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Time Enough for Love
When his time machine causes a fatal mishap, Chuck Della Croce travels back in time to alert the future victims, winding up naked on the back steps of Maggie Winthrop and winning a second chance at love. Original.
212 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1997
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Suzanne Brockmann
253 books3,571 followersAfter childhood plans to become the captain of a starship didn’t pan out, Suzanne Brockmann took her fascination with military history, her respect for the men and women who serve, her reverence for diversity, and her love of storytelling, and explored brave new worlds as a bestselling romance author.
Over the past thirty years she has written sixty-three novels, including her award-winning Troubleshooters series about Navy SEAL heroes and the women—and sometimes men—who win their hearts. Her personal favorite is the one where her most popular character, gay FBI agent Jules Cassidy, wins his happily-ever-after and marries the man of his dreams. Called All Through the Night, this mainstream romance novel with a hero and a hero hit the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list. In 2007, Suz donated all of her earnings from this book, in perpetuity, to MassEquality, to help win and preserve equal marriage rights in Massachusetts.
In addition to writing books, Suz writes and produces indie movies and TV including the award-winning romantic comedy The Perfect Wedding. Her recent feature, Out of Body, is streaming on Amazon Prime.
In 2018, Suz was given the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. Her latest projects are Blame It on Rio (Tall, Dark & Dangerous # 14), available in print and e-book from Suzanne Brockmann Books, and Marriage of Inconvenience, a six-episode LBGTQ rom-com TV series, streaming on Dekkoo in April 2023.
Over the past thirty years she has written sixty-three novels, including her award-winning Troubleshooters series about Navy SEAL heroes and the women—and sometimes men—who win their hearts. Her personal favorite is the one where her most popular character, gay FBI agent Jules Cassidy, wins his happily-ever-after and marries the man of his dreams. Called All Through the Night, this mainstream romance novel with a hero and a hero hit the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list. In 2007, Suz donated all of her earnings from this book, in perpetuity, to MassEquality, to help win and preserve equal marriage rights in Massachusetts.
In addition to writing books, Suz writes and produces indie movies and TV including the award-winning romantic comedy The Perfect Wedding. Her recent feature, Out of Body, is streaming on Amazon Prime.
In 2018, Suz was given the Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award from the Romance Writers of America. Her latest projects are Blame It on Rio (Tall, Dark & Dangerous # 14), available in print and e-book from Suzanne Brockmann Books, and Marriage of Inconvenience, a six-episode LBGTQ rom-com TV series, streaming on Dekkoo in April 2023.
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February 12, 2016
Maggie Winthrop is surprised to find a naked man banging on her back door, disheveled and dirty, yelling her name. He wants in to talk to her. She wants to call the police. But there is something oddly familiar about him. Eventually she talks to him and finds out his name is Chuck Della Croce, he's from seven years in the future, and he has come back in time to save the world (and unknown to Maggie, her life). Maggie is skeptical and doesn't believe him at first, but how does he know such things---he predicts an air crash, and an earthquake. Chuck claims he wants to prevent evil agents from overthrowing the government (in the future they bomb the White House, kill the president, and it's all Chuck's fault because he built a time-machine that the evil agents used for this political coup.) With Maggie's help, Chuck starts to try to right some wrongs before it's too late.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! This is the first time-travel romance I've read in which the hero actually encounters himself during his time-travel back in time (his younger self from seven years ago---Charles). I had to wonder who Maggie would end up with, Chuck or Charles! It was quite unique and I was curious to see how this was all going to work out. I liked Maggie, she was a strong heroine. I also liked Chuck/Charles.
This was a lovely, exciting, and touching read. :)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! This is the first time-travel romance I've read in which the hero actually encounters himself during his time-travel back in time (his younger self from seven years ago---Charles). I had to wonder who Maggie would end up with, Chuck or Charles! It was quite unique and I was curious to see how this was all going to work out. I liked Maggie, she was a strong heroine. I also liked Chuck/Charles.
This was a lovely, exciting, and touching read. :)
July 24, 2021
Bantam's Loveswept category romances might not have been as big-selling as Harlequins or Silhouettes. Still, their output of almost 1,000 books over 16 years gave rise to many popular and successful authors like Iris Johansen, Sandra Brown, Janet Evanovich, and Suzanne Brockmann. The line gave writers more freedom to stray from traditional series restrictions. Brockmann's 1997 Time Enough for Loveis a different kind of romance for that era, as it entails time travel plus a love triangle. Between one woman and two versions of the same man. No, not his secret alter ego, but his actual self.
Maggie Winthrop finds a naked man on her property screaming about the apocalypse. He swears he's from the future. Like any sane woman, her first instinct is to call the police (but first, maybe a peek won't hurt. The guy's body is incredible!)
Does she know this man? The weirdo acts as if they're good friends. He says he's Chuck Della Croce. Maggie knows Charles Della Croce, doesn't she? But this man is not Charles, even though he is. But he's also Chuck. To Maggie's amazement, Chuck can predict incredible events before they occur. How is this possible?
It's because Chuck IS Charles who used a time machine to travel from a time seven years from now into the present that is 199X.
Is your head starting to hurt?
Chuck's creation of said time machine caused a terrorist cell to overthrow the Whitehouse, topple the US government, and take over the United States. Chaos reigns, and the only way to put an end to the madness is to stop it from happening in the first place.
Chuck has come back to 199X to make sure his past self doesn't create that time machine. He knows that present Charles has a secret crush on Maggie, so he will listen to what she has to say. But Maggie, who has no clue about Charles' feelings for her, isn't sure she's up to that task.
Maggie and Chuck spend time together, plotting out their plan. As they do, Maggie can't help but have feelings for this handsome, tormented traveler from the future that may or may not be.
