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Time After Time #4
The Promise
The mine called to Cara from deep in the San Juan Mountains, near the town of Silverthread. Surrounded by a murderous tapestry of lies, it had once been rich in ore, overflowing with wealth that could make a family's fortune—or destroy it. But also in its labyrinthine tunnels lay the path to redemption and love, a magic that could draw a woman one hundred years into the past, into the arms of one who could make her life whole. But crossing time was just the beginning. To right wrongs already done, to paint a new future, one brighter and full of love, Cara would have to unravel the mine's mysteries. She would have to depend upon the rugged man who emerged from its opening and trust his vow to keep her safe and cherish her forever. Then, and only then, would she truly understand the danger—and the power—of the promise.
402 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Dee Davis
76 books356 followersAward winning author Dee Davis worked in association management before turning her had to writing. Her highly acclaimed first novel, Everything In Its Time, was published in July 2000. Since then, among others, she’s won the Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Holt and two RT Reviewers Choice Awards. To date, she is the author of over thirty novels and novellas, including her current A-Tac series and Cottage in the Mist. When not sitting at the computer, Dee spends time exploring Connecticut with her husband, daughter, and Cardigan Welsh Corgis.
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June 14, 2018
This was the one I enjoyed the most of this series. It was a nice to read but I can’t say that I’ll be reading it again. It tended to grown in several pov’s when all I really wanted was for the book to focus on the main characters. I get that the author was trying to throw in a really good story alongside the romance but I felt like the plot about the murder and the silver took too much away from Michael and Cara as a couple. That’s what I was reading for, I don’t mind if there’s a mystery or action or suspense to go hand in hand with a romance, I love those as well. But, when I’m reading a romance I expect the romance to play a bigger part or at least for the two genres to be equal. This series but especially this book, felt like a bigger mystery that was dramatically drawn out with a little romance thrown in.
Michale and Cara were both likable but I felt like along with the other stories, they weren’t given enough attention and enough time to show why they were meant to be, why they were drawn to each other, why no one else would ever be able to replace them. These things have been my pet peeves with this series, I just don’t see what makes them feel like the other is their only one and what sets them apart from any other person. The story is fine, the romance is fine, but it could have been so much better in terms of making these characters memorable and unique if the focus was on showing their bond as a couple, their friendship, their chemistry, their special connection they can’t get from anyone else.
One thing that did bother me was Michael’s refusal to consider living in her time and adapting to her way of living out of his love for her. He shut it down without even thinking about it and just felt really selfish with the way that he refused to give up his own way of life but expected her to fully embrace living in the past with him. He told her he would find a way to make it better for her if she gave him a chance which is the same thing she would have done for him in the future. When they were trapped in the tunnel which connected their timelines together and trying to find a way out, fate or some sort of higher being kept trying to keep separate them, Cara staying in the future and Michael having no problem “going through the looking glass” back to the past. Whatever it was, it took them three tries before they were finally able to go to his time together. She didn’t time travel to the past, he time traveled to the future. Couple that with something trying to keep Cara from going with Michael back in time and it seems to me that they were meant to live out their lives in her time but he wouldn’t embrace change yet wanted her to, for him. This was the only thing that really bothered me but compared to the other books in the series, it was very minor.
I am glad to be done with this series. This author just isn’t for me personally. The books aren’t bad but they just seem too long as in drawn out for no reason, the romance didn’t meet my expectations, and the couples are easily forgettable to me. I gave each a fair shot though and I’m relieved to move on to something else now.
Michale and Cara were both likable but I felt like along with the other stories, they weren’t given enough attention and enough time to show why they were meant to be, why they were drawn to each other, why no one else would ever be able to replace them. These things have been my pet peeves with this series, I just don’t see what makes them feel like the other is their only one and what sets them apart from any other person. The story is fine, the romance is fine, but it could have been so much better in terms of making these characters memorable and unique if the focus was on showing their bond as a couple, their friendship, their chemistry, their special connection they can’t get from anyone else.
