Beyond the Hedge

by Roby James

A high-level executive woman who has never had time for love stumbles into a land called Clipton Magna, which is two hundred years in the past and ruled by magic. She wants to return to her own reality, but the rules of the land make that difficult, and when the magnetic son of the squire tries to help her get back to the England that exists outside their borders, they begin to fall in love, despite what they both want. It is dangerous to everyone, because their love can threaten the very existence of Clipton Magna and the spirits that rule it.

Genres: Fantasy

224 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

About the author

Roby James has been writing since she was nine years old, with a ten-year hiatus from 1978 to 1988 to ensure that her marriage would succeed (it has). She is the author of Commencement (Hawk Books, 2000) and Commitment (Hawk Books, 2000); both books were previously published by Del Rey Books. She has also written a great deal of nonfiction, most notably for The Washington Post. She has spoken before audiences as large as 1,000 without being pelted by tomatoes or cabbages. At one time, she wrote for television (where assault by vegetables is one of the nicest things that happens to you), and her plays have been presented in Los Angeles, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. In real life, she is a desktop publisher, a technical writer, and a fiction instructor.

Reviews

[Tracey]

Pretty cover, interesting synopsis; I paperbackswapped for this book. I started this book. And it went something like "roadtrip, infodump, infodump, odd phrasing (like poorly translated into English odd), infodump, dog has to piddle, dog runs off after cat, of course she's not going to just leave the dog you idiot, it's her dog - oh I give up". Not good. Can't do it. Back to paperbackswap it goes.