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The Locket
THEY COULD HAVE BEEN TWINS!
As Erin Sawyer stared at the antique portrait of Della Munro, she felt a bond between them. A bond that linked them to the man whose face she saw in her dreams.
When Erin finally met Waite MacKinnon, the man with the compelling eyes, she realized she wasn't dreaming at all. She had somehow landed in the 1920s, and now everyone thought she was Della, the adulterous wife of a very powerful and dangerous man.
If Waite would believe she wasn't Della, he could help her return to her own place and time. But that would mean leaving him in the past when she very much wanted him in her future....
As Erin Sawyer stared at the antique portrait of Della Munro, she felt a bond between them. A bond that linked them to the man whose face she saw in her dreams.
When Erin finally met Waite MacKinnon, the man with the compelling eyes, she realized she wasn't dreaming at all. She had somehow landed in the 1920s, and now everyone thought she was Della, the adulterous wife of a very powerful and dangerous man.
If Waite would believe she wasn't Della, he could help her return to her own place and time. But that would mean leaving him in the past when she very much wanted him in her future....
298 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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January 16, 2025
This was a nice enough book but I was hoping since the story seemed so romantic that it would be clean or at least clean enough, but as usual with most Harlequin books, the emphasis of their connection was far more sexual than romantic, there was just so much talk of their sexual connection etc. and the sex scene was too explicit which I don't find romantic, so that's not for me, I read romance books for old fashioned true love, I don't mind passionate scenes but I like the dialogue to be more romantic than sexual. The story to it was beautiful though and interesting, so if the book was cleaner I would give it a 4 star. The cover artwork is also beautiful, there is nothing I love more than a stunning painting of lovers! the paintings on books from the 1940s to the early 90s were to die for, and now all you get on a book is a cheap stock photo.........
My other bone to pick, what always happens, happened here, Della who was a promiscuous and adulterous wife that caused misery to many got absolved from all accountability due to the fact she had a lonely and strict upbringing, um no, that's not how that works, I would have felt more sympathy for Della later on with what happened with her lover and son if they hadn't tried to make her an innocent victim of someone else's making, she made her bed and she had to lay in it, she at the end of the day used a man who was in love with her (Waite) in order to snare another man into marriage (J.B) she admitted to doing this, so therefore her troubled marriage and her not getting to be with the man she later found and loved (Henry) was a reckoning of her own actions, but both her and J.B were forgiven in the end for both their wrong doings which was fine, my only issue is saying that it wasn't her fault, it was. In fact J.B has a scar a permanent scar on his head from Della throwing a plate off his head for cancelling her Europe trip due to her cheating on him........and the characters grin about it, as usual abuse towards men is seen as something so casual it's either funny or not worth mentioning, imagine if J.B thrown a plate at Della's head for cancelling their trip and she had a lifelong scar, would it be something to grin about then? lol no but this is how it always goes in stuff so I can't be surprised.
Overall I would still recommend this book to someone who is interested in the story, if you like time travel romance and a light mystery then check it out.
My other bone to pick, what always happens, happened here, Della who was a promiscuous and adulterous wife that caused misery to many got absolved from all accountability due to the fact she had a lonely and strict upbringing, um no, that's not how that works, I would have felt more sympathy for Della later on with what happened with her lover and son if they hadn't tried to make her an innocent victim of someone else's making, she made her bed and she had to lay in it, she at the end of the day used a man who was in love with her (Waite) in order to snare another man into marriage (J.B) she admitted to doing this, so therefore her troubled marriage and her not getting to be with the man she later found and loved (Henry) was a reckoning of her own actions, but both her and J.B were forgiven in the end for both their wrong doings which was fine, my only issue is saying that it wasn't her fault, it was. In fact J.B has a scar a permanent scar on his head from Della throwing a plate off his head for cancelling her Europe trip due to her cheating on him........and the characters grin about it, as usual abuse towards men is seen as something so casual it's either funny or not worth mentioning, imagine if J.B thrown a plate at Della's head for cancelling their trip and she had a lifelong scar, would it be something to grin about then? lol no but this is how it always goes in stuff so I can't be surprised.
Overall I would still recommend this book to someone who is interested in the story, if you like time travel romance and a light mystery then check it out.
January 27, 2026
Della é a única personagem realmente interessante, J.B. também tem seus momentos. Já a protagonista é insuportável de chata. Construção de romance? Isso não existe. Eles se veem uma vez e pronto, engula essa informação pq não terá mais nenhum desenvolvimento. Li esse livro pela capa, que não tem relação nem com o período histórico da narrativa, nem com a estória em si, além de ser a melhor coisa desse livro.
March 7, 2019
A good time travel read.
March 11, 2013
Mais uma história de time-travel... Simples e modesta mas com uma história bem delineada. E um happy-end, of course.
October 15, 2013
A story well written with some time travelling, romance & a little bit of intrigue thrown in. There are bedroom scenes, so just be forewarned.
December 4, 2022
Jenna recommended:
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