One thing that did bother me was Michael’s refusal to consider living in her time and adapting to her way of living out of his love for her. He shut it down without even thinking about it and just felt really selfish with the way that he refused to give up his own way of life but expected her to fully embrace living in the past with him. He told her he would find a way to make it better for her if she gave him a chance which is the same thing she would have done for him in the future. When they were trapped in the tunnel which connected their timelines together and trying to find a way out, fate or some sort of higher being kept trying to keep separate them, Cara staying in the future and Michael having no problem “going through the looking glass” back to the past. Whatever it was, it took them three tries before they were finally able to go to his time together. She didn’t time travel to the past, he time traveled to the future. Couple that with something trying to keep Cara from going with Michael back in time and it seems to me that they were meant to live out their lives in her time but he wouldn’t embrace change yet wanted her to, for him. This was the only thing that really bothered me but compared to the other books in the series, it was very minor.
I am glad to be done with this series. This author just isn’t for me personally. The books aren’t bad but they just seem too long as in drawn out for no reason, the romance didn’t meet my expectations, and the couples are easily forgettable to me. I gave each a fair shot though and I’m relieved to move on to something else now.
October 9, 2018
This book was listed as the third book of a series, yet it was placed not in 15c in Scotland but only 100 years ago in the US West. Yes the family that came over 100 years ago were descendants of those same families used for the other three books but there was nothing much other than the name and approximately three paragraphs of description in this book related to that connection. It was interesting as a premise, but I believe that it should have been a stand alone book, or potentially the beginning of a series placed in the western US of several sets of family descendants. This, then would have been a good beginning.
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September 29, 2021
I really enjoyed the first three books in this series. I agree with others that have commented on this book. It really had nothing to do with the other books. I would have enjoyed this book more if it were a stand alone and I wasn't expecting it to tie in with the first three. I didn't care for these characters much; didn't find them to be very believable characters and was over the "mystery" by the middle of the book. But, again, the first three books in this series are really good and fun and great characters.
February 24, 2019
Good time travel romance
I wasn't sure I would like this book, as I'm generally not a fan of Westerns -- but I ended up really enjoying it. No spoilers here, but it has lots of interesting (good and bad) characters, an interesting and suspenseful plot, and a satisfying ending. It was a good ending to the series.
I wasn't sure I would like this book, as I'm generally not a fan of Westerns -- but I ended up really enjoying it. No spoilers here, but it has lots of interesting (good and bad) characters, an interesting and suspenseful plot, and a satisfying ending. It was a good ending to the series.
December 28, 2021
Time travel in the Wild West!
I have enjoyed Dee Davis Time after Time Series - this book takes us across the Atlantic and into the Wild West of the 1880’s. She weaves a tale of mystery, romance and intrigue, and of course, time travel adventures …. One of her best - Read it - you won’t be disappointed…
I have enjoyed Dee Davis Time after Time Series - this book takes us across the Atlantic and into the Wild West of the 1880’s. She weaves a tale of mystery, romance and intrigue, and of course, time travel adventures …. One of her best - Read it - you won’t be disappointed…
February 13, 2022
Never expected that!
Oh my! That was a surprise. I didn’t know which way to turn or what was what. I had to read it straight through. The excitement and drama kept going back and forth. Well worth reading!
Oh my! That was a surprise. I didn’t know which way to turn or what was what. I had to read it straight through. The excitement and drama kept going back and forth. Well worth reading!
February 17, 2024
Promise you'll enjoy this...
I enjoyed book 5, it threw me because I was expecting the setting to be in Scotland again but she took the Macphersons out of Scotland and into the wilds of Colorado. It was a fun read with mystery and love...always love!
I enjoyed book 5, it threw me because I was expecting the setting to be in Scotland again but she took the Macphersons out of Scotland and into the wilds of Colorado. It was a fun read with mystery and love...always love!
March 17, 2024
The Promise
Love this time travel story. This is part of a series Time After Time. This is book 5. It reminds me of an old western with a modern twist. Don't miss out get this story now. Thank you.
Love this time travel story. This is part of a series Time After Time. This is book 5. It reminds me of an old western with a modern twist. Don't miss out get this story now. Thank you.
