My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Romance, Clean romance, Historical Fiction
Content: Clean
In 1793, a storm propels Lili forward through time, kindling a love that transcends the ages.
Fleeing
the clutches of Robespierre’s revolutionary Tribunal in France, Lili
Minet makes a desperate escape on a ship headed to England, but her
dangerous flight takes an unexpected turn when a violent storm catapults
her off the ship and eighty years into the future, leaving her stranded
in the unfamiliar world of 1873 England.
When lighthouse keeper
Armitage Pierce rescues a woman from the tumultuous sea, he does not
anticipate her silent, cold response to his gallant efforts. Though he
is wary of this woman and her odd behaviors, he finds she is just as
wary of him. And he can sense that she is not telling him something of
great import to her. Only Armitage’s grandfather, a man seasoned by the
mysteries of the sea, can seem to penetrate Lili’s defenses to offer her
support. But as Lili heals from the physical and emotional wounds of
her ordeal and Armitage continues to offer light and safety to her, a
tender friendship blossoms between the two.
Yet the shadow of
danger looms as the threat that chased Lili from France all those years
ago reemerges in her new present. Together Lili and Armitage must
navigate the challenges of a romance that grows to defy the boundaries
of time and the perils that reach across the decades to ensnare Lili. As
the storm clouds gather, Lili and Armitage face the ultimate
test—discovering whether their bond is strong enough to rewrite the
pages of history itself to save them and their love.
I liked the premise of this story. It reminded me of A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong a little. It also reminded me of the Hallmark TV show The Way Home with the time travel through water thing. This was slow to get going though, and it didn't keep me as engaged in the story as I wanted. The characters were very suspicious of each other in the beginning and it made them a little hard to warm up to at first, and I thought there was a lack of chemistry between them. I think it could have been there if the romance had just been more developed.
There were frequent changes in language from English to French and it would have been nice to have translations each time this happened. It got a little tedious. One of my biggest problems with the story though, is the way Armitage and his grandfather spoke. I'm not sure if this was a real thing in that part of the world in that time period, or if it was just made up for this book, but either way, transposing pronouns was a really bad idea in my opinion. It annoyed me so much to read it. I'm on the fence about continuing with this series.
Thanks to NetGalley and Shadow Mountain Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book.
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