Yesterday's Passion

by Cheryl Biggs

A freak summer storm zaps Janelle back in time to a Louisiana plantation where she assumes another identity and falls in love with a killer.

Genres: Time Travel, Romance, Historical Romance, Historical, Time Travel Romance, Gothic

79 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1991

About the author

When she was a child, Cheryl Biggs spent hours watching cowboy series on television and going to see Westerns at the movies. Actually, she still loves them and views them whenever she has the chance. Cheryl is not quite sure why she has this passion. Maybe it is because she is one of those rare people—a native of California, where so many of these shows have been filmed. Whatever the cause, it provided the impetus to learn to ride horses, and at one time she owned two. Besides the West, Cheryl has wide ranging interests, which she has used to develop new books for her loyal readers. Ms. Biggs lives at the foot of Mt. Diablo, with her husband, five cats, Dooby, Dusty, Dolly, Mikey, and Lil' Girl, and a blue-eyes dog, lady.

Reviews

[rue · Rating 3 out of 5]

A 3.5 stars for me

Being lne of those Time Travel Historical Romance trope, I defintely dig it.
And the romance and 'sizzling scenes' are great in this HR novel

It didnt go beyond my forever top of the bookshelf of this trope (When there is Hope and Ashtons Bride) but still a very good read on its own

Thank you

[ANGELIA · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sometimes these time travel books are good (as well as original) and sometimes - like here - they go for the same old tropes: modern day (usually 1990's) h is transported through time (another of those weather driven phenomenon) and is a dead ringer for the 19thc H's dead wife, who was (naturally) a no good, lying, conniving slut, therefore deserving her fate!

I wish for once the lookalike would be a kind, morally upright woman who was caught up in circumstances beyond her control, or somehow gets her own HEA, as all this good lookalike vs. evil lookalike does get a bit redundant. (As well as ironic, as evil lookalike's behavior is pretty commonplace today. If promiscuity were punishable by death, three quarters of the modern world would croak!)

I also have to laugh at the way these books try to strike a balance between the real world of sex vs. the fantasy world of love. Since they figure it's unlikely a young woman in the 90's would still have her V card, they make it that she had one lover, but she didn't really enjoy the sex, figuring that if she saved her orgasms for the H, she's still sort of "pure". Happens every time.

Once in a while, I come across a time travel original, but this sure wasn't it! I wasn't even interested enough to finish reading and find out whodunit or how it's all resolved, because - to quote Rhett Butler: "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn."

[Penelope Faul · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first romance novel as a teenager, so I think I have a nostalgic connection to it. I reread it in 2019 (about 20 years later) and found it to be still fairly intriguing.

The characters are believable, and it has a decent twist. There is a healthy amount of sexy time and yearning (as it is a romance novel). And as with most stories that involve an element of time travel, you do have to be a little forgiving. All in all I still enjoyed reading it even after all these years.

[Linda B.D. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm almost certain I've read this. It is about a picture of his deceased wife. It hangs on his wall all the time. Good read, unusual twist.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Janelle Torrance is visiting the Delacroix Plantation in Louisiana when she goes back in time over one hundred years. There she finds herself in the body of a woman named Janei, wife of the landowner. Justin demands to know where she’s been the past few months. As Janelle gets to know her doppelganger, she learns the lady had several lovers and most likely has been murdered. Can she convince Justin she’s a different person while tracking down the killer? The inclusion of a murder mystery in this time travel romance gives it extra spice.