Timeless

by Jasmine Cresswell

Robyn Delany is thrust back into eighteenth-century England where she finds love with William Bowleigh, Lord Starke, a mysterious man of the past. By the author of To Catch The Wind. Original.

Genres: Romance, Historical Romance, Time Travel, Historical, Time Travel Romance, Paranormal

384 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 1, 1994

About the author

Born in England, Jasmine Cresswell now divides her time between her winter home in Sarasota, Florida and her summer home in Evergreen, Colorado. Jasmine has been writing since 1975 and has published over 50 novels, with 9 million copies of her books in print.
Jasmine served for two years as the editor of the Romance Writer's Report. She also served as president of Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is a founder and former president of Novelists, Inc. She received the Colorado Authors' League Award for Best Paperback Novel of the Year and the Romance Writers of America Golden Rose Award. Her books also have received numerous Romantic Times certificates of excellence.

Experienced as a public speaker, Jasmine has conducted college seminars and addressed many writers' conferences. Interviews and profiles have appeared in newspapers throughout the country, and Jasmine considers herself a veteran of talk shows and news broadcasts.

Married to Malcolm Candlish, whom she met while she was working for the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Jasmine and her husband have lived all over the world. She has a Bachelor's Degree with a double major in history and philosophy from Melbourne University, a second degree in history from Macquarie University, as well as a Masters Degree in history and archival administration from Case Western Reserve University in Ohio.

Reviews

[Sönïa Dhillion · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book started off great but I found the first couple Robyn and Zack's intimacy, attraction, love, relationship lacking there wasn't emotion in it . There relationship seemed robotic, unreal. Whereas William and Robyn relationship was full of love, anger, passion . So I continued to read the book I felt mad at William at times but still gave him benefit of doubt. The book is not steamy or intimacy at all they just skip it like old films lol but William and Robyn romance was so good I never mind not to forget their adorable children.

Now you might wonder why only two stars well apart from the first couple lack of romance in their relationship, lack of intimacy steamy basically skipping it and saying they had sex ,the annoying fact of going back and forward between first couple, second couple was completely annoying. It made the reader go out of contest I mean you would read emotional passionate love then go to the future with the non emotions, love couple. It was very off putting, even forgiving all that and wearing the coloured glasses to ignore the things that where plain right off putting for the sake of thinking William and Robyn have a great romance. Only then the horrendous ending comes William doesn't even stay with Robyn she goes back to Zach. The ending just did it for me my patients was over and money gone to waste.

My view of characters

William
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Robyn
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Twins Freddie n George
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Clammei

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[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book but I have some mixed emotions about the relationship between Zack and Robyn. I honestly didn't feel like they had to same connection that she had with William. The ending was emotional and made me feel like crying.

[Harrington · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly good! With the typical romance cover I thought it would be shallow and a typical romance but I am happy to have been wrong. it was a fine time/body switch.

[Linda (NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Robyn Delany lives in the present and has been hiding her romantic feelings from her boss, Zach Bowleigh. Within six months of starting her job they both realize that their platonic relationship cannot continue but Zach was married before. Now he has received news that his brother Will is going to marry his ex-wife, Claire. Instead of doubting what can become of his association with Robyn he is thinking long-term and expresses his feelings to her.

Unfortunately for Robyn and before anything else transpires, she finds herself embedded in seventeenth century England in the body of Lady Arabella, wife of William Bowleigh, Lord Starke. She is also very pregnant. Unsure of why she has been thrust into the past Robyn finds everyone, including her 'husband', treating her with distance and leeriness. She has other children and responsibilities that are attached with living in this time. She also becomes aware that 'Arabella' was neither a good wife or mother.

Time settings flip back and forth but Ms. Cresswell writes the scenes with both taste and care. Each era has some light suspence. Why are bad things happening? Who can be trusted? You'll need to read the story to find out what happens. This is one of the better time-travel romances that I have read recently.

[Debby]

Robyn Delany, antiques expert, goes to England with her bos Zach Bowleigh. When she's shot in England she awakens in Lady Arabella's body 250 years earlier. Arabella is a creep, but her husband William looks like 20th century Zach. Meanwhile, Arabella is in Robyn's body. Both are mightily confused, but Robyn copes better. After several months, the bodes are switched back when Arabella/Robyn is stabbed saving her brother-in-law Zach - a supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie.

Well done time travel. good story.