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Interlude in Time
Swept away
The last thing she remembered was the ocean... the storm... the man!
Against all odds, lovely Parris Harrison had been caught swimming in the wild and turbulent surf only to wash up on the shore of Cape May lying in the arms of the most gorgeous hunk she'd ever seen. But Thomas Elder was not only devastatingly sexy, he was also certifiably insane - dressed in outlandish clothes straight out of a gangster movie, he insisted the date was 1929!
Horrified to discover that Thomas was absolutely correct, Parris set about surviving in a dangerous era filled with glamorous flappers eager to seduce her man, and vicious mobsters bent on giving them both cement overshoes. Together, she and Thomas would defy them all, to create their own intimate interlude in time.
The last thing she remembered was the ocean... the storm... the man!
Against all odds, lovely Parris Harrison had been caught swimming in the wild and turbulent surf only to wash up on the shore of Cape May lying in the arms of the most gorgeous hunk she'd ever seen. But Thomas Elder was not only devastatingly sexy, he was also certifiably insane - dressed in outlandish clothes straight out of a gangster movie, he insisted the date was 1929!
Horrified to discover that Thomas was absolutely correct, Parris set about surviving in a dangerous era filled with glamorous flappers eager to seduce her man, and vicious mobsters bent on giving them both cement overshoes. Together, she and Thomas would defy them all, to create their own intimate interlude in time.
393 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 1, 1994
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About the author
Rita Clay Estrada
69 books8 followersRita Clay was born on 31 July 1941 in Michigan, U.S.A.. Her mother was a former Miss Michigan, while her father was a U.S. Air Force pilot. She spent much of her early years living in Europe.
Rita married very young with her high school sweetheart, James Estrada, and she stayed at home to raise their four children. In 1977, when she had been married about 20 years, her husband brought her a typewriter and said, "'You said you always wanted to write. Now write." She and her mother, Rita Gallagher, accepted the challenge. While beginning to write, they learned how to publish books and made great friendships with other writers.
Rita's first attempt of publication was a long historical romance which was promptly rejected. Her next manuscript, a contemporary romance, was like wise rejected. But her third manuscript, Wanderer's Dream, was sold to Silhouette Books. She used her maiden name, Rita Clay for her titles for Silhouette. In 1982, she moved to Dell to write for their Candlelight Ecstasy line and she wrote as Tira Lacy, an anagram of Rita Clay, because Harlequin owned her pen name. In 1985 she resigned from Harlequin and asked to use her fullname, Rita Clay Estrada, on all future books.
Rita, her mother, and 35 other authors, decided that an association was needed to defend their published members. They founded the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A), that years later persuaded Harlequin books to register copyrights for authors' works and to allow writers to own their own pseudonyms. Previously, the authors were forced to leave their pseudonym behind if they switched publishing houses, making it more difficult fortheir fans to follow.
R.W.A. signature award, the RITA, which is the highest award of excellence given in the genre of romantic fiction, is named after her. The R.W.A. also awarded Estrada their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
Rita married very young with her high school sweetheart, James Estrada, and she stayed at home to raise their four children. In 1977, when she had been married about 20 years, her husband brought her a typewriter and said, "'You said you always wanted to write. Now write." She and her mother, Rita Gallagher, accepted the challenge. While beginning to write, they learned how to publish books and made great friendships with other writers.
Rita's first attempt of publication was a long historical romance which was promptly rejected. Her next manuscript, a contemporary romance, was like wise rejected. But her third manuscript, Wanderer's Dream, was sold to Silhouette Books. She used her maiden name, Rita Clay for her titles for Silhouette. In 1982, she moved to Dell to write for their Candlelight Ecstasy line and she wrote as Tira Lacy, an anagram of Rita Clay, because Harlequin owned her pen name. In 1985 she resigned from Harlequin and asked to use her fullname, Rita Clay Estrada, on all future books.
Rita, her mother, and 35 other authors, decided that an association was needed to defend their published members. They founded the Romance Writers of America (R.W.A), that years later persuaded Harlequin books to register copyrights for authors' works and to allow writers to own their own pseudonyms. Previously, the authors were forced to leave their pseudonym behind if they switched publishing houses, making it more difficult fortheir fans to follow.
R.W.A. signature award, the RITA, which is the highest award of excellence given in the genre of romantic fiction, is named after her. The R.W.A. also awarded Estrada their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
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April 24, 2020
DNF. I love time travel books and the 1920s and it’s gangsters but this book...I don’t know where to start. Thomas is written to be passionate about his job, smart, and with a bit of a conflicted life. Parris beginning circumstances I can relate to after her family’s death. However, although the actions are written, there is no feeling of the grief. The characters need to be fleshed out more, the on and off again insta-love leaves a sour taste, and overall the secondary characters are more real and believable than Thomas and Parris. The only reason I’m giving the book two stars is because of the research of the 1920s the author utilized.
August 5, 2025
Overall this was a really fun read. The epilogue basically explains what happens with Parris's time travel debacle. Wish maybe there was more detail about that specifically. The relationship between Thomas and Parris is a spin on enemies to lovers which is always a trope I love.
June 29, 2012
This was just o.k. For me.. The beginning was interesting when the lady went back in time from 1990's to 1929. Of course she met and fell in love with a guy she had to try to explain what the future was going to be like. He didn't understand some of her phrases that we take for granted today. She also got to meet the infamous Al Capone. She knew what his future held for him but she didn't tell him. She struggles to find a way back to her own time because she misses everyone. Th e middle part of the book just kind of fizzled out for me.
March 26, 2008
Read or better scanned the book in one afternoon. I was actually only interested in the love story between Thomas and Parris, who finds herself thrown back in time a couple of decades when she actually just wanted to drown herself in the sea. I wanted to know how she deals with being in the wrong time - and most of all how she gets back to her own time.
The thing with Al Capone and the gangsters didn't interest me much.
The thing with Al Capone and the gangsters didn't interest me much.
July 1, 2012
I love this genre of time traveling romance. Good & interesting but the ending sucked (sorry but it could of been written a bit better & I would have given more stars but the ending wasn't the best)
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