Shades of the Past

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Summary: Unsuccessful mixing of regency and present time
Review: Although I love both regency and time travelling novels, I must say that this book is a rather poor combination of the two of them and would have been better without the time travelling part. The present day heroine is kind of sex-starved, the transitions between present and past are unconvincing and sometimes even confusing. The regency part (with a regency heroine) itself would have been a nice enough story.

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Summary: Interesting, fast paced
Review: Excellent book reaching back to the authors better days. Short on foppish irregularities and long on action and sex. I recommend it highly.

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Summary: Past meets present -- a good trip if you don't ask how!
Review: Much less detailed than many of Sandra Heath's other novels, this one follows an American actress who's unlucky in love and out of work as she travels to London using a recent inheritance. Money is not all she inherits as her ancestry vaults her back in time where she finds true love. Unfortunately, the length of the book doesn't allow this competent author to develop either location sufficiently.

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Summary: Could have done without the time travel aspect
Review: The plot of this Regency was strong enough without the time travel. It's not really hurtful to the way the story moves along, but to me it's not necessary. Author does do a skillful job in describing the heroine's feelings as she goes back & forth. But I think I would have enjoyed it more as a straight Regency with the wrongfully manipulated heroine/trick-the-hero plot. Ending kind of veers into melodrama, but that's the kind of plot it is. This was my first reading of this author & I look forward to reading more of her work, even though this review isn't the strongest -- guess that will confirm she can write well!

Rating:
Summary: Could have done without the time travel aspect
Review: The plot of this Regency was strong enough without the time travel. It's not really hurtful to the way the story moves along, but to me it's not necessary. Author does do a skillful job in describing the heroine's feelings as she goes back & forth. But I think I would have enjoyed it more as a straight Regency with the wrongfully manipulated heroine/trick-the-hero plot. Ending kind of veers into melodrama, but that's the kind of plot it is. This was my first reading of this author & I look forward to reading more of her work, even though this review isn't the strongest -- guess that will confirm she can write well!