Review: Timeless
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2012
Annie and Chase were both raised in the midst of violence; Annie was born in the middle of the Costa Brava civil war while Chase was the product of two alcoholic and physically abusive parents. They found love amidst all that violence. The difference was Annie remembered while Chase has forgotten.Fast-forward 5 years: Like a bad penny, Annie turns up in Wyoming and introduces herself to Chase as his wife then promptly faints. Chase did not have any choice but take care of a woman he had no recollection marrying or having met at all.***SPOILER ALERT***A story of love of being at the right place at the wrong time. As part of an elite military force, Chase rescued American citizens living in dangerous places. At 16, Annie was one of those Americans albeit a woman without a country because there was no paperwork to identify her as a U.S. citizen. Marrying her was the only way Chase could bring her out of the country. But an accident that left Annie for dead and Chase having very vague memories of that time.The book is a bittersweet recollection of that forgotten time between Annie and Chase. And as they remember, their