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What happens if your soul mate exists 300 years in the past? Is there any way that love could surpass time? Ordinarily, I would say no, but The Whirlpools of Time by Anna Belfrage swaps the ordinary for something extraordinary. But would you go back in time to a world full of danger, unrest and rebellion? Would love really be worth risking your life for?
This is a love story 300 years in the making, and what a love story it is. Duncan and Erin come from two very different eras, but they cannot deny the love, the overwhelming love, that they feel for each other. However, the difficulties that they face would be enough to try any relationship. I thought their relationship was very believable. It was not all roses, they had their arguments, but the love they had for each other remains strong throughout this novel, despite what era they were in.
The concept of time travel, and what that would mean for the person falling through time made for some really interesting reading. It may all sound very romantic, but for Erin, it is an extremely challenging transition. There were times when her recklessness and pigheadedness, for want of a better word, made it incredibly difficult for Duncan to keep her safe, and it also left me wondering why she would take such risks. She certainly has the intelligence to understand that this world is vastly different to her own. Eric just finds her new reality very difficult to accept.
The historical backdrop was really intense - in a good way. Scotland is on the brink of rebellion and there are those who support the cause, and those, of course, who already know the outcome! I thought the author brought this era back to life.
I really enjoyed this novel, and I am looking forward to reading more books by this author.
He hoped for a wife. He found a companion through time and beyond.
It is 1715 and for Duncan Melville something fundamental is missing from his life. Despite a flourishing legal practice and several close friends, he is lonely, even more so after the recent death of his father. He needs a wife—a companion through life, someone to hold and be held by. What he wasn’t expecting was to be torn away from everything he knew and find said woman in 2016…
Erin Barnes has a lot of stuff going on in her life. She doesn’t need the additional twist of a stranger in weird outdated clothes, but when he risks his life to save hers, she feels obligated to return the favour. Besides, whoever Duncan may be, she can’t exactly deny the immediate attraction.
The complications in Erin’s life explode. Events are set in motion and to Erin’s horror she and Duncan are thrown back to 1715. Not only does Erin have to cope with a different and intimidating world, soon enough she and Duncan are embroiled in a dangerous quest for Duncan’s uncle, a quest that may very well cost them their lives as they travel through a Scotland poised on the brink of rebellion.
Will they find Duncan’s uncle in time? And is the door to the future permanently closed, or will Erin find a way back?
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Anna has also published The Wanderer, a fast-paced contemporary romantic suspense trilogy with paranormal and time-slip ingredients. Her September 2020 release, His Castilian Hawk, has her returning to medieval times. Set against the complications of Edward I’s invasion of Wales, His Castilian Hawk is a story of loyalty, integrity—and love. Her most recent release, The Whirlpools of Time, is a time travel romance set against the backdrop of brewing rebellion in the Scottish highlands.
All of Anna’s books have been awarded the IndieBRAG Medallion, she has several Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choices, and one of her books won the HNS Indie Award in 2015. She is also the proud recipient of various Reader’s Favorite medals as well as having won various Gold, Silver and Bronze Coffee Pot Book Club awards.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for reading, reviewing AND hosting my book baby! And I agree re Erin being a tad reckless, but according to what she's told me, it was more a question of not really wanting to understand (or accept) just how much her life had changed.
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