Sandra Landry

Tossed back in time, the heroine is rescued by the hero when he finds the rose tattoo on her shoulder that signifys her as the prophecy. She will be the only woman able to bare his children. It's a long battle for him to win her as his wife. Between the heroine herself being completely against the idea and the villain who forges a fake license and declared her to be his it seems like the hero is doomed to fail. I liked the fact that though the story is in English, it's made clear that the heroine is French and the characters speak French. The heroine soon realizes that not only has she been tossed back in time but she's also remembering a past life where as her mother still lives and she has a family. The hero is relentless in his pursuit of her hand and it very much felt that he didn't truly love her. Sure he cared for her but his goal and obsession was gaining an heir. Also the heroine not only remembered her past life, she soon begins to embrace herself as this other woman and completely forgets about trying to get home. It was a nice story and though it's clearly a romance, I didn't find it truly romantic. Especially the 2nd half where the characters spend most of their time battling the villain and playing with politics.… (mer)

Hah. The exception that proves the rule. It's got ghosts. It's got reincarnation. And the time-travel ties them together. But it works. The ghosts & reincarnation are PART OF THE STORY. And it doesn't go off on long boring tangents about something that happened to some dead people who nobody cares about because they were thoroughly unlikeable. Er. Speaking of tangents. Anyway. The heroine's reaction to the time travel was great--very realistic. I had a question or two at the end, which is why it didn't get an extra half star, but all in all, a good story.… (mer)