Review: Accidental Hijacking!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 3, 2012
I really do not read much about time travel.  But I was pleasantly surprised when I read the story of Valerie Crane Whitfield.  Valerie turns to her sister after her divorce and the two travel to England...Valerie trying to overcome her failed marriage and Louisa on a business trip.  While shopping, the unimaginable happens and Valerie finds herself in a different time and place.  What would you do?  How frightened would you be?  She seeks help from two brothers living at Yealm Castle and both brothers fall madly for their mysterious and beautiful visitor.  This is one tale about true love.  Religious and political betrayal, what one brother will do for the other and a secret shared between man and wife and a thirty year old disappearance of another woman are just a few of the highlights of this tale.I enjoyed the strong characters developed for this story.  Valerie found in this new time and age what her heart truly desired and what she could not have in her own time and place.  She was portrayed as strong and yet true to her heart.  I loved how she handled the love of two brothers.  Finnlay was not who I wanted her to fall in love with...I wanted her to love Alec, from the start, but eventually....  Anyway, the characters came alive for me as did the world of 1605.  I enjoyed meeting the house staff from Mrs. Dobbs to Betty...they were great secondary characters!  And of course, Valerie's sister, Louisa....how devastating to lose your only sister and not know how or why, was she still alive?  And I now understand Guy Fawkes Day...so even though this was a work of fiction, I learned something!  I thought it was a great story and recommend it as a fantasy, fun,and romance at it's best!