Eventually, Maggie goes to Charles, whose entire life is his work, and begs him to--well, to stop working. Charles can't believe what he hears or sees. This is a rare romance, a rare book for that matter, where a character meets an older version of himself. Or younger. It all depends on your perspective.
There's also a shadowy agency after the group to add a little bit of suspense to this short 210+ page book.
As the action unfolds, Maggie is drawn close to both versions of Mr. Della Croce. She is in a love triangle that transcends alternate personalities. He's the same man, just in two bodies! Chuck, who's from 7 years into the future...and Charles, who is Chuck in the present day.
It's weird because Brockmann had me rooting for Chuck, but knowing that to be with Chuck, Maggie had to be with Charles, but--
I won't spoil any more for you! Give this one a chance, now that it's readily available in e-book format. I loved the premise of this romance. It was like "The Terminator" but with 2 Kyle Reeses.
Often, time travel romances are dicey for me. Especially when it's the heroine traveling back in time and acting all out of place, wondering how she got to the past. Thankfully this book is the opposite of that. Because of the brevity of this Lovewsept romance, there's no time for silly questions. They have a planet to save!
I had so much fun with this. There was plenty to enjoy: the unique premise, the strong writing and characterization, the conflict Chuck feels about the woman he loves falling in love with a him that isn't himself...
I love this one.
I could kick myself in the rear for selling that hard-to-find original copy I had of Time Enough for Love, but my thighs won't let me reach!
5 stars
Maggie Winthrop finds a naked man on her property screaming about the apocalypse. He swears he's from the future. Like any sane woman, her first instinct is to call the police (but first, maybe a peek won't hurt. The guy's body is incredible!)
Does she know this man? The weirdo acts as if they're good friends. He says he's Chuck Della Croce. Maggie knows Charles Della Croce, doesn't she? But this man is not Charles, even though he is. But he's also Chuck. To Maggie's amazement, Chuck can predict incredible events before they occur. How is this possible?
It's because Chuck IS Charles who used a time machine to travel from a time seven years from now into the present that is 199X.
Is your head starting to hurt?
Chuck's creation of said time machine caused a terrorist cell to overthrow the Whitehouse, topple the US government, and take over the United States. Chaos reigns, and the only way to put an end to the madness is to stop it from happening in the first place.
Chuck has come back to 199X to make sure his past self doesn't create that time machine. He knows that present Charles has a secret crush on Maggie, so he will listen to what she has to say. But Maggie, who has no clue about Charles' feelings for her, isn't sure she's up to that task.
Maggie and Chuck spend time together, plotting out their plan. As they do, Maggie can't help but have feelings for this handsome, tormented traveler from the future that may or may not be.
Eventually, Maggie goes to Charles, whose entire life is his work, and begs him to--well, to stop working. Charles can't believe what he hears or sees. This is a rare romance, a rare book for that matter, where a character meets an older version of himself. Or younger. It all depends on your perspective.
There's also a shadowy agency after the group to add a little bit of suspense to this short 210+ page book.
As the action unfolds, Maggie is drawn close to both versions of Mr. Della Croce. She is in a love triangle that transcends alternate personalities. He's the same man, just in two bodies! Chuck, who's from 7 years into the future...and Charles, who is Chuck in the present day.
It's weird because Brockmann had me rooting for Chuck, but knowing that to be with Chuck, Maggie had to be with Charles, but--
I won't spoil any more for you! Give this one a chance, now that it's readily available in e-book format. I loved the premise of this romance. It was like "The Terminator" but with 2 Kyle Reeses.
Often, time travel romances are dicey for me. Especially when it's the heroine traveling back in time and acting all out of place, wondering how she got to the past. Thankfully this book is the opposite of that. Because of the brevity of this Lovewsept romance, there's no time for silly questions. They have a planet to save!
I had so much fun with this. There was plenty to enjoy: the unique premise, the strong writing and characterization, the conflict Chuck feels about the woman he loves falling in love with a him that isn't himself...
I love this one.
I could kick myself in the rear for selling that hard-to-find original copy I had of Time Enough for Love, but my thighs won't let me reach!
5 stars
August 11, 2016
What would happen if the future-you met the present day person? That was exactly what happened with Dr. Charles Della Croce. Returning to the 'now', from seven years into the future, he intends to make things right. He is going to make sure Maggie Winthrop, the woman he has quietly loved all this time, falls in love with the present-him. Enough so, to have the younger Charles stop his research into time travel and make a career change. If not, the future world will drastically change.
I have read over 100 time travel romances. For some reason this genre has always fascinated me. Unfortunately, the majority of stories that I have read rate no higher than two stars. The author loses me when it comes to believability.
For a 'Loveswept' romance initially published in 1997, Ms. Brockmann offered an intelligent H/h or should I say H/H/h? Just the fact that they were the same guy with an age difference boggled not only the heroine but also myself. The older 'Chuck' was holding things back for a reason. The younger 'Charlie' was trying to make sense of things while deeply attracted to Maggie. Realistically, he was confused. At the same time, the three of them were being sought after by the evil group, Wizard 9. I know, a goofy name.
This story was a mind-rush but it still was a Loveswept. Everything had to come to a conclusion in a short time. There was the token sex but I have to give the author credit for addressing meeting yourself in the same time space, memories and a nice epilogue. I was impressed. It is $5.99 on Kindle: recycle and save yourself $2, buy the paperback.
I have read over 100 time travel romances. For some reason this genre has always fascinated me. Unfortunately, the majority of stories that I have read rate no higher than two stars. The author loses me when it comes to believability.
