Review: A Great Quick Read!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
Time-traveling PhD student Sydney Dahlquist’s first mission sounded simple enough—spend two weeks in December 1810 collecting blood samples from the sick and wounded of Wellington’s army, then go home to modern-day Seattle and Christmas with her family. But when her time machine breaks, stranding her in the past, she must decide whether to sacrifice herself to protect the timeline or to build a new life—and embrace a new love—two centuries before her time.Rifle captain Miles Griffin has been fascinated by the tall, beautiful "Mrs. Sydney" from the day he met her caring for wounded soldiers. When he stumbles upon her time travel secret on Christmas Eve, he vows to do whatever it takes to seduce her into making her home in his present—by his side.Review:I loved the premise of this story, a Vernesque story where time travel is done by scientists to learn about the past.  Sydney goes back in time, but her time machine breaks down.  As she is about to engage the safety protocols; which include blowing up the machine and killing herself, Captain Miles Griffin comes looking for her.  I have to say Miles is Very accepting of what Sydney tells him of her and the time machine.While Sydney is doing her time travel she meets Miles and you can tell they have an instant attraction, but the times being what they are and that Sydney is only there for a short time nothing comes of it.  That is until Miles finds Sydney and the time machine.  Once he finds her he tries to convince her to stay with him.I liked the story, but it seemed too short and would have loved to get more in depth with the characters and the story.  I think this would make a great series!  The writing style was great and I would definitely read more by this author.3 stars