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Book Reviews of A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1)

A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1)
A Dance Through Time - MacLeods, Bk 1
Author: Lynn Kurland
ISBN-13: 9780425179062
ISBN-10: 0425179060
Publication Date: 7/2000
Pages: 368
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 168 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 3389 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Dance Through Time was a wonderful, fast read that I thoroughly enjoyed. Elizabeth Smith is an author who lives in New York who awakes from a dream of a mysterious Scottish man. After she decides to transform her dream into a romance novel and does her research on Scotland's history, she takes a walk to a park, falls asleep, and finds herself in Medieval Scotland. Soon she finds herself facing the man from her dream in person. Now she's torn in the choice between going home, to the year 1996, or staying with the man she loves.

I enjoyed this book as a hopeless romantic, and also as a romance-lover and book-lover. What was nice about Lynn Kurland's novel was that you are guaranteed suspense and a happy ending. A Dance Through Time is definitely a feel-good story that is very difficult to put down.
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 80 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Elizabeth, 'sort of engaged,' can't find the man of her dreams in modern NYC, but can hear his voice calling her. She hopes that writing a romance novel will put her fantasies to good use. With a fascinating research book in her lap, she falls asleep while reading about Highland Laird James MacLeod and wakes up in Scotland, 1311. James has very definate ideas about where women place in his world, until Elizabeth goes straight for his heart.
Bkcrazee avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 388 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I really enjoyed this book. While it got a little slow in the middle and I thought it was going to be awful it finished out really well. Good read.
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 141 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
GREAT BOOK! I FOUND THAT I HAD THE FIRST ONE IN THE SERIES WHEN I WENT THROUGH A BOX OF BOOKS, AFTER I WAS ALMOST THROUGH WITH THIS ONE. SO, IT'S NEXT. A GREAT TIME-TRAVEL BOOK. SHE'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE AUTHORS NOW. RIGHT UP THERE WITH CONSTANCE O'DAY FLANNERY!!
mamadoodle avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 1105 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Time travel romance set in Scotland. Absolutely THE BEST romance I have read to date. A must read.
sugarbaby avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 60 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Great romance, Especially good if you don't like the "xxx" scenes that most have, this one rates about an "R".
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Good book if you like Celtic romance.
I enjoyed it very much.
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 152 more book reviews
Life has not been going spectacularly well for budding romance writer Elizabeth Smith. When she starts hearing a haunting voice beckoning her, Elizabeth figures she is really losing it. Deciding that a walk in Central Park will help clear her head of Scottish research and the Clan MacLeod, Elizabeth finds a quiet place to rest. Upon waking from her strange nap, Elizabeth is immediately aware that something is very wrong. Somehow, for some reason, she is no longer in New York. In fact she is no longer in the 20th century.

The last thing James MacLeod needs cluttering his life is a strange young woman claiming to be from the future. While deep in his heart James knows she may be telling the truth, the hard-headed Scotsman refuses to believe and tosses Elizabeth into the dungeon. Once James releases Elizabeth they begin building a wary relationship, each never quite sure what the other is up to. Elizabeth finds that she has a number of allies in James' clan, including his teenage son Jesse and his young ward Megan. The key to Elizabeth getting back to her own time lies in the forest. Something within the woods makes time-travel possible.

Elizabeth saves James' life and in doing so changes history, preventing Jesse's ascension to power. When they realize what they have done, James and Elizabeth decide to travel to the future to save Jesse's heritage. It is James' turn to be off balance, as he learns to cope with modern life. Both the past and the present are in jeopardy, however, when Elizabeth and James realize that their treacherous enemy Nolan MacLeod has also learned to travel through time.
TXGrobanite avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 270 more book reviews
I really enjoyed this book! My first from Lynn Kurland that I have read. I really enjoy time travel books and this did not disappoint. There is another one before this one but I did not read it and I got the "gist" of the story line from this book. I love the two main characters Jaime and Elizabeth. Looking forward to reading the next in the series.
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on
I loved the book, I didn't want to put it down.
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 126 more book reviews
Elizabeth Smith is called through time from New York City in 1996 to Scotland in 1311 by Scottish laird Jamie McLeod.

I fun quick read.
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 15 more book reviews
I absolutely love this book. It mixed a time travel romance with a celtic romance.
lives2read avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 6 more book reviews
This is the original MacLeod novel by Lynn Kurland. I had looked for it a long time, and it was well worth the wait. Elizabeth Smith is a struggling romance writer who finds herself back in time in medieval Scotland. James MacLeod is a medieval laird who has no time or use for women. They reach a truce, and eventually come to love each other. T
his book also introduces several characters who appear in subsequent books.
Duchesssammi avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 16 more book reviews
A awesome great read!!
This book contained a little of everything from struggles to love-
This is a fast read and one that you won't want to put down.
reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 11 more book reviews
Love this book! Wonderful time travel book.
timetravelgirl avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on + 153 more book reviews
Enjoyable :)
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Timetravel Series-Mecleod-De Piaget scottish clans
gummy13 avatar reviewed A Dance Through Time (MacLeods, Bk 1) on
I enjoyed the story.