For a 'Loveswept' romance initially published in 1997, Ms. Brockmann offered an intelligent H/h or should I say H/H/h? Just the fact that they were the same guy with an age difference boggled not only the heroine but also myself. The older 'Chuck' was holding things back for a reason. The younger 'Charlie' was trying to make sense of things while deeply attracted to Maggie. Realistically, he was confused. At the same time, the three of them were being sought after by the evil group, Wizard 9. I know, a goofy name.
This story was a mind-rush but it still was a Loveswept. Everything had to come to a conclusion in a short time. There was the token sex but I have to give the author credit for addressing meeting yourself in the same time space, memories and a nice epilogue. I was impressed. It is $5.99 on Kindle: recycle and save yourself $2, buy the paperback.
July 6, 2015
3.75/5
This is one of classic books by Suzanne Brockmann. I enjoyed the story although I was a little confused about the idea of a time travel in this book.
This is one of classic books by Suzanne Brockmann. I enjoyed the story although I was a little confused about the idea of a time travel in this book.
March 25, 2020
I love these great older Romances. This one with a time-travel theme and an awesome romance. The plot and characters were well developed and just fantastic in the audio version. Pure escape and it is great to put my brain on cruise and go with the wonderful story as it unfolds.
Maggie Winthrop wakes up to find a naked man in her backyard. She absolutely can't believe his tale of time travel, but what she can believe with her own eyes is that he is absolutely gorgeous and seemed vaguely familiar, even though she had never seen him before.
Chuck Della Croce traveled from seven years in the future to save America and Maggie, the woman he loves. In order to do that he needs to convince her to use her feminine wiles to make his younger self give up his research into time travel.
With so much on the line, Maggie finds herself falling for the older Chuck and that could be a problem for the younger Charles. When the baddies from the future catch up to them, it is a race as to who the younger Charles will trust and believe. With Maggie drawn to both of them she doesn't want to let either of them go.
Maggie Winthrop wakes up to find a naked man in her backyard. She absolutely can't believe his tale of time travel, but what she can believe with her own eyes is that he is absolutely gorgeous and seemed vaguely familiar, even though she had never seen him before.
Chuck Della Croce traveled from seven years in the future to save America and Maggie, the woman he loves. In order to do that he needs to convince her to use her feminine wiles to make his younger self give up his research into time travel.
With so much on the line, Maggie finds herself falling for the older Chuck and that could be a problem for the younger Charles. When the baddies from the future catch up to them, it is a race as to who the younger Charles will trust and believe. With Maggie drawn to both of them she doesn't want to let either of them go.
May 31, 2014
This is classic Brockmann before she jumped on her political soapbox and just wrote fun romances. Written in 97 this one’s aged pretty well and is entertaining and unique. It revolves around time travel and has our heroine involved in a love triangle with two men who just happen to be the same man; Charles and Chuck -who is Charles just 7 years later.
It’s a bit of a mind bender at times but Brockmann handles the aspects of time travel really well and you won’t have to suspend disbelief too much. She also uses the idea of residual memories and creating new ones which is a pretty neat. There is some suspense involved with the bad guys from the future and plenty of PG love making. The ending was a nice surprise and made me smile.
Maggie Winthrop is a realist so when a naked and bleeding man shows up on her front lawn saying he’s invented a time machine and come from the future to change history and prevent a global catastrophe, she of course thinks he’s off his noodle. And despite the instant attraction between them and the fact that he seems to know personal things about her, she’s ready to call the cops. However over several days Chuck begins to accurately predict the future until she can no longer deny his claims.
Chuck Della Croce has travelled back in time line to stop himself from inventing the time machine that will ultimately destroy the future and end Maggie’s life. Now all he has to do is convince Maggie to help him stop his current self from continuing his research and evade those nasty Wizard-9 agents who have followed him back in time.
This is a cute, quick and fun romance without a political agenda in sight.
416jb3
It’s a bit of a mind bender at times but Brockmann handles the aspects of time travel really well and you won’t have to suspend disbelief too much. She also uses the idea of residual memories and creating new ones which is a pretty neat. There is some suspense involved with the bad guys from the future and plenty of PG love making. The ending was a nice surprise and made me smile.
Maggie Winthrop is a realist so when a naked and bleeding man shows up on her front lawn saying he’s invented a time machine and come from the future to change history and prevent a global catastrophe, she of course thinks he’s off his noodle. And despite the instant attraction between them and the fact that he seems to know personal things about her, she’s ready to call the cops. However over several days Chuck begins to accurately predict the future until she can no longer deny his claims.
Chuck Della Croce has travelled back in time line to stop himself from inventing the time machine that will ultimately destroy the future and end Maggie’s life. Now all he has to do is convince Maggie to help him stop his current self from continuing his research and evade those nasty Wizard-9 agents who have followed him back in time.
This is a cute, quick and fun romance without a political agenda in sight.
416jb3
March 15, 2011
4.5 stars. One of my favorite romance tropes is the love triangle in which two of the people involved are actually the same person, who is generally pretty darn conflicted about the whole thing. This story does that with a big twist: the two people are the same person at different times in his life. Chuck is a time machine inventor determined to prevent a horrible future; he travels back in time seven years, to convince his friend Maggie to help him change it by influencing his younger self, Charles. Since Chuck has been madly in love with Maggie since they met, he’s pretty sure that she can turn on the charm and convince Charles not to go ahead with the time machine.
I had a bit of trouble getting into this, and the implausibility of it all didn’t help, but I was very curious about “which” Charles Maggie would end up with, how both Charles' would feel about the situation, and how it would all wind up in the end. And Brockmann worked it out just beautifully, though she skates pretty close to breaking some classic romance “rules” -- or perhaps goes over the line, depending on your point of view. I was really uncertain about how I felt about that until I got to the end, which completely justified it.
