I am a fan of time travel books, but I could not finish this one because it was so bad. It was like a never ending episode of the old tv show, Kung Fu, "snatch the pebble from my hand..." where the hero is constantly advising the heroine. ( )

The heroine wakes up in pain and blinded and in the middle of a sand storm. She then sees a hansom man appear out of a bolt of lightning and thinks she's going insane but he's her only hope for salvation. The hero brings her to safety but tells her she's traveled back in time and must blend in with the locals. Of course, typical for your B-plot book, she throws a hissy fit and adamantly denies she's now in the 1800's and that the hero is crazy despite all the prove around her sayings he's right. They travel to the big city at her demand so she can meet up with her sister, only to discover, shocker, that he was right all along. They becomes gets a villa and the hero slowly teaches the heroine patience, understanding and the ability to find joy in life. I'll say now that I didn't enjoy this book at all. For a hero who's so adamant about the balance of light and dark, the author wrote a very muted, happy go lucky book that featured little to no struggle. I despise easy going characters when they have no darkness in them and the hero was so one dimensional. He was so sickly sweet and understanding that I wanted to smack him especially since I know for a fact that no one could bare to be in the heroine company for that long without kicking her in the face. She was ghastly. She whined about everything and thought that just because she crossed her arms or put her hands on her hips that everyone was supposed to take her seriously. About halfway through the book she got it into her head that she wanted the hero's baby...just out of the blue. Known the guy for 4 days, seen him hold 1 child and thought he's be a perfect sperm donor. It was madness and it made no sense considering she's still trapped in the past with no idea how to get home or what to do with a child even if she got one. Top that off with a boring plot and cook cutter setting and characters and it makes for a 1 star rating. I wasn't a fan of this addition to the series. ( )