Traveling Light
by Diana Rubino
May 2009,
Eternal Press
$6.95
77,800 words
time travel romance
ebook
3.5 fangs
.5
Leigh hits her head and passes out in the bed of Richard III, on display in the historic cottage she's restoring. When she awakes, she finds herself in fifteenth-century England, wed to the mysterious Lord Guy Blackamour. All she remembers of Lord Blackamour from history is that he supposedly drowned his wife (Leigh at the moment!) and was later executed for treason. Will Leigh be able to escape back to her own time before it's too late? Will she suffer the same fate as Guy's wife? Or will history prove wrong about Lord Blackamour?
Although time travel and historical romances aren't my favorites, the political intrigue and complex misunderstandings drew me into this story and kept me enthralled. I enjoyed Leigh and Guy's slowly unfolding relationship as they navigated kidnappings, betrayal, and battle to discover what was really important to each of them in the end.
Sadly, there is one rather significant plot inconsistency involving who placed a critical note into a goblet's stem that jarred me out of the story. "But wait, I thought... did that, not..." *clicks back button and checks* Whoops.
Reviewed by Chris.
by Diana Rubino
May 2009,
Eternal Press
$6.95
77,800 words
time travel romance
ebook
3.5 fangs
.5Leigh hits her head and passes out in the bed of Richard III, on display in the historic cottage she's restoring. When she awakes, she finds herself in fifteenth-century England, wed to the mysterious Lord Guy Blackamour. All she remembers of Lord Blackamour from history is that he supposedly drowned his wife (Leigh at the moment!) and was later executed for treason. Will Leigh be able to escape back to her own time before it's too late? Will she suffer the same fate as Guy's wife? Or will history prove wrong about Lord Blackamour?
Although time travel and historical romances aren't my favorites, the political intrigue and complex misunderstandings drew me into this story and kept me enthralled. I enjoyed Leigh and Guy's slowly unfolding relationship as they navigated kidnappings, betrayal, and battle to discover what was really important to each of them in the end.
Sadly, there is one rather significant plot inconsistency involving who placed a critical note into a goblet's stem that jarred me out of the story. "But wait, I thought... did that, not..." *clicks back button and checks* Whoops.
Reviewed by Chris.
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Just a wee critical piece of information. The real question is - did Richard murder the princes? Not addressed? Huh. :)
I personally don't believe Richard killed his nephews, and it was beyond the scope of this story, so I didn't delve into it there. But I'm a BIG Richard fan, and can't believe he'd ever do something like that.
Ask the Richardd III Society, too--they'll tell ya! Diana
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