The further I read, the more I liked the story. The emotions of all three characters are complex and potentially tragic, and the resolution is both happy and powerfully poignant.
I had a bit of trouble getting into this, and the implausibility of it all didn’t help, but I was very curious about “which” Charles Maggie would end up with, how both Charles' would feel about the situation, and how it would all wind up in the end. And Brockmann worked it out just beautifully, though she skates pretty close to breaking some classic romance “rules” -- or perhaps goes over the line, depending on your point of view. I was really uncertain about how I felt about that until I got to the end, which completely justified it.
The further I read, the more I liked the story. The emotions of all three characters are complex and potentially tragic, and the resolution is both happy and powerfully poignant.
August 28, 2008
Since this is a time-travel book, I wasn't sure I'd like it and it took me a while to get into it, but once I did, it was pretty good.
The time machine that Chuck Della Croce spent his life developing has turned into a nightmare. People who were supposed to be on his side have turned out to be the bad guys and now people are dying. Including the one woman he loves more than life. To make things right, he goes back in time, back to Maggie, to get her to convince his younger self, Charles, to stop all work on figuring out time-travel. Problem is, the bad guys have followed him. And not only that, the feelings between him and Maggie, and his younger self and Maggie, have gotten everything all mixed up.
Usually time-travel stories just don't appeal to me, and I can't say I loved this book, but it was a nice, short romance. I enjoyed the characters, especially the Charles/Chuck contrast. It was interesting how the relationships played out. And a bit sad too because one of the the Charles' had to go away because there couldn't be two. More than once I wasn't quite sure which Charles to root for...even if they were the same person.
But all in all, nice light reading. It's definitely not anything like Brockmann's Troubleshooters books, so don't read it if you're want something like those. This book is just a short romance (like a Silhouette book). If you like those, or you're a diehard Brockmann fan, then I'd recommend reading it.
The time machine that Chuck Della Croce spent his life developing has turned into a nightmare. People who were supposed to be on his side have turned out to be the bad guys and now people are dying. Including the one woman he loves more than life. To make things right, he goes back in time, back to Maggie, to get her to convince his younger self, Charles, to stop all work on figuring out time-travel. Problem is, the bad guys have followed him. And not only that, the feelings between him and Maggie, and his younger self and Maggie, have gotten everything all mixed up.
Usually time-travel stories just don't appeal to me, and I can't say I loved this book, but it was a nice, short romance. I enjoyed the characters, especially the Charles/Chuck contrast. It was interesting how the relationships played out. And a bit sad too because one of the the Charles' had to go away because there couldn't be two. More than once I wasn't quite sure which Charles to root for...even if they were the same person.
But all in all, nice light reading. It's definitely not anything like Brockmann's Troubleshooters books, so don't read it if you're want something like those. This book is just a short romance (like a Silhouette book). If you like those, or you're a diehard Brockmann fan, then I'd recommend reading it.
September 1, 2010
I really enjoyed this rerelease of an older Suzanne Brockmann. I am not generally a fan of time travel but this one was good. To those who say she didn't get the time travel right I say WTF? There is really no way to get an impossible made up theory wrong. She decided how her time machine/travel was going to work and stuck with it. I particularly enjoyed the residual shadow memories.
The romance element between the two (three?) of them was very touching. She loved both the future Charles and the present Charles and he loved both of her also. It was fun to see the older Charles tell her things like "Wear this dress. It will distract him. (the younger Charles) Trust me."
A lovely quick read with good emotional elements.
The romance element between the two (three?) of them was very touching. She loved both the future Charles and the present Charles and he loved both of her also. It was fun to see the older Charles tell her things like "Wear this dress. It will distract him. (the younger Charles) Trust me."
A lovely quick read with good emotional elements.
March 9, 2013
Çok beğendim niye daha önce okuyamadımki dedim konu itibariyle tam benlikti zaman yolcuğu kötü ajanlar falan birde romantizm daha ne isterim:D
Yazarı beyazdizilerinden tanıyan biri olarak biraz tereddüt ettim başta çok fazla zaman kavramıyla ilgili yerleşmiş düşüncelerimiz var haliyle işleyeceği düzlemde kafam yatmayabilirse sevmeyebilirdimde riski bir konuydu bildiğim teoremlere uymadı ama zaten romantik bir kitaptada öyle bi beklentiye girmekte gereksiz sanırım yinede yazarın konunun altından başarılı bir şekilde kalktığını düşünüyorum.
bulduğu zaman makinesinin kötü adamlar tarafından beyaz sarayın bombalanmasına yol açması ve sevdiklerinin öldürülmesiyle sonuçlanmasıyla son bir cabayla son protitifi yok etmeden önce kendini geçmişe yollayan Chuck planladığından 3 yıl öncesine geliyor. Kendini zaman makinesi yapmaktan alıkoyması lazım bunun içinde eski kızarkadaşının yardımı gerekiyor ve onun kapısında beliriyor. tabii daha o zamanlar tanışmamış tam tanışacakları zamana denk geliyor. adam da kızı çok seviyor ama arkadaş olarak kalmışlar gelecekte kızın adam üstünde etkisi büyük adam geçmişteki Chuck'ı da makineyi yapmamak konusunda ikna etmekte zor bakalımbu karmaşık yapıdan nasıl çıkacaklar mutluluğu nasıl yakayalacaklar okuyun derim:)
Yazarı beyazdizilerinden tanıyan biri olarak biraz tereddüt ettim başta çok fazla zaman kavramıyla ilgili yerleşmiş düşüncelerimiz var haliyle işleyeceği düzlemde kafam yatmayabilirse sevmeyebilirdimde riski bir konuydu bildiğim teoremlere uymadı ama zaten romantik bir kitaptada öyle bi beklentiye girmekte gereksiz sanırım yinede yazarın konunun altından başarılı bir şekilde kalktığını düşünüyorum.
