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Flashback
Through the curtain . . .
There was something haunting in the old man's eyes, something that mesmerized Sarah Rhinehart. Then, tragically, he died-before she could ask why he'd been following her, before she even knew his name. Stunned and bewildered, Sarah became desperate to discover the stranger's secrets ....
His name had been Marcus Stephens, and forty years ago he'd lived in Sarah's house-and had loved a woman who looked exactly like her. An unthinkable, terrifying possibility took hold in Sarah's mind, but she forced it away--until the truth shattered reality.
Somehow, Sarah hurtled over an invisible threshold into a dangerous world where nothing was familiar-- nothing except one man, the man who was her destiny--if only she could survive ....
There was something haunting in the old man's eyes, something that mesmerized Sarah Rhinehart. Then, tragically, he died-before she could ask why he'd been following her, before she even knew his name. Stunned and bewildered, Sarah became desperate to discover the stranger's secrets ....
His name had been Marcus Stephens, and forty years ago he'd lived in Sarah's house-and had loved a woman who looked exactly like her. An unthinkable, terrifying possibility took hold in Sarah's mind, but she forced it away--until the truth shattered reality.
Somehow, Sarah hurtled over an invisible threshold into a dangerous world where nothing was familiar-- nothing except one man, the man who was her destiny--if only she could survive ....
304 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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January 26, 2015
Really good and emotional time-travel romance. I had a hard time putting this book down. This was no funny, lighthearted time-travel romance, it was more serious in tone. Sarah and Marcus really did seem to be a meant-to-be couple who were trying their hardest to somehow, against the odds, be together. It was a beautiful and moving read.
September 24, 2019
Ran across Flashback on my 'to-read' list today and discovered a copy was available on Open Library. This was a very good time-travel romance. Not without small flaws, but solid. 4 stars.
June 30, 2015
I enjoyed this story and I loved the characters. I have always loved the older times and I thought it was great to read some of the elements of that time being mentioned in the book. I did get a bit frustrated with Caren, but all in all the story was quite enjoyable, especially being about time travel which has always intrigued me.
March 12, 2025
I LOVED this one!!! From the moment it started, with the mysterious elderly man staring intently at the h, I was hooked!
I've always loved time travel romances (the good ones, that is) and this one had a twist, in that the couple weren't separated by centuries, just decades (his 1950's to her 1990's). Those four decades made for quite a number of changes in society, ones that the H doesn't know when the h travels back to his time, and it's interesting how she tells him of the changes - both good and bad - while at the same time, she enjoys the more simple, less fast-paced life and realizes progress has its drawbacks.
She also mentions something I've thought of before: how women get shortchanged both ways. back in the 50's, many were discouraged from having careers no matter how much they wanted them, while in modern times it goes the opposite way, and now they're discouraged from staying home and raising children, expected to have career aspirations whether they want them or not. Either way isn't very fair.
What I loved most was how much the H and h loved each other, each thinking more about what was best for the other, rather than themselves. You get the conflict from their situation in respect to time, rather than the usual jealousy/misunderstanding thing.
What I didn't like is the h's precarious health after every time trip, getting worse each time, until she ends up in a coma and nearly dead! It was a bit much, and I could have done without it. Also, the whole camera thing was never fully explained, as to how it becomes a means of crossing time. It was intriguing, but didn't really make sense.
The h's close relationship with her twin sister - whose personality is as different as their looks are similar - was a good side story, though the part at the end where the sister sees the h in the present, after living in the past, and she now could be her grandmother was a bit over-the-top. And she can't acknowledge her, because it might break the time continuum, as each time the h went back in time, if her sister called to her in the present, she'd be forced to return from the past.
Yes, it's a bit involved, but still a great story, one that should be on your reading list!
I've always loved time travel romances (the good ones, that is) and this one had a twist, in that the couple weren't separated by centuries, just decades (his 1950's to her 1990's). Those four decades made for quite a number of changes in society, ones that the H doesn't know when the h travels back to his time, and it's interesting how she tells him of the changes - both good and bad - while at the same time, she enjoys the more simple, less fast-paced life and realizes progress has its drawbacks.
She also mentions something I've thought of before: how women get shortchanged both ways. back in the 50's, many were discouraged from having careers no matter how much they wanted them, while in modern times it goes the opposite way, and now they're discouraged from staying home and raising children, expected to have career aspirations whether they want them or not. Either way isn't very fair.
What I loved most was how much the H and h loved each other, each thinking more about what was best for the other, rather than themselves. You get the conflict from their situation in respect to time, rather than the usual jealousy/misunderstanding thing.
What I didn't like is the h's precarious health after every time trip, getting worse each time, until she ends up in a coma and nearly dead! It was a bit much, and I could have done without it. Also, the whole camera thing was never fully explained, as to how it becomes a means of crossing time. It was intriguing, but didn't really make sense.
The h's close relationship with her twin sister - whose personality is as different as their looks are similar - was a good side story, though the part at the end where the sister sees the h in the present, after living in the past, and she now could be her grandmother was a bit over-the-top. And she can't acknowledge her, because it might break the time continuum, as each time the h went back in time, if her sister called to her in the present, she'd be forced to return from the past.
Yes, it's a bit involved, but still a great story, one that should be on your reading list!
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April 21, 2023
The premise to this was good, even though it more than likely was taken from Somewhere in Time by Richard Matheson but I just didn't enjoy it much, for a few reasons, the main being the same problem I have with most of these Silhoutte books, is they always make love way too early, almost as soon as they meet and then actual development between the couple is substituted by them just making love through the story instead as if that's all that's needed. I prefer clean books myself, so if anyone knows any of these old Silhoutte or Harlequin novels that are actually clean or even ones where they just don't make love till nearer the end of the book, please let me know. So again lovers seperated by time is always a beautiful premise but as with all stories I need development not scenes talking about throbbing body parts which I know Silhoutte love but I do not.
Also had to laugh at page 98 when she was trying to say "women's lib" wasn't a bad thing but yet she had to travel back before women's "lib" to find a man lmao, make it make sense. I would love to go back before women's "lib" myself and find a good man, I would give anything for it actually, but that's because I know the movement was a horrible thing so I am jealous that she got to go back before then, I wish to God I could, but I just find the author trying to defend the movement while wanting to go back before it hilarious, you can't have your cake and eat it too, but that was the entire movement, wanting to have your cake and eat it too, when you can't which is why it has failed miserable.
Also had to laugh at page 98 when she was trying to say "women's lib" wasn't a bad thing but yet she had to travel back before women's "lib" to find a man lmao, make it make sense. I would love to go back before women's "lib" myself and find a good man, I would give anything for it actually, but that's because I know the movement was a horrible thing so I am jealous that she got to go back before then, I wish to God I could, but I just find the author trying to defend the movement while wanting to go back before it hilarious, you can't have your cake and eat it too, but that was the entire movement, wanting to have your cake and eat it too, when you can't which is why it has failed miserable.
April 25, 2022
Silhouette Shadows #7 (and reissued as a Dreamscapes romance)
November 5, 2025
Like Somewhere in Time with a better ending.
June 22, 2010
3.5 stars
September 4, 2019
WOW! One of the most beautifully written and emotionally-charged romances that I've ever read (and I read a lot of them!). It literally brought me to tears several times.
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