June 1, 2025
The Promise book 5
The Promise is a mine with silver. For a family of Macpherdon’s the silver came just in time. Even as there was time travel included and a great grandmother and a great granddaughter along with it.
The Promise is a mine with silver. For a family of Macpherdon’s the silver came just in time. Even as there was time travel included and a great grandmother and a great granddaughter along with it.
June 19, 2018
Nothing tied to the first 3 time travel books. Enjoyed the character build up and how it ended happily ever after.
February 6, 2022
Time travel and cowboys. Not something you read about everyday!
July 17, 2024
Great story line
Enjoyed all the characters, the time travel plot, the circle of life. Great title and ending. Keep on writing a great story teller.
Enjoyed all the characters, the time travel plot, the circle of life. Great title and ending. Keep on writing a great story teller.
July 27, 2024
GREAT STORY
I loved this story, especially since it was part modern and part old west, I was very happy with the way the story ended….
I loved this story, especially since it was part modern and part old west, I was very happy with the way the story ended….
November 25, 2024
better and better!
The time travel aspect draws you in, then the mystery, love stories, twists and turns, and intelligent writing make these books very enjoyable reading!
The time travel aspect draws you in, then the mystery, love stories, twists and turns, and intelligent writing make these books very enjoyable reading!
April 7, 2025
On the night that her parents were killed in a car crash and she left abandoned in the snowy mountains, a man saved her, and they bonded deeply together. But in the morning, he was gone. Left with no proof of his existence except in her memories, she'd been convinced that he was a dream, a delusion. But it never sat right with her and so she returns to the mountain to know for sure.
The hero is shot riding back from his daily work and takes shelter in the cave. He's in bad shape when a woman comes upon him, a woman he craved for but fearfully doubted he would ever see again. She takes him back to her cabin, cares for him. It's gratifying to know that one is not entirely insane or delusional and the sense of completeness falls over both of them by being in each other’s arms again. But a suitor is plaguing the heroine, pushing for her paintings. When she runs him off, he sets fire to her studio and almost kills her in the process. The hero saves her but he soon realizes that in his absence from his time, his brother and he family are threatened. The heroine is torn up at the idea of never seeing him again but she knows he has to return to his own time to save those he loves. But she never imagined that she would be following him. She soon finds herself in 1888 and on a range. There, in the woods outside of cabin where his family lives, she shoots and kills a man who was about to shoot the hero. Together they embark on a mission to solve an old mystery of missing silver that spans over 200 years. But the heroine knows the time she spends with the hero is short. She can never exist in his world or he is hers. They are destined it seems, to part forever.
If the plot summary above seems chaotic and jagged, I can tell you that's what I felt like when reading this book. There was just so many different plot lines and conflicts that it I found it to be horribly muddled. To start with, when the hero comes forward in time, they have to deal with one villain. But that is solved and the battle over just over hallway through the book. Then the hero and heroine go back and must deal with the silver and the mystery of the mother’s betrayal and then battle the evil sheriff. At the same time, you have 2 love stories happening. There's the main one (as I call it because it's the only one mentioned on the back of book) which I thought was rather dull and monotone. Then there' the second love story which I would have much preferred to be the lead with the brother and the prostitute. This one was lovely and had a deeper conflict that the other. All of this does come together and everything sort of connects to everything else but overall, I was horribly bored and rather disappointed. I mean I didn't hate it by any means. The love between the hero and heroine was nice and passionate but it was too easy. They already loved each other and knew one another on a deeper scale by the time they meet again in the present. I just wanted more of them...but less of the attempt at suspense at the same time.
The hero is shot riding back from his daily work and takes shelter in the cave. He's in bad shape when a woman comes upon him, a woman he craved for but fearfully doubted he would ever see again. She takes him back to her cabin, cares for him. It's gratifying to know that one is not entirely insane or delusional and the sense of completeness falls over both of them by being in each other’s arms again. But a suitor is plaguing the heroine, pushing for her paintings. When she runs him off, he sets fire to her studio and almost kills her in the process. The hero saves her but he soon realizes that in his absence from his time, his brother and he family are threatened. The heroine is torn up at the idea of never seeing him again but she knows he has to return to his own time to save those he loves. But she never imagined that she would be following him. She soon finds herself in 1888 and on a range. There, in the woods outside of cabin where his family lives, she shoots and kills a man who was about to shoot the hero. Together they embark on a mission to solve an old mystery of missing silver that spans over 200 years. But the heroine knows the time she spends with the hero is short. She can never exist in his world or he is hers. They are destined it seems, to part forever.
