Time's Arrow

by Clare Revell

Joni Peterson is catapulted through time into a world both familiar and strange. Finding herself in Victorian England, she discovers love in the most unexpected place—at the feet of the man whose carriage knocked her down. Lord Sebastian Tyler needs to remarry, but preferably not to a woman of his mother's choosing. The woman his carriage runs over both irritates and fascinates him, but could she be the answer to his prayers? Will the arrow of love find them before time runs out and history rights itself?

102 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 29, 2011

About the author

Clare is a British Christian author. She lives in a small town just outside Reading, England with her husband, whom she married in 1992, their two of their three grown up children, unfriendly mini-panther, aka Tilly the cat and new addition Ty the dog.
Clare is half English and half Welsh, which makes watching rugby interesting at times as it doesn’t matter who wins.
Writing from an early childhood and encouraged by her teachers, she graduated from rewriting fairy stories through fan fiction to using her own original characters and enjoys writing an eclectic mix of romance, crime fiction and children's stories. When she's not writing, she can be found reading, crocheting or doing the many piles of laundry the occupants of her house manage to make.
Her books are based in the UK, with a couple of exceptions, thus, although the spelling may be American in some of them, the books contain British language and terminology and the more recent ones are written in UK English.
The first draft of every novel is hand written.
She has been a Christian for more than half her life. She goes to Carey Baptist where she is one of four registrars.
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Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute, quick time-travel romance in historic England...Victorian age. Nice.

[Carol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time's Arrow is a wild story, yes the most important thing as a Christian-they have the characters have Faith. The main character Jonni has just broken up with her boyfriend-who by the way won't leave her alone-so she decides to go for a walk, after finally telling him to take a flying leap and never contact her again or she will get the police involved. The walk takes her to a corner where she stepped off the curb and....... You have to read the book to get the shocking, unreal thing that happens to her. You will love love love where it takes the story. Enjoy the reading! I received a copy of this book from the Publisher and Netgalley; all the opinions expressed in this review are all my own.

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[Helen Connell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book as the story telling was in some ways different to usual. There is a mystery here and I loved it.

[Bridget · Rating 4 out of 5]

Time's Arrow was pretty good. I would have liked it to be a bit longer to fill in some holes. I liked how the author added some historical content at the end.

[Christy Carlyle · Rating 3 out of 5]

While house sitting for friends in the English countryside, Jonni Peterson touches a milestone, which turns out to be a portal across time. When she takes her next step, it is into a dusty country lane in the England of 1841 and into the path of a horse drawn carriage. The carriage’s owner, Lord Sebastian Tyler, begrudgingly decides to bring the injured young woman back to his estate and Jonni wakes later to find herself in a time and situation for which she is ill prepared. She seeks some way to return to the 21st century, but also comes to care for Lord Tyler and his daughter.

Clare Revell’s TIME’S ARROW is a charming mix of time travel romance and inspirational love story. I enjoyed the romance between Jonni and Sebastian. Though the characters initially seemed to be at odds and certainly to have very different values, their attraction to each other eventually leads to tenderness and a love that endures dangers and difficulties.

The author did a wonderful job of portraying her characters’ relationship with God. Their inner dialogues and reliance on prayer in trying moments or confusing times revealed a faith that was strong and consistent. Through these scenes, I saw that a common thread of faithfulness existed between the hero and heroine, despite their many outward differences.

Though the characters face significant challenges and even moments of danger, the story conveyed a sense of hope and resilient love throughout. The clear message of TIME’S ARROW is that love will find a way, even through difficulties and across the centuries. By the time Jonni and Sebastian finally admit their feelings for each other, their relationship has already endured many trials and they have the chance for a happy ending that is well deserved.

There were some anachronistic phrases in the story and, at moments, the plot felt slightly predictable, but all in all TIME'S ARROW is an enjoyable read with characters who consistently rely on their faith in God. Best of all, the story offers a great opportunity to time travel back into Victorian England.

(NOTE: This review was originally published at Night Owl Reviews (www.nightowlreviews.com).

[Paula Phillips · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story was awesome , one of my all-time movies is Kate and Leopold , in which Leopold happens to travel into the future and falls in love with Kate - a modern 21st Century girl and of course Leopold belongs in the regency era, so Kate must make her choice. The other film along this theme is Lost in Austen , in which the main character falls asleep to Pride and Prejudice in the modern world and then somehow ends up switching places with Elizabeth Bennett , the book character and of course she ends up falling for Mr. Darcy and must make the decision to remain in Mr. Darcy's world or return back to her life in the 21st century.
In Time's Arrow , we meet Jonnie - she has just quit her job after a break-up with her boss Bryan - he decided to cheat on her after she wouldn't sleep with him. Jonnie, needing a break goes to house-sit for her friends and then while out for a walk , she ends up magically transported from the year 2011 to 1840. In 1840, Jonnie meets Lord Sebastian who is to get married and whilst his mother picks out prospects , none of them have what he is looking for . That is not until Jonnie arrives and then begins a journey of language barriers, conflicting tales and of course passionate sparks. When it is time for Jonnie to make her decision - to return to her life as she knew it or to stay with Lord Sebastian in 1840 , which will she choose ?
A lovely romantic tale that I recommend all she read.

[Delia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jonni Peterson steps off a modern European curb and right into the mid-1800s. Under those circumstances, what's a girl to do but fall in love with the haughty, handsome, hunky lord of the manor?

Having read several of Clare Revell's novella's, I can say without hesitation that Time's Arrow is my absolute favorite so far. The storyline beautifully melds the past and present, and creates circumstances that, while certainly not within the normal scope of reality, feels not only possible, but plausible. Kudos to the author for excellent characterization of the hero and heroine, and well-developed secondary characters, as well. I stand in awe of Revell's ability to pack an entire novel's worth of action and emotion into so few pages.

A complete reading experience in a nutshell. Bravo, Clare Revell!

[Cosima demaglie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A historical romance set in regency England. It has all the hallmarks of a good romance. Good angst and longing for each other by the hero and heroine, a lot of time spent together under the same roof for those nice, sexual-tension building moments, and a satisfying ending. Although a bit wordy at times, the author creates good connection between her reader and her characters so that they can feel the emotions the hero and heroine struggle with throughout the book. For lovers of historical romance, I recommend this book.

[LoRee Peery · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time's Arrow is an inspired title for Sebastian and Jonni's story. I enjoyed everything about it.