is a producer for investigative reporter Mallory Cleveland at a television station in Atlanta, Georgia. When Kathryn visits her grandmother Edie—Nana—at her rural cottage, Nana tells her she has new Cherokee neighbors out behind the house. Kathryn chalks it up to the worsening of her grandmother’s dementia, until she herself falls through the time gate back to 1840, just after the infamous Trail of Tears—the forced relocation of the Cherokee nation to “Indian Territory” west of the Mississippi River.

There she meets Forest Water, left behind due to a physical disability. The young Indian woman insists that Kathryn is not safe, and sends her back through the portal with a diary that tells her story. Since the diary is written in the Cherokee Syllabary, Kathryn enlists the aid of Eric Murray, a professor of history with a specialty in Southeastern Indians, to translate it for her. When he does, she realizes she must go back through the portal and rescue Forest Water.

Ms. Lacy has created a novel so engaging it is hard to put down. It is both romantic and thrilling. Themes of grief and abandonment, crimes against women, and racism fill the pages and tug at the heart. The story is fast-paced, almost breathless at times, with a very satisfying conclusion. I highly recommend this thoughtful and entertaining read.

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I Am Now A Fan of Ms. Lacy's Work!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2019

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'The Going Back Portal' by Connie Lacy is a riveting historical science fiction story, with a touch of romance.

The author's knowledge regarding the Cherokee Indians during the 1840s is evident throughout & I love the way, in which, the author utilises this to show the differences & similarities between this time and the modern day, thus, making the story enlightening as well as enjoyable. - I couldn't ask for more from any author!

MayMoggie

Time travel adventure

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2019

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I loved this unique time travel story. What I especially loved was the fact that some things just haven't changed across time; men behaving badly in all time lines. I liked the connection to Cherokee heritage and fully believed the glimpses of life back in history. I wondered how the author was going to resolve things changing in the future when the past got messed about with, but did not see the ending coming, that took me by surprise, in a good way. Yup, thoroughly enjoyed this 'good read.'

bookworm81

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2019

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Connie Lacy is a fantastic author and this book certainly did not disappoint. It's a hugely intelligent and thought-provoking read with characters you quickly learn to either love or hate. The writing is beautiful and easy to read and the story is very well-researched. I'm not generally a huge fan of time-travel novels, but I'll be thinking about this one for a long time.

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The Going Back Portal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 20, 2019

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This was an enjoyable book. The story was compelling enough to keep me turning the pages and the ending was satisfying.

I have no idea why Kindle insists on a specific number of words when reviewing anywhere else on Amazon doesn't, but since those are the rules, here are the words.

Patches

A great book to lose yourself in

Reviewed in Australia on June 22, 2019

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Interesting concept and as a fan of Diana Gabaldon I was keen to try
So pleased I did good strory development and I was swept in so quickly that I spent the day curled up with this book, a coffee in front of the fire and was in heaven
I will definitely be reading more from this author and would recommend

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