If the plot summary above seems chaotic and jagged, I can tell you that's what I felt like when reading this book. There was just so many different plot lines and conflicts that it I found it to be horribly muddled. To start with, when the hero comes forward in time, they have to deal with one villain. But that is solved and the battle over just over hallway through the book. Then the hero and heroine go back and must deal with the silver and the mystery of the mother’s betrayal and then battle the evil sheriff. At the same time, you have 2 love stories happening. There's the main one (as I call it because it's the only one mentioned on the back of book) which I thought was rather dull and monotone. Then there' the second love story which I would have much preferred to be the lead with the brother and the prostitute. This one was lovely and had a deeper conflict that the other. All of this does come together and everything sort of connects to everything else but overall, I was horribly bored and rather disappointed. I mean I didn't hate it by any means. The love between the hero and heroine was nice and passionate but it was too easy. They already loved each other and knew one another on a deeper scale by the time they meet again in the present. I just wanted more of them...but less of the attempt at suspense at the same time.
February 13, 2017
Read for book club but just not my taste
November 23, 2015
The worst book in this series. The connection to the other books is so weak that it doesn't at all feel like part of the series. The constant shifting from past to present didn't keep me interested it actually made me completely leave this book several times. Neither time period had enough happening in each section to really pull me into the story consequently I just didn't care who killed whom or if anyone every fell in love. Finally the characters all end up in the same time period and Cara turns into a whinny girl afraid to take a chance on love because sometimes people die. I kept wanting to shout, "All life ends in death you Fool. It is what happens in the middle that makes it all the difference." The best thing I can say is that by the time the story got to the end I was strongly annoyed by the Cara and thought Michael was a nice guy who was a little dense.
May 17, 2016
Cara is injured and left in the snow after a car accident in which her parents are killed. She is rescued by Michael who takes her to a cave and keeps her safe through the night. They become close but when she leaves the cave in the morning, there is no sign of Michael. No one believes her story about the man who saved her until 9 years later, she returns to the cave and Michael is there but injured. She takes him back to her cabin where he is astounded by how things have changed! Afterall, he is from the 1800's.
August 10, 2016
I enjoyed this story. While the time travel is only about 100+ years into the past of the American West (late 1800's) instead of several hundred years in Scotland, I loved it just as much as the previous three books in this series. Michael Macpherson's Scottish heritage to Crannag Mohr is mentioned several times throughout. It was an interesting and compelling love story which kept me glued to my Kindle for hours!
October 6, 2023
Great Time Travel Novel
This is definitely one of the best time travel novels I have read. It has a love story, a mystery and exciting fights with the bad people. Very realistic and it kept me up trying to finish it before midnight. Thank you to Dee Davis for a good story.
This is definitely one of the best time travel novels I have read. It has a love story, a mystery and exciting fights with the bad people. Very realistic and it kept me up trying to finish it before midnight. Thank you to Dee Davis for a good story.
October 24, 2024
This was a fantastic book to end the time travel series. I wish it didn't have to end.
August 6, 2013
Female lead constantly “frozen” in terror
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July 2, 2016
Great re ad
Dee Davis rocks, her timing and delivery is great. She had me in tears falling in love with Michael and Cara
Dee Davis rocks, her timing and delivery is great. She had me in tears falling in love with Michael and Cara
September 30, 2016
Goof
Avery good series of books! Iful
Y intend to test more by this author! Loved it
Sure brats paperback!
Thanks
Avery good series of books! Iful
Y intend to test more by this author! Loved it
Sure brats paperback!
Thanks
October 18, 2016
Great series
This whole series is so captivating you won't want it to end. I feel in love with the characters in all of gthem.
This whole series is so captivating you won't want it to end. I feel in love with the characters in all of gthem.
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