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Time Travel #1
Blue Moon
The year is 1862.
Prospectors swarm over the Sierra Nevada, hunting for gold, desperadoes roam the range, and the Indians are on the warpath.
Dr. Henry Lockhart is so busy setting broken bones that he hasn't any time for women. Just as well. There's hardly a woman worth thinking about in the entire Nevada Territory.
Then Erica James appears out of nowhere. Erica is... different. She wears running shoes, totes around a contraption she calls a "video camera" and says she's from the future. From 1989, to be exact....
Prospectors swarm over the Sierra Nevada, hunting for gold, desperadoes roam the range, and the Indians are on the warpath.
Dr. Henry Lockhart is so busy setting broken bones that he hasn't any time for women. Just as well. There's hardly a woman worth thinking about in the entire Nevada Territory.
Then Erica James appears out of nowhere. Erica is... different. She wears running shoes, totes around a contraption she calls a "video camera" and says she's from the future. From 1989, to be exact....
304 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1989
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January 31, 2026
My grandmother had a large collection of Harlequin novels and I came across this one when I was pretty young.
When I tried to find it years later, all I could remember was that the woman was able to time travel during a blue moon. having reread it years later, it's cheesy but I still love it because of the fond memories I have of my grandmother's Harlequin novels.
When I tried to find it years later, all I could remember was that the woman was able to time travel during a blue moon. having reread it years later, it's cheesy but I still love it because of the fond memories I have of my grandmother's Harlequin novels.
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June 7, 2026
I accidentally read this 1989 time travel romance in May 2026, which happens to be a real Blue Moon month with two full moons. I didn't plan it, but the cosmic timing was perfect. In the book, a heroine strands herself in 1862 and learns from a Paiute shaman that her only window home is the month's second full moon. A fun bonus was the historical cameos: the heroine meets Samuel Clemens before he became famous as Mark Twain, and the hero joins his brother Orion, the Secretary of the Nevada Territory, in a meeting with Native chiefs.
While the plot wasn't particularly exciting and the final resolution felt too simplistic for my taste, the unique premise and historical cameos made it a highly enjoyable read.
From "ABOUT THE AUTHOR" section of the book:
"I always set my books in places where I've lived or visited," says Toronto author Dawn Stewardson. "But this time it was impossible. I mean, you just can't get to 1862 Nevada-not unless you have a time machine!" Dawn compensated by doing a lot of research before she wrote Blue Moon, and the result is a wonderfully authentic story. "Mark Twain and his brother, Orion Clemens, actually did live in Nevada in 1862," she assures us. "The Paiute Indians were at war with the white settlers, and every incident in the story either did take place or might have...."
While the plot wasn't particularly exciting and the final resolution felt too simplistic for my taste, the unique premise and historical cameos made it a highly enjoyable read.
From "ABOUT THE AUTHOR" section of the book:
"I always set my books in places where I've lived or visited," says Toronto author Dawn Stewardson. "But this time it was impossible. I mean, you just can't get to 1862 Nevada-not unless you have a time machine!" Dawn compensated by doing a lot of research before she wrote Blue Moon, and the result is a wonderfully authentic story. "Mark Twain and his brother, Orion Clemens, actually did live in Nevada in 1862," she assures us. "The Paiute Indians were at war with the white settlers, and every incident in the story either did take place or might have...."
September 5, 2014
This is a book I picked up at a thrift store and am so glad that I did. I really enjoyed this book.
Erica James a professor in Boston lands in 1862 Nevada! She went to a mine for information because she was going to film a documentary about the biggest gold rush to hit the area. She winds up leaving the tour and sneaking off to an abandoned part of the mine, a tremor occurs which jolts her back to the past. When she wakes up she is in Dr. Henry Lockharts house and hilarity ensues. Henry thinks she is crazy because she believes she is from the future and she thinks he is an actor hired at the tourist town she was headed to. She is in the place she was headed but in the past. They finally convince each other that they are both telling the truth. They start falling for each other but will her quest to return to the future doom their budding romance. Henry's son, Billy has tuburculosis and will eventually die as the cure is not found until many years in the future. Will Erica take Henry and Billy with her into the future? Will she find a way to return to the future? You will have to read this book to find out.
Erica James a professor in Boston lands in 1862 Nevada! She went to a mine for information because she was going to film a documentary about the biggest gold rush to hit the area. She winds up leaving the tour and sneaking off to an abandoned part of the mine, a tremor occurs which jolts her back to the past. When she wakes up she is in Dr. Henry Lockharts house and hilarity ensues. Henry thinks she is crazy because she believes she is from the future and she thinks he is an actor hired at the tourist town she was headed to. She is in the place she was headed but in the past. They finally convince each other that they are both telling the truth. They start falling for each other but will her quest to return to the future doom their budding romance. Henry's son, Billy has tuburculosis and will eventually die as the cure is not found until many years in the future. Will Erica take Henry and Billy with her into the future? Will she find a way to return to the future? You will have to read this book to find out.
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