Time travel, proper/clean regency romance, and a mystery to solve…this book is my cup o’ tea!
Foster child Lilyanna finds herself mysteriously transported through a mirror back to Regency Scotland where a count takes her under his wing, raising her as his own daughter. As she grows up in this strange era, she must keep her modern-day language and customs in check while adapting to the time’s customs of up-do hairstyles, social gatherings, and searching out marriage prospects. As a family-friend named Davey escorts her London to better ponder her choices on the marriage market, she finds herself being drawn to him. While struggling with her feelings, she must also hide her secret and try to solve the mystery that had sent her there.
Likes
Time-travel done right. It can be difficult to make time-travel believable and not overly-complicated in books, but I think that the author executes this trope very well. She makes it simple and mysterious and not overly complicated with the plot-holes that many time-travel books contain.
Both Lilyanna and Davey POVs. I tend to like this in proper romance books, where we get to see the story unfold through different characters’ points of view; it adds some depth and dimension to the tale.
Dislikes
This isn’t really a dislike, but more of a distraction: occasional spelling errors. While this may not be as distracting for some people, I as a grammar-OCD person sometimes get pulled out of a story I’m reading when I notice them. But, I have discussed this with the author and she is aware of the issue.
Recommendations
I recommend this book to fans of new twists on regency romances, clean reads, and of course time travel!
Author
I met indie author Christine at an ANWA conference last year and once I heard that her book had time travel in it, I was epically excited to read her book! More of her book titles can be found here.
Content Advisory
| Profanity: 2.5/5 |
| Violence/Gore: 2.5/5 |
| Sex/Suggestive Language: 0.5/5 |
| Drugs/Alcohol: 3/5 |