bulduğu zaman makinesinin kötü adamlar tarafından beyaz sarayın bombalanmasına yol açması ve sevdiklerinin öldürülmesiyle sonuçlanmasıyla son bir cabayla son protitifi yok etmeden önce kendini geçmişe yollayan Chuck planladığından 3 yıl öncesine geliyor. Kendini zaman makinesi yapmaktan alıkoyması lazım bunun içinde eski kızarkadaşının yardımı gerekiyor ve onun kapısında beliriyor. tabii daha o zamanlar tanışmamış tam tanışacakları zamana denk geliyor. adam da kızı çok seviyor ama arkadaş olarak kalmışlar gelecekte kızın adam üstünde etkisi büyük adam geçmişteki Chuck'ı da makineyi yapmamak konusunda ikna etmekte zor bakalımbu karmaşık yapıdan nasıl çıkacaklar mutluluğu nasıl yakayalacaklar okuyun derim:)
October 29, 2024
bu kitap çıktığında ben 4 yaşındaymışım. kızımla aynı yaşta 🌸
kendi icat ettiği zaman makinası kötü adamların eline geçip sevdiği kadının ölümüne ve beyaz sarayın bombalanmasına sebep olunca chuck zamanda geriye gidip tüm bunları engellemek ve makinanın icadını daha başlamadan durdurmak için 7 sene öncesine dönmeye karar verir. planladığından 3 sene daha erkene dönen bilimadamı, amacına ulaşmak için önce 7 sene sonra sevgilisi olan ama geriye geldiği zamanda henüz onu tanımayan maggie'ye kendini ispatlamak zorundadır.
tiktok ilk defa yüzümü güldürdü ve önüme düşen bir kitabı okuyup sevdim. kitabı olurken verdiği o vintage havayı sevdim. kullanılan betimlemeler, kadın karakterin erkek karakter hakkındaki düşünceleri, her şey o kadar eskiydi ki resmen özlem duydum okurken.
maggie, chuck'ı ilk gördüğü an etkileniyor fakat bahçesinde çırılçıplak duran adamın deli olduğunu düşünüyor. ona evde bulduğu noel baba kostümünü verip ona delice gelen şeyler söyleyen adamdan uzaklaşmak istiyor.
chuck'ın acilen kendisini bulup makinanın icadı ihtimalini bile ortadan kaldırmadı gerekiyor çünkü makine teröristlerin eline geçti ve sevdiği kadın öldürüldü.
kısacık ama sıcacık bir kitaptı. arka planda zihnimden 90'ların bol saksafonlu şarkıları eşliğinde okuyup bitirdim kitabı. her zamanki alışkanlıklarından farklı bir kitap okumak isteyenler için güzel bir seçenek.
keyifli okumalar 🌸
kendi icat ettiği zaman makinası kötü adamların eline geçip sevdiği kadının ölümüne ve beyaz sarayın bombalanmasına sebep olunca chuck zamanda geriye gidip tüm bunları engellemek ve makinanın icadını daha başlamadan durdurmak için 7 sene öncesine dönmeye karar verir. planladığından 3 sene daha erkene dönen bilimadamı, amacına ulaşmak için önce 7 sene sonra sevgilisi olan ama geriye geldiği zamanda henüz onu tanımayan maggie'ye kendini ispatlamak zorundadır.
tiktok ilk defa yüzümü güldürdü ve önüme düşen bir kitabı okuyup sevdim. kitabı olurken verdiği o vintage havayı sevdim. kullanılan betimlemeler, kadın karakterin erkek karakter hakkındaki düşünceleri, her şey o kadar eskiydi ki resmen özlem duydum okurken.
maggie, chuck'ı ilk gördüğü an etkileniyor fakat bahçesinde çırılçıplak duran adamın deli olduğunu düşünüyor. ona evde bulduğu noel baba kostümünü verip ona delice gelen şeyler söyleyen adamdan uzaklaşmak istiyor.
chuck'ın acilen kendisini bulup makinanın icadı ihtimalini bile ortadan kaldırmadı gerekiyor çünkü makine teröristlerin eline geçti ve sevdiği kadın öldürüldü.
kısacık ama sıcacık bir kitaptı. arka planda zihnimden 90'ların bol saksafonlu şarkıları eşliğinde okuyup bitirdim kitabı. her zamanki alışkanlıklarından farklı bir kitap okumak isteyenler için güzel bir seçenek.
keyifli okumalar 🌸
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November 20, 2024
I'm always on the hunt for a good time-travel romance but this was a wreck. It hasn't aged well. Very dated and dull. The FMC was extremely annoying.
