Book Review of A Thistle Beyond Time
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About the Book
Title: A Thistle
Beyond Time
Author: Jennae
Vale
Genre: Time
Travel Romance
Cormac MacBayne wants a wife and the
witch, Edna Campbell, has the perfect woman in mind. The only problem is they’re separated by five
hundred years and thousands of miles.
Fresh from a bad marriage, Jenna
Sinclair has sworn off men – that is until a handsome highlander comes out of
the fog and into her life. He’s a
mystery and possibly part of an elaborate practical joke concocted by her
cousin. Jenna’s had enough deception in
her life. Can she risk everything to be
with a man who is so obviously lying to her?
Author Bio
Jennae was born and raised a New England
girl, just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, where her imagination was always
bigger than she was. Her large, extended Irish and Italian families were a
great source of support, inspiration and humor. Laughter, love and food
were never hard to find in her home. Growing up surrounded by nostalgic,
historical landmarks, fed her love of history and creative writing.
She has worn many hats over the
years. From owning her own typing service and horse training/boarding
facility, to operating an embroidery/t-shirt business, her entrepreneurial
spirit was strong and thriving. Determined to do something she truly loved, her
vivid imagination took over again and she decided to follow her literary
dream of writing stories that tapped into her love of magnificent people and
places.
Jennae now lives in the San Francisco
Bay Area with her husband, where they've raised two beautiful and talented
children. Along the way they've gathered a menagerie of pets, including
one dog, three cats and 4 chickens to make the family complete.
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Book Excerpt
Jenna was
running the vacuum cleaner when Dylan returned with Cormac. She didn’t hear
them enter and when she finally did look up, she jumped, clutching her chest. “You
scared me!” Her heart was racing in her chest.
“Sorry,
cuz,” Dylan apologized, with a sheepish grin on his face.
Jenna
looked around Dylan and an angry scowl lit across her features as she spied
Cormac.
“I thought
I told you to take him to a shelter! What didn’t you understand about that?”
She snapped.
“I
couldn’t do that to him, Jenna. He’s from another country and he doesn’t know anyone
here. He’s a good guy, really. We just spent the last hour having breakfast and
getting to know each other.”
“Dylan, I
know what you’re up to, so you can stop right now.” Letting go of the vacuum,
Jenna crossed her arms over her chest.
“I don’t
know what you’re talking about,” Dylan replied.
“I know
this is all a practical joke. I don’t know how you pulled it off and I don’t know
where you got this guy from, but I can’t believe you would do that to me. You know
how upset I’ve been lately and when he appeared out of nowhere, well… I
thought he was a serial killer or something.”
“I would
never harm ye, lass.” Cormac said, as he peeked around from behind
Dylan.
“I know
that now, but at the time I was pretty scared.”
“I
apologize to ye. I didnae mean to scare ye.”
“It wasn’t
a practical joke, Jenna. This guy, Cormac, is from Scotland and he was sent
here by a witch. That’s the Edna he mentioned. Anyway, he’s not even from this time.
He’s from the sixteenth century. Can you believe it?” Dylan asked excitedly.
“No. I
can’t believe it and I don’t. Nice work trying to convince me of something
completely impossible. Have you been taking acting classes lately, Dylan,
‘cause you’re pretty good. If I didn’t know you better, I might even believe
you.”
“It’s true, Jenna. I’m not making it
up. Tell her Cormac.”
“He’s telling the truth, lass. Edna
sent me from the year 1514. She said ye were to be me wife.”
“Now don’t start that again. You both
need to give it up. I don’t believe you. There’s no such thing as time travel.
Period. The end.”
“Okay. I
won’t mention it again, but we’re not lying and time travel is totally possible,
you’ll see,” Dylan insisted.
Review:
This
is the second book in the series but can be read as a standalone story. It is a fun tale of time travel, true love,
and second chances. It reminds me a little of a movie I saw about a
man who fell in love with a picture and traveled back in time to meet the girl
and realized she was smiling at him in the picture he fell in love with.
I
have enjoyed this whole series and cannot wait to read the next one, which I’m hoping
will be Dylan’s story (you’ll have to read the book to find out what that is.)
I
give this story 4.5 out of 5 clouds.
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opinions or reviews.
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