Does era really matter to lovers of time travel romances? I can only speak from my experience. I love time travel romances. Although I read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court in high school and enjoyed it, the first time travel romance I remember falling in love with is the movie Somewhere in Time (1980). In that case, I loved the movie much more than the book. I think it's because I'm a visual person. :-)

I loved Jane Seymour's dresses, her hairstyles, the elegance of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, the evocative atmosphere of the movie set primarily in 1912, the concept of traveling through time to find the one you love.

I loved Barbara Streisand's On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970). Admittedly, that is based on memories of past lives (reincarnation) under hypnosis, but it feels a whole lot like time travel. I loved it! Loved the costumes, loved her hair, loved the idea of falling in love with a man from a different era.

My favorite time travel romance book is A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Devereaux where a knight from the 15th century comes forward in time, falls in love with a modern-day gal, and he and his gal travel back in time to medieval England.

There are many more time travel romance books I have enjoyed, and I won't list them here. I will say that "Highlander" time travel romances are quite popularhttp://www.amazon.com/Home-Your-Heart-Love-West-ebook/dp/B00JSVFI5O. My question was: Do readers who claim to LOVE time travel romances love all time travel romances or are they particular about a specific era? Do they in fact LOVE the historical era more than the actual time traveling aspect of the romance?

The historical portion of Somewhere in Time is set in America's early twentieth century, what the British called the Edwardian era and the Americans called the less romantic Progressive era. The historical portion of A Knight in Shining Armor is set in medieval England. The historical portion of On A Clear Day You Can See Forever is all over the place! I love it!

I have set time travel romances in various eras and countries depending on my muse at the time. My most popular to date has been a Georgian/Regency era time travel romance set in England, Moonlight Wishes in Time. Almost as popular has been my Train Through Time series set in the 1900s in America. Other than my writing style, there is little in common between the two, especially era and location.

I have a new series I have been working on as I follow my muse, a time travel romance series to the American Old West called Love in the Old West. My latest release, A Home in Your Heart, is set in Arizona Territory, 1884, sort of a Dances with Wolves meets Somewhere in Time.

Hopefully, readers who LOVE time travel romances will love a time travel romance to the American Old West. But so far, it looks like lovers of time travel romances have very specific eras they are attached to. In my case, that would be England's Georgian/Regency era and America's early twentieth century.

Or could it be that location is the most important factor?


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