A Love for All Time

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Summary: A must read for Bertrice Small fans
Review: This book can be incredibly difficult to find, but if it is available, do not hesitate to buy it! It was the first romance novel I ever read, and it is still my favorite, years later. It is well researched, and very historically accurate. While the novel does not focus on Skye, it is about her youngest brother Conn and the woman he marries. It's a wonderful, fast moving tale, and incredibly enjoyable. Even if you've had bad luck with some of her books (there are some out there) I encourage you to read any of the books in the O'Malley or Leslie sagas.

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Summary: YAHOO! This is great! I'm not even done reading it yet!
Review: This book is great - it is like the Kadin and of course the skye o'malley books (it is of that series) It is very rich in history, costume description, the usual stuff that I love about Bertrice Small. It is among the best of her books concerning characters - I really love all of them - conn & aidan as well as the british court and the easterners. Also, it is about 600+ pages! and no fluff!

I got a hold of this Hard-to-find book on eBay (auction) after failing to get it on amazon auction - check often at these places though, because there is always a copy up for auction, and it is definitely worth it!

I read somewhere that even though it was hard to find, it wasn't really that important a book in the series, I think that person was just trying to make everyone feel better in case they couldn't find a copy - you must try to get a copy of this book!

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Summary: A Love For All Time
Review: This is absolutely one of Bertrice Small's best. I loaned it to a friend and never saw it again. I love her costume description and her characterizations. It's so nice to read about strong women who can control their own lives. Not all women were suppressed even in Elizabethan England. I have all the O'Malley books and almost all of her other stories. It's like an addiction. I can't wait for the next one. Aidan is a wonderful character with common sense, and her adventures keep you reading and reading.

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Summary: My favorite series
Review: This is the best series I have ever read

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Summary: This is the one that steals your heart and never lets it go!
Review: This is the book that brings passion and romance to every woman. How many of us have read a historical romance novel and thought "The woman is beautiful of course she is going to get the man". Well, Aidan is not a ravishing beauty. She is quite ordinary in her looks, and Conn (the youngest brother of Skye O'Malley) is devishly handsome. He is not swept away with her looks, yet grows to love and admire her. Isnt that what true love is all about? Don't we all hope and pray that the handsome man will look past what's on the outside and see what is in our soul? Well, this one takes us down that road!!! We get to see Conn go from a rogue to one who has found his true soulmate. This is truly a romance novel that can live up to the title of "romance". After you read this one, you will smile and be happy that romance and passion exists for everyone. Not just the beautiful heroine. Now that is a Love for All Time.

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Summary: This book ROCKS!!...
Review: This is the first Bertrice Small book i've ever read and I must say that I was satisfied. The characters were well developed (though I did not particularly care for Conn - I prefered Jarvid Khan).I feel that Conn should have been a bit more active in the book. I really felt the book, and was rather disappointed that it had to end. I liked the love scenes. They were really intense and well written. I also liked the fact that the historical background was well written and accurate.

Aidan had me laughing and rooting for her, I especially liked when she tried to kill the sultan.

Ms. Small I think you did a great job, and I can't wait to read more of your work.

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Summary: hard to find but worth it
Review: this is the only book in the o'malley series that is near impossible to find....but worth every penny. beatrice small's stories carry and lift you to a time and place far away. her research is very well noted and enjoyed.

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Summary: A Decent Hot Tub Read
Review: Well, I had read Lost Love Found, the book that comes after this one in sequence, long before I ever got my hands on a copy of For All Time. I mention this because if you read the former book, you will know almost exactly what happens in the latter book, and in a considerably more concise fashion. But having read all the novels in the Skye O' Malley series, I felt a gentle nudge to read For All Time and call it complete.

Granted, this is fluff, albeit decent fluff. I liked that the female protagonist wasn't a perfect beauty like so many others (although apparently she made up for it in the perfection of her body, or something). In fact, this might have been a really good historical novel if Small had kept the theater in Elizabethan London. But no...it's the old kidnapped-into-the-harem routine which other readers of Small will recognize all too easily.

I don't know about you, but one other detail about this book bugged the heck out of me. In her other novels, Small uses "you" as the second person pronoun, regardless of the time setting. In this book, she suddenly decided to use "ye", something that doesn't happen in the rest of the series.

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Summary: A Decent Hot Tub Read
Review: Well, I had read Lost Love Found, the book that comes after this one in sequence, long before I ever got my hands on a copy of For All Time. I mention this because if you read the former book, you will know almost exactly what happens in the latter book, and in a considerably more concise fashion. But having read all the novels in the Skye O' Malley series, I felt a gentle nudge to read For All Time and call it complete.

Granted, this is fluff, albeit decent fluff. I liked that the female protagonist wasn't a perfect beauty like so many others (although apparently she made up for it in the perfection of her body, or something). In fact, this might have been a really good historical novel if Small had kept the theater in Elizabethan London. But no...it's the old kidnapped-into-the-harem routine which other readers of Small will recognize all too easily.

I don't know about you, but one other detail about this book bugged the heck out of me. In her other novels, Small uses "you" as the second person pronoun, regardless of the time setting. In this book, she suddenly decided to use "ye", something that doesn't happen in the rest of the series.