Across the Years

by Emilie Loring

When lovely bright Faith Jarvis arrived in Washington to begin a glamorous new job, she had little idea of what was in store for her. She found her older brother married to a jealous vicious socialite, his career in terrible danger. She found a famous senator menaced by an espionage plot threatening the entire country. And to make matters worse she found herself hopelessly in love for the first time, with a man who belonged to another.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Novels

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1939

About the author

AKA Emilie Baker Loring
Emilie Baker was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1864 to George M. Baker and Emily Frances (Boles) Baker. Her father was a playwright and publisher and her mother was a homemaker. Loring married Victor J. Loring, who was a lawyer. She began writing in 1914, published her first novel in 1922 at the age of 56, and continued writing until her death after a long illness in 1951. She was a prolific American romance novelist of the 20th century, known for her "wholesome love" romances and independent, spirited heroines. Beyond romance, her books also explore a selection of topics including, but not limited to marriage, love, American patriotism, freedom, and optimism. She died in Wellesley, Massachusetts on March 13, 1951. At the time of her death, she had sold more than a million copies of her first thirty books.

After her death, her estate was managed by her sons, Selden M. and Robert M. Loring, who, based on a wealth of unfinished material they discovered, published twenty more books under her name until 1972. These books were ghost-written by Elinore Denniston. taken largely from wiki, made some corrections (dates didn't add up) per her biographer

Emilie Loring Wiki Page

Reviews

[Traci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seriously, these books are a scream! I love that the characters say "Righto" while dressing in a tuxedo for dinner, sending flowers just for a date, and saving the country from traitors (all at the same time!). Fantastic and fluffy reading. Ahhhh, summer!

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not my favorite of Emilie Loring books but I enjoyed it all the same. Good clean story written in 1939.

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

read 03.27.84

[Madeline · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very interesting and sort of politic book. Emilie Loring did a good job on this one.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book very much. I remember reading these books in my later teen years and loving them. Published in 1939, I found some things applicable to today. On the other hand, much of it is very dated, but fun to read about how they dress for dinner and all the parties that are attended. Also the luncheons. I was surprised that married women go to lunch with other men. All on the up and up, of course. These books always contain romance, mystery, and sometimes espionage. This book contained the latter plus romance. The girl is always sophisticated but very naive when it comes to men.

Faith Jarvis arrives from Rome, where she has lived with her mother, to Washington DC. Her brother Ben is an important senator's lawyer. An older man, Duke Tremain, her brother's friend, is also the senator's lawyer and right-hand man. Faith gets a job as a secretary to the Senator's sister where she is immediately drawn into secrets and the plans of some unscrupulous men. The Senator has a secret project that he is trying to keep out of the enemy's hands. I suspected the wrong villain originally. This book was published just prior to World War II. I was enchanted also with the easy way that Faith visits the Senate chambers and White House dinner parties.

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Across the Years is one of those books I love and hate.

I love the hope and the call to be the best. I enjoy the naiveté and sweetness of the romance - almost like reliving your first love all over again.

I hate that there's is such a pervading sense of accepted racism. The language and the jobs that African Americans have saddens me, even more so that it's so accepted by the main characters. Two characters use the N__ word, granted those two characters are pretty awful characters but again that there wasn't an outcry by anyone is disheartening especially considering the author's sense of justice in so many other areas.

Don't read this if you just can't get passed the racism. I say read it to help realize that racism isn't something that was long ago and that it's still happening, with people still closing their eyes to be able to deny. And then of course read this, enjoy the romance and strive for a world that's better.

[Tirzah · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5 rounded up to 3 stars

After being underwhelmed by The Trail of Conflict a while back, I decided to give Emilie Loring another try. Across the Years held my interest better, though the plot got confusing at times (that could be my brain's fault, not her writing). I do a pretty good job reading books through the lens of their publication's time period, but I must admit the continual descriptions of the black characters got tiresome and there are two instances of the n word.

Overall, an interesting read about espionage during the onset of WWII. I am still not sure about pursuing Loring.

[Jeanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading Emile Loring books when I picked up a paperback from a rack in a hotel lobby (for 50 cents) while on my sister's & my yearly vacation to visit my father. Hooked! I went on to purchase and read every Emilie Loring romance written and available in paperback, not knowing that she had died before I was even born. I loved these books, but read them when I was between about 12 and 18 years old. I was a young reader - do keep that in mind! :-)

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

150 pages in and nothing has happened yet.

Eventually there is a burglary, espionage is uncovered and romance becomes the center of the story.

This is a snapshot of its time, which is well put behind us.

Not a book for action fans or psychological thrillers.

I borrowed a copy from the public library.