February 24, 2021
めちゃ好き💖
タイムトラベルのパラドックス×熱いロマンス×サスペンス×今の彼と未来の彼…もう美味しい要素全てが詰まってドキハラ止まらず。SFな三角関係も良かった！ RITA賞ファイナリストなだけある✨
濃い内容を短めの本にギュっと詰めてあってネタバレが惜しいので、感想は読まずに読書開始が正解かも。
クーンツ作のライトニングではナチ製作のタイムマシンで過去からヒーローが来るけど今作のヒーローは自作のタイムマシンで7年後の未来からやってきます。
バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー好きな人も是非。楽しかった～♡
タイム・パラドックス物としてもロマンス小説としても良く出来てて、ブロックマン先生独自の「Residual memory」とか「Double memories」って概念も上手く使われてて面白かった！（←過去をかえても薄っすらと以前の記憶が残ってる）
ディーン・クーンツのライトニングも良く書けてて好きだけど、ロマンスが始まる所で本が終わるのに比べて、この本はロマンス小説でもあるので、その辺もバッチリ満足です。ヒーローも素敵だし、SFも書けちゃうブロックマン先生に乾杯😊
1997年作だけど全然古さを感じないのは、ヒロインが精神的＆金銭的に完全自立していて芯が通った女性だから。去年発売の本だよって言われたら信じちゃう（スマホが出てこないけど）掘り出し物でした！
邦題「7年後の恋人」
タイムトラベルのパラドックス×熱いロマンス×サスペンス×今の彼と未来の彼…もう美味しい要素全てが詰まってドキハラ止まらず。SFな三角関係も良かった！ RITA賞ファイナリストなだけある✨
濃い内容を短めの本にギュっと詰めてあってネタバレが惜しいので、感想は読まずに読書開始が正解かも。
クーンツ作のライトニングではナチ製作のタイムマシンで過去からヒーローが来るけど今作のヒーローは自作のタイムマシンで7年後の未来からやってきます。
バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー好きな人も是非。楽しかった～♡
タイム・パラドックス物としてもロマンス小説としても良く出来てて、ブロックマン先生独自の「Residual memory」とか「Double memories」って概念も上手く使われてて面白かった！（←過去をかえても薄っすらと以前の記憶が残ってる）
ディーン・クーンツのライトニングも良く書けてて好きだけど、ロマンスが始まる所で本が終わるのに比べて、この本はロマンス小説でもあるので、その辺もバッチリ満足です。ヒーローも素敵だし、SFも書けちゃうブロックマン先生に乾杯😊
1997年作だけど全然古さを感じないのは、ヒロインが精神的＆金銭的に完全自立していて芯が通った女性だから。去年発売の本だよって言われたら信じちゃう（スマホが出てこないけど）掘り出し物でした！
邦題「7年後の恋人」
January 2, 2021
Review of Kindle edition of this time travel romance, first published in 1997 by Bantam Loveswept
Terrorists have stolen the time machine of 42-year-old, brilliant scientist, Chuck Della Croce. In the midst of attempting to assassinate him, they murder his best friend and bodyguard, as well as the woman Chuck has secretly loved for seven years, Maggie Winthrop, who takes a bullet for him and dies in his arms. Chuck evades the pursuit of his enemies, who have stolen the latest version of his time machine, and escapes into the past using the earliest prototype of his machine. He had aimed to land in the past shortly after he and Maggie first met in order to change events and reverse her murder, but two problems arise. First, the early prototype has sent him to the past stark naked, and second, it was slightly off on its dates and Chuck has landed in Maggie's yard shortly prior to their first being introduced. As a result, Maggie has no idea who the blood-caked, wild-haired, naked man is who is pounding on her door, and she assumes he's a madman who needs to be locked up for his own safety, and hers.
Bestselling romantic-suspense author Suzanne Brockmann wrote this time-travel romance for the Bantam Loveswept romance line in 1997, when she was still writing short contemporary romance novels. Her use of a time machine was then, and remains until this day, a daring choice for contemporary romance. I can myself only recall one other romance author who has done this, Susan Sizemore in her first novel, Wings of the Storm. The prevailing reasoning for this artistic choice is that romance readers are bored by the technical details of scientific hardware. Also, by using magic instead of a time machine, the author can make the time-travel one-way, thereby eliminating the mind-warping paradoxes which are a crucial and inevitable element of plotting when a science-fiction author employs a time-travel machine.
This book is certainly full of time-travel paradoxes, though not as (to me, anyway) utterly weird and unbelievable as the main one in the well-known time-travel saga, The Terminator. In that movie, an already-existing adult male, John Connor, sends his already-existing adult friend, Kyle Reese, back in time to save his mother, Sarah Connor, at a date prior to his conception, whereupon Kyle proceeds to impregnate Sarah and become John's father. My attitude to this paradox was, and still is, "Are you kidding me?" I never had moments of stunned, irritated disbelief like that when reading Brockmann's story.
The most compelling part of this book, something I hadn't forgotten 15 years after originally reading this book as I re-read it recently, is the image of a sexy, naked man landing in the heroine's front yard. The concept of naked time-travel only bothers me if it isn't well motivated--which is another problem I have with The Terminator. I don't see any logical reason for a robot to arrive naked after time-travel. If machine parts can come through, why not clothes? In this book, the nakedness is motivated sufficiently as being caused by an early prototype of the time machine which, presumably, could only transmit animal matter. In The Terminator, the nudity was no doubt included because it is both a shocking image to men in the audience, and a visual treat to the women and gay men in the audience to view Arnold Schwarzenegger's gorgeous, ripped physique of 1984. In the case of this story, Brockmann can also be excused for choosing to follow in the footsteps of the Terminator's nude-time-travel tradition because it creates an utterly memorable and enthralling "cute meet." The purpose of a romance novel is to immediately establish sexual sparks, and it is extremely sexy to have the handsome hero frantically pound on the heroine's door, gloriously naked with mussed hair and the body of a male model.
Finally, another daring thing for the contemporary-romance genre that this book includes is a romantic triangle. This is a huge "no-no" for the contemporary romance genre and always has been. Romance fans are not ultimately upset by it, however, because the triangle is a faux one in that the two men involved are the same guy, 35-year-old Charles and 42-year-old Chuck. The problem of Maggie falling in love with two versions of one man--and each version being jealous of his other self's physical relationship with Maggie--is quite cleverly resolved by Brockmann in order to arrive at the classic happy-ever-after ending that is an essential element of every romance novel.
