Oracle

by Jade Lee, Katherine Greyle

REISSUE

Jane Deerfield is having a bad millenia. Sucked forward in time after WWIII obliterated much of the planet, she's on a mission to keep the survivors from repeating mankind's mistakes. Trapped in a magical world, she never planned on falling in love with the one man who would plunge humanity back into war.
King Daken's people are in danger of extinction by the murdering Tarveen. Desperate, he seeks an army from the Elven Lord. Jane's sudden appearance becomes more than a distraction when she gets appointed to HIS position on the Elven Lord's ruling council, then votes against his army. Now she's in the way and nothing will stop Daken. Not even love.

Genres: Romance, Time Travel, Magic

350 pages, ebook

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

Librarian Note: Also writes under the pen name Kathy Lyons.

A USA Today Bestseller, JADE LEE has been scripting love stories since she first picked up a set of paper dolls. Ball gowns and rakish lords caught her attention early (thank you Georgette Heyer), and her fascination with the Regency began. An author of more than 40 romance novels and winner of dozens of industry awards, her latest series is RAKES AND ROGUES. The first one, 50 WAYS TO RUIN A RAKE, is an awesome tale of love and laughter.
And don’t forget Kathy Lyons.. She’s Jade’s paranormal half. Check out her new shifter series GRIZZLIES GONE WILD.
To find all the latest news on Jade or Kathy, visit them at www.jadeleeauthor.com or www.kathylyons.com! And find out where you can meet her at: http://jadeleeauthor.com/appearances

Reviews

[Laurie (barksbooks) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oracle is a terrific futuristic story with just enough adventure, humor and romance to make me a very happy reader.

Jane is a computer geek in 2012 and is headed for a Halloween party when she is catapulted 200 years into the future. When she comes-to she finds herself in a strange new world with a hunky man leaning over her performing some sort of ritual.

King Daken, a healer, was actually performing a communication spell. When she refuses to obey his most simple of commands and injures herself in the process he heals her and creates a bond between them that intensifies their already raging hormones.

What follows is an enjoyable fantasy story that deals with a tough issue as well as a sweltering, and often funny, love story. Most futuristic/fantasy romances don't work well for me. They either get so bogged down with futuristic mumbo-jumbo that it sets my head to spinning or the world is so poorly constructed that the book becomes laughable. And, most unfortunate, these books usually forget that a romance, of any kind, needs to always keep the romance development at the forefront. This book doesn't fall into any of those traps.

The only flaw, and it's a pretty noticeable one, happens midway through the story when the heroine makes a totally ridiculous decision about another man. When you get to this section do yourself a big favor and skim! It has no place being in this otherwise fantastic book. Fortunately, the book quickly recovers from this misstep and the romance gets back on track and all ends exactly as it should.

I highly recommend this to futuristic romance fans who demand a decent plot along with a lovely and entertaining romance.

[Jai · Rating 2 out of 5]

I think I'm still trying to decide about this book. A young woman whose job is to maintain a computer system at a university is suddenly hurtled into another world which is very different from her own. The first person she meets is a healer and king and there is a definite attraction. The ideas in the book were very interesting, and I liked the concepts of magic and technology, and the ideologies about war and knowledge and magic. This book was written by a romance author and could probably be put into the fantasy section if there was not so much romance involved, and certain parts of it I felt were written in a very romance book way. I also think it could have been stronger if the author spent more time developing characters and the world and letting the story enfold more slowly. This book seemed to rush from one scene to another, which made it a quick read, but felt a little unpolished. I still give it high marks for imagination and the world the author created was a very interesting one (though ok, the explanation for what happened - somewhat unbelievable).

[elyse · Rating 4 out of 5]

first of all...disregard the utterly ridiculous cover, it's horrid i know, just bypass it and go to the first page. second, this is deffinitely a romance novel, i believe some burning loins are mentioned and probably a heaving bosom or two, but if you just pay attention to the overall story it's actually one of the best sci-fi stories i've ever read. the main character is a wonderful strong woman who finds herself in a very confusing world with a really great twist of an explanation. giggle at the silly sex scenes and be entertained and possibly sobered by the warning.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of fun. Sci-fi (yet also, somehow, oddly fantasy) romance. Didn't end up where I expected or particularly felt comfortable with as far as the message of the book, but I still enjoyed it very much.

[Katrina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thoroughly enjoyed this book; I've been wanting to read it for some time. I read it in one sitting.