Broken Wings

by Sylvie Kurtz

One last chance. That's all Colin Castle had to prove he wasn't a total failure. But something went terribly wrong on a routine flight in a replica war plane and he found himself contending with a slip in time--and a beautiful woman from another time who threatened to haunt his dreams forever. One final hope. That's all Liesl Erhardt had to make good on a promise to fulfill her murdered husband's dream. And the mysterious Colin with his miraculous plane were an answer to her prayers. But did she dare risk her heart to a gift from the sky?

Genres: Time Travel, Romance, Time Travel Romance

320 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

Sylvie Kurtz is a New Hampshire-based author of uplifting women's fiction and cozy mysteries. She writes the Love in Brighton Village series and the A Brighton Village Cozy Mystery series, both set in the fictional small town of Brighton Village, New Hampshire. Every story Sylvie Kurtz writes ends with a happy resolution — because she believes the world needs more of those.

Reviews

[Zoe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I received this book free from e Book discovery. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.
I've never read any time travel books before the only time travel things I'd seen were films. This book intrigued me and at first I didn't like it at all, the way it went from one time to another, but I stuck with it and I loved it!
A heart breaking love story of love lost and people finding closure.
It was how someone tried to give back what they'd taken so foolishly thinking he could have the love that was always going to belong to someone else even if they were dead.
Colin is practicing for a competition in the plane Jakob had been working on with him for what seemed like forever, but Jakob wouldn't let him he kept making him come down from the sky and he kept talking about windows and not having much time , how he'd have a week and that was all. Colin was trying out a twist where he falls from the sky only to pull himself out of it at the last minute, he needed to win this competition to prove to his dying dad that he could make something of himself and he'd only got a week to get it right, every turn had to be perfect, but something went wrong he couldn't pull the nose back up again. Jakob had put a black box with a button on it next to the throttle without telling him why it was there or what it had to do with flying, but maybe he had and Colin had forgotten. All of a sudden something popped and he ended up pulling back but he didn't recognise anywhere, he flew around to find his bearings , he saw something he thought he recognised and circled around to land, but the airstrip was all grass, how had that happened....he crash landed and someone got him out, he recognised her from a picture Jakob had drawn but it couldn't be that was 50 years ago. Nothing made any sense to either Colin or Liesl, he looked so much like Kurt her heart missed a beat it couldn't be him he'd been killed 2 long years ago, but he looked like him except his hair it was long and his clothes were strange..
That is where it all begins to get complicated, Colin needs to get home to win this race, but she wants him to win her race. What can he do apart from win hers saving her airfield, leaving just enough time to get in his plane and go home.
I loved the book and couldn't put it down in the end. Hearts are torn, can they really be mended, or will someone always end up paying the price. You think you can second guess everything but this book twists and turns, I cried reading this book in parts.
It's one of the best romance books that I've read and I will be reading a lot more from this author. I would recommend it to anyone that loved a romance even if they don't like time travel.

[Melanie S · Rating 4 out of 5]

*NOTICE: I received a copy of this book from eBook Discovery. This is my voluntary, independent and honest review.* Pilot-turned-author Sylvie Kurtz brings all the thrill of flying to this romantic time-travel tale of past misdeeds, shattered lives, true grit, and desperate hopes. The characters in this book are fascinating. There's Jacob, physicist and aircraft designer, who back in 1946 helped orchestrate a murder by lynching and has spent fifty years since trying to find a way to right his old wrongs. There's Colin, maverick pilot in love with restoring and reproducing historic airplanes, desperate to gain the attention and love of a dismissive - and dying - father. There's Liesl, dutiful daughter and devastated widow, whose only reason to live is to fulfill her murdered husband's dream of opening a flight school. There's Billy, whose pathological need for power and control threatens an entire town from World War II to the mid-'90's. Jakob's guilt and genius plus Colin's flying skills and maverick temperament combine to send Colin crashing back in time, to Liesl, and the aftermath of the lynching. While Colin and Leisl work together to open her flight school and fix his crashed plane, they find in each other new reasons to live and to hope. They also find Billy ready to continue the evils of the past, for his own pleasure and profit. The suspense in this novel is an ever-present thrum beneath the romance. The normal daily life of a German immigrant town in the aftermath of WWII belies the constant threat of past misdeeds and present skullduggery come to light. Colin's window of opportunity to return home is fast closing. His plans and dreams are in 1996, but Leisl and love are in 1948, and it comes down to the last seconds before his conflict is resolved. That resolution, when it comes, changes past, present and future in ways unforeseen, leaving Jakob, Leisl, Colin, everyone - including the reader - at peace.

[Kerry Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received a copy of this book from ebook discovery in exchange for an honest review

This is a lovely story of second chances and 'completing circles' if you want to understand that remark you need to read this book. Both the main characters have gone through heartache and loss, making them reluctant to risk opening themselves to further pain.

Having tried out the 'special switch' his partner put in the prototype aircraft Colin finds himself over 50 years in the past but still to late. In trying to help Liesl keep her dead husbands dream alive will he be able to get back home before the window in time closes. How this is resolved makes for a wonderful story

[Sarah ~Book Addict~ · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautiful and emotional story most of which takes place in 1946. Colin Castle felt he was a failure and kept trying to prove otherwise. Liesl was grief stricken and lost without her love, a young widow. I loved this story and I want to read more by this author absolutely. Colin and Liesl’s journey is full of emotion, pain, sweetness and desire.
~ I received this book for free from eBook Discovery. I voluntarily review this book. This is my honest review.~

[Patricia Baxes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Broken Wings is a beautiful little time travel novel that moves between 1946 and 1996. The storyline is well crafted; the characters are beautifully developed; and the HEA is absolutely wonderful.

Read this book. It will really touch your heart. ❤️
( I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book from eBook Discovery.)

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always love time travel books and this one did not disappoint me.

[Donna Riegel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am beginning to really like time travel books. Nice love story.

[Eva Wade · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story was very emotional. i loved it though and would recomend to my friends. would read more from this author cant wait i love time travel romances and this didn't dissapoint.