I read this book in a Kindle ebook version, which is well formatted and edited.
I rate this book as follows:
Heroine: 5 stars
Hero: 5 stars
Romance Plot: 5 stars
Time-Travel Plot: 4 stars
Writing: 5 stars
Overall: 5 stars
Terrorists have stolen the time machine of 42-year-old, brilliant scientist, Chuck Della Croce. In the midst of attempting to assassinate him, they murder his best friend and bodyguard, as well as the woman Chuck has secretly loved for seven years, Maggie Winthrop, who takes a bullet for him and dies in his arms. Chuck evades the pursuit of his enemies, who have stolen the latest version of his time machine, and escapes into the past using the earliest prototype of his machine. He had aimed to land in the past shortly after he and Maggie first met in order to change events and reverse her murder, but two problems arise. First, the early prototype has sent him to the past stark naked, and second, it was slightly off on its dates and Chuck has landed in Maggie's yard shortly prior to their first being introduced. As a result, Maggie has no idea who the blood-caked, wild-haired, naked man is who is pounding on her door, and she assumes he's a madman who needs to be locked up for his own safety, and hers.
Bestselling romantic-suspense author Suzanne Brockmann wrote this time-travel romance for the Bantam Loveswept romance line in 1997, when she was still writing short contemporary romance novels. Her use of a time machine was then, and remains until this day, a daring choice for contemporary romance. I can myself only recall one other romance author who has done this, Susan Sizemore in her first novel, Wings of the Storm. The prevailing reasoning for this artistic choice is that romance readers are bored by the technical details of scientific hardware. Also, by using magic instead of a time machine, the author can make the time-travel one-way, thereby eliminating the mind-warping paradoxes which are a crucial and inevitable element of plotting when a science-fiction author employs a time-travel machine.
This book is certainly full of time-travel paradoxes, though not as (to me, anyway) utterly weird and unbelievable as the main one in the well-known time-travel saga, The Terminator. In that movie, an already-existing adult male, John Connor, sends his already-existing adult friend, Kyle Reese, back in time to save his mother, Sarah Connor, at a date prior to his conception, whereupon Kyle proceeds to impregnate Sarah and become John's father. My attitude to this paradox was, and still is, "Are you kidding me?" I never had moments of stunned, irritated disbelief like that when reading Brockmann's story.
The most compelling part of this book, something I hadn't forgotten 15 years after originally reading this book as I re-read it recently, is the image of a sexy, naked man landing in the heroine's front yard. The concept of naked time-travel only bothers me if it isn't well motivated--which is another problem I have with The Terminator. I don't see any logical reason for a robot to arrive naked after time-travel. If machine parts can come through, why not clothes? In this book, the nakedness is motivated sufficiently as being caused by an early prototype of the time machine which, presumably, could only transmit animal matter. In The Terminator, the nudity was no doubt included because it is both a shocking image to men in the audience, and a visual treat to the women and gay men in the audience to view Arnold Schwarzenegger's gorgeous, ripped physique of 1984. In the case of this story, Brockmann can also be excused for choosing to follow in the footsteps of the Terminator's nude-time-travel tradition because it creates an utterly memorable and enthralling "cute meet." The purpose of a romance novel is to immediately establish sexual sparks, and it is extremely sexy to have the handsome hero frantically pound on the heroine's door, gloriously naked with mussed hair and the body of a male model.
Finally, another daring thing for the contemporary-romance genre that this book includes is a romantic triangle. This is a huge "no-no" for the contemporary romance genre and always has been. Romance fans are not ultimately upset by it, however, because the triangle is a faux one in that the two men involved are the same guy, 35-year-old Charles and 42-year-old Chuck. The problem of Maggie falling in love with two versions of one man--and each version being jealous of his other self's physical relationship with Maggie--is quite cleverly resolved by Brockmann in order to arrive at the classic happy-ever-after ending that is an essential element of every romance novel.
I read this book in a Kindle ebook version, which is well formatted and edited.
I rate this book as follows:
Heroine: 5 stars
Hero: 5 stars
Romance Plot: 5 stars
Time-Travel Plot: 4 stars
Writing: 5 stars
Overall: 5 stars
March 29, 2009
The romance was kind of cute, but it got to be really creepy when she was screwing both the hero and the hero seven years in the future who time traveled to her time. Plus, time travel is one of those iffy subjects. The entire time I was reading it, all I could think was "Well, if she does all of this stuff and prevents him from finishing his time travel theory, then he doesn't have way or the means to travel back in time to have her take all of these steps, which means history would go down the way it did originally. But if it happens the way it did originally, he'll go back in time and persuade the heroine to talk his younger self into forgetting about his dreams of time travel."
