Book Blurb
Isobel MacInnes wakes up in present-day California, lunches in medieval Scotland, and by ten days’ end, falls in love with a man and his country, only to lose them in a heart-wrenching twist of fate . . .
Found in the arms of her second soul mate . . .
Forced to balance the delicate strands of time between two millennia . . .
Shocked by revelations rewriting the very foundations of history . . . of everything.
Isobel, a rising-star archaeology student, is dropped into two ancient worlds without warning . . . or her permission. Her fiery spirit resists the dependency thrust upon her. Amid frustration at her lack of control, she helplessly falls in love. Twice.
She struggles to adjust to the unimaginable demands of two leaders of men—a laird in the thirteenth-century Highlands and a Pict chieftain in a more ancient Scotland. Isobel transforms from an academic, hell-bent on obtaining archaeological recognition, to a woman striving to care for those she loves, and ultimately . . . into a fearless warrior risking everything to protect them.
Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
Isobel MacInnes is visiting her grandfather for the last time in Scotland. He is dying and she is distraught, knowing he is the last of her family. She leaves before he slips away to allow him his dignity. As she is driving, she is fighting with the gears and almost plows through a herd of sheep standing in the road. She gains control of the car and stops on the side of the road. Getting out of the car and asking the sky if this is a lesson in tolerance, she steps and slides down an embankment right into standing water. Her lower body is soaked and she attempts to find her way back to her car. Something catches her eye, a flash in the sunlight. The archaeologist in her takes notice and she heads toward it. Hidden in the peat, she carefully uncovers a metal box. It is beautifully made and contains an intricate design. Isobel knows that she has found something special that could launch her career.
She makes it back to the States with the box and invites her Scottish friend, Iain, to help her figure out what the box could be. With Iain by her side, she learns just how special the box is when they are thrown back in time. Well she is, but Iain becomes whole in a way. She is now a member of the thirteenth century. To say Isobel freaks out a bit about her situation is a true statement. She flees from Iain and the box through the village. She comes to terms with her plight eventually and has to survive Scotland during this time period. She is looking for the box to send her home.
Just as she has settled and getting used to this time and trying to make a life with Iain, the box has other ideas. It throws her back to an earlier time, a time where the Picts were the inhabitants of Scotland before the Romans invaded. This time Iain is not with her and she is all alone. The box has taken over her life and she is at its mercy. She doesn’t know why but she is determined to find out. She needs to take her life back.
I love time travel books, I was very excited about this story when I figured out what was happening to Isobel. It started out well and I enjoyed the relationship between Isobel and Iain. It was sweet and absolutely what I wanted to read. Then when she was thrown farther back and Velloc entered the story, it threw lots of complications into her life. I did not like the turn of events. I almost stopped reading the story. However, I continued and made it through the bittersweet part with Velloc and back to the truth. There were a bit of confusing parts as Isobel learned the truth about the box and what her part was. However, I did enjoy the ending.
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