Rating: Summary: QUEEN ELIZABETH OR KING RICHARD? Review: With her third time travel novel, Terri Brisbin once again captures the hearts of her fans. Ms. Brisbin is fast becoming a force with which to reckon in the time travel genre.Thirty year old Sharon Reynolds, head curator for the historical costume and fabric collection of the Chicago Museum, is in an old manor house in London, England, examining a collection of clothing purported to be from the Elizabethan period. While doing so, she discovers a piece of parchment dated 1560 A.D. concealed in one of the gowns, the written contents of which, had it been discovered back then, would have had the power to change history as we know it. In her excitement to share this find with her colleagues, Sharon stumbles into a small, hidden room and finds herself transported to sixteenth century Elizabethan England. There, she is providentially mistaken for one of Queen Elizabeth's seamstresses. She meets up with the Queen's stable master, the handsome and charming Richard Granville, illegitimate son of Henry VIII and half brother to Queen Elizabeth I. Attracted to him, she finds herself falling in love with him before she realizes that the parchment she holds has the power to change his fate, as well as that of Elizabeth and England, forever. This is a wonderfully inventive time travel tale, replete with political intrigues, plot twists, and characters who charm the reader. The author masterfully weaves a tapestry of events that will keep the reader turning the pages of this book.
Rating: Summary: The Queen's Man - an Elizabethan time travel romance.... Review: Would you change history if you had the chance? Sharon Reynolds, a textile expert from Chicago, is given just that opportunity when she find proof of a legitimate male heir to Henry VIII's throne. She travels back to 1570 with the documents that could challenge Elizabeth's claim as England's ruler. Richard Granville believes that he is a bastard son of Henry VIII, never dreaming that proof exists that could place him on the throne. He falls in love with this woman from the future not knowing she holds his life and England's destiny in her hands. Can that love survive the intrigue and dangers of the royal court and the tests of fate? I hope you'll read THE QUEEN'S MAN and find out! Quotes: "Wonderful plotting, great characterization, intriguing history and sizzling passion. THE QUEEN'S MAN is a romance reader's dream." Sandra Hill, bestselling author of TRULY MADLY VIKING "Excitement, Adventure, royal intrigue, and a 'what-if' scenario that could change the world. Terri Brisbin weaves them together with the masterful touch that has become her trademark. Sheer Elizabethan delight!" Maggie Shayne, bestselling author of ETERNITY "4 stars! Terri Brisbin captures this colorful period with interesting historical details and personages and the intrigue between the Catholics and Protestants that caused the great schism. Readers who relish the era will enjoy Ms. Brisbin's foray into the past." Romantic Times magazine "Terri Brisbin does it again - delivers a highly recommended time-travel you will not want to miss." Under the Covers Reviews....
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