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November 28, 2011
Güzel bir kitaptı.. Teröristler, zamanda yolculuk ve aşk biraradaydı :)
Chuck zaman makinesini icat etmiştir ama bu icatla teröristlerin hedefi haline gelmiştir. Olaylar sonucunda ise sevdiği kadın Maggie ölür ve Chuck hatasını düzeltmek için geçmişe yolculuk yapıp geçmişteki halini icatı yapmaktan vazgeçirmenin yollarını arar bunun için Maggie'nin 7 yıl önceki halinden yardım almak zorundadır.. Ama umduğundan erken vardığı için henüz Maggie ile tanışmadığı bi zamana gelir bu yüzden Maggie'yle en baştan başlar ama geçmişteki halide ortaya çıkınca işler karışır.. Yani Maggie kendi zamanındaki Chuck (Charles diyorlar) ve gelecekten gelen Chuck arasında kalır ama sonu güzel bağlandı :D
Chuck zaman makinesini icat etmiştir ama bu icatla teröristlerin hedefi haline gelmiştir. Olaylar sonucunda ise sevdiği kadın Maggie ölür ve Chuck hatasını düzeltmek için geçmişe yolculuk yapıp geçmişteki halini icatı yapmaktan vazgeçirmenin yollarını arar bunun için Maggie'nin 7 yıl önceki halinden yardım almak zorundadır.. Ama umduğundan erken vardığı için henüz Maggie ile tanışmadığı bi zamana gelir bu yüzden Maggie'yle en baştan başlar ama geçmişteki halide ortaya çıkınca işler karışır.. Yani Maggie kendi zamanındaki Chuck (Charles diyorlar) ve gelecekten gelen Chuck arasında kalır ama sonu güzel bağlandı :D
January 3, 2015
I am completely outnumbered here, but I didn't like this book at ALL. Future Chuck comes back to talk to Maggie to convince her to seduce the present Charles. I didn't buy either of the characters and the storyline was just confusing. Are we talking about the present you or the future you? Or is it the past you? I'm presently putting this book in the 'return' pile and picking up another of Brockmann's books to read in the future.
February 10, 2015
Boş zamanlarda okunabilecek, keyifli bir kitaptı. ;)
July 4, 2016
3,5 stars
January 28, 2018
Because this is Suzanne Brockmann, it’s a good book, even though it’s early days for her with (I’m guessing) pretty strict limitations from the publisher on length and number of characters. So the scope isn’t nearly what you find in just about any book of the Troubleshooters series. Time travel makes a fun meet for the H/h because the H is completely committed from the very beginning, already having known the heroine, which makes it possible for an author to ramp up the intensity quickly, and Ms. Brockmann makes good use of this trope. It’s been a while since I last read a sci-fi time travel book, but yes, there are liberties taken with the form in that characters have “residual memories”. But I think creativity is a *good* thing when you’re writing fantasy!
I didn’t love the narrator here, which is the reason for the three-star rating. Her line readings are a little off, so the character voice (voice in the literary sense) doesn’t come through perfectly.
Therefore, before you decide, “Not bad but I’m not going to rush out and buy more from her,” read or listen to the third book in the Troubleshooters’ series by Ms. Brockmann and I think you will become a fan.
I downloaded the audio book from my OverDrive library app, which I absolutely recommend.
I didn’t love the narrator here, which is the reason for the three-star rating. Her line readings are a little off, so the character voice (voice in the literary sense) doesn’t come through perfectly.
Therefore, before you decide, “Not bad but I’m not going to rush out and buy more from her,” read or listen to the third book in the Troubleshooters’ series by Ms. Brockmann and I think you will become a fan.
I downloaded the audio book from my OverDrive library app, which I absolutely recommend.
August 22, 2023
Very odd and dated book. I was glad it was a pretty short audiobook to listen to as not much really happens in the story. And some of the things don't make too much sense - granted it was written in 1997 but it included a bullet that could be used as a tracking device but yet no listening/audio devices used in the room where they were being held captive. The bad guys were pretty pitiful. The story didn't age well.
May 29, 2018
Wow what a Great read!
Wow what a Great read! Really enjoyed going back in time! Wish I could go back 7 years and tell myself some words of wisdom! I will recommend this to others! I didn't understand how both men could be in the room together with out both fading. Again great read
Wow what a Great read! Really enjoyed going back in time! Wish I could go back 7 years and tell myself some words of wisdom! I will recommend this to others! I didn't understand how both men could be in the room together with out both fading. Again great read
December 12, 2018
It's been a long time since I have read a time travel book. I know it is a romance book but it still bugged me that people think about having sex when they are about to die..... it is situations like that that really bug me. I liked all the time travel theories.. wish the SEAL guy would have gotten more time
March 21, 2020
This book was a good idea, time travel and romance, but it could have been done better. Some of what I would consider the most important elements were glossed over, and other things were given detail descriptions and time (like the purchasing of "the dress"). Overall, it was still okay, just not wonderful.
March 5, 2017
I couldn't finish this, audio version, because it's boring and stupid. The premise is good, but not well written. The characters are not developed very well which contributed to the boring part. Just too unbelievable for me.
August 20, 2017
Great time travel
Lots of suspense, emotions and intriguing plot! Always buy Suzanne Brockmann's books, but I am relishing these re-releases of earlier novels! Chuck and Charlie were fascinating---lucky Maggie!'
Lots of suspense, emotions and intriguing plot! Always buy Suzanne Brockmann's books, but I am relishing these re-releases of earlier novels! Chuck and Charlie were fascinating---lucky Maggie!'
September 2, 2019
Well Done, Good Job
The time travel aspect was surprisingly well thought out. Likable characters on an interesting journey provided reading fun. I enjoyed the story. I especially appreciate that the story was around finding connection, not just lust.
The time travel aspect was surprisingly well thought out. Likable characters on an interesting journey provided reading fun. I enjoyed the story. I especially appreciate that the story was around finding connection, not just lust.
October 16, 2020
So. Much. Crazy sauce. It was RIDICULOUS. A lot of it didn’t even make sense. A love triangle WITH YOURSELF?! I loved it. Suzanne Brockmann is, apparently, a witch who has always known how to write characters who suck me right in. Also, I listened to it and the narrator was great.
May 14, 2021
Started great, got a little convoluted...became confused...ended in some some melodrama and an odd HEA. A bit of a head scratch. The love story for Charles/chuck was off stage and for our heorine instalove. Felt a bit harlequin.
January 3, 2024
2,5. There are some books that should be stand alone books. And there are some that should be the first of a series. It was interesting and an OK read for me. But it felt like the middle of a series. It wasn’t.
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