Helpful Score: 3
This entertaining and lively time-travel romance opens with a bewildering mass of details involving time-jump accountants, incongruity spikes, and the afterlife, but the introduction of sexy art historian Campbell Stratford gets the story moving smoothly. When Cam tumbles through time and finds herself in the late 17th century, a time agent is dispatched to stop her from using artist Peter Lely as a source for scandalous biographies of his contemporaries. Cready (Seducing Mr. Darcy) includes compelling details about art and painting as Peter explains how to paint a leaf and later, following Cam back to her own time, reverently explores a book of 20th-century artworks. As Peter struggles with memories of his dead wifewhom Cam greatly resemblesand Cam's cheating ex-boyfriend breaks her heart again, their passion and quarrels combine in a compelling romance that will leave readers breathless.
While this was the first Gwyn Cready book Id read, it wont be the last. I love romance and this is romance at its finest. Misunderstandings, wicked step-sister, ex-boyfriends, humor, sex, it had it all. And best of all was the time travel. Ingenious, simply ingenious. Im never visit Amazon again without thinking of this book and wondering what if ? The historical period, along with the artists from the 17th century had me racing to the computer after laying the book down with a sigh, to check out Peter Lelys portraits. I can't wait to read Cready's other time travel romances. And oh, don't you just love those zebra print shoes?
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While this was the first Gwyn Cready book Id read, it wont be the last. I love romance and this is romance at its finest. Misunderstandings, wicked step-sister, ex-boyfriends, humor, sex, it had it all. And best of all was the time travel. Ingenious, simply ingenious. Im never visit Amazon again without thinking of this book and wondering what if ? The historical period, along with the artists from the 17th century had me racing to the computer after laying the book down with a sigh, to check out Peter Lelys portraits. I can't wait to read Cready's other time travel romances. And oh, don't you just love those zebra print shoes?
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Campbell "Cam" Stratford works in an art museum and the director is about to retire. Cam wants the job badly and she her only competition is her sister. She knows she would be a shoo-in if she was published, but the deadline is drawing close and Cam is no where near ready with her book.
Peter Lely is dead. He was the portraitist to the king, and was renowned for his well-endowed paintings of many women. When artists pass, they are monitored by the Guild, who makes sure their reputations stay reputable. But when a "fictography" is published by one named Stratford, something must be done immediately!
Only someone who has access to a time portal could have known the details so blatantly of the seventeenth-century artists. The Guild convinces Peter to use a time portal and go back in time to fix things.
You would think you would get confused with the time bobbing, but it's refreshing to see a character stay true to themselves, in either century. Cam was full of vitality and fresh; with her confusion and her willingness to go with the flow. When Cam sits for Peter, the passion simply sizzles. But then when she returns to her own time and discovers his betrayal, the stakes are raised. But Peter has something else in mind for Cam, and I won't spoil it for you.
I love time-travel romance, and Flirting with Forever is fresh, romantic, and a great tumble through time. I enjoyed reading about the artists of that time and how the men and women dressed. Their antics were pure joy and the romance heart-warming and irresistible.
This is the first work I've read of Ms. Cready's, but I will definitely be picking up her books in the future! Love romance, time-travel, or both -- give Flirting with Forever a whirl! You will love it!!
Peter Lely is dead. He was the portraitist to the king, and was renowned for his well-endowed paintings of many women. When artists pass, they are monitored by the Guild, who makes sure their reputations stay reputable. But when a "fictography" is published by one named Stratford, something must be done immediately!
Only someone who has access to a time portal could have known the details so blatantly of the seventeenth-century artists. The Guild convinces Peter to use a time portal and go back in time to fix things.
You would think you would get confused with the time bobbing, but it's refreshing to see a character stay true to themselves, in either century. Cam was full of vitality and fresh; with her confusion and her willingness to go with the flow. When Cam sits for Peter, the passion simply sizzles. But then when she returns to her own time and discovers his betrayal, the stakes are raised. But Peter has something else in mind for Cam, and I won't spoil it for you.
I love time-travel romance, and Flirting with Forever is fresh, romantic, and a great tumble through time. I enjoyed reading about the artists of that time and how the men and women dressed. Their antics were pure joy and the romance heart-warming and irresistible.
This is the first work I've read of Ms. Cready's, but I will definitely be picking up her books in the future! Love romance, time-travel, or both -- give Flirting with Forever a whirl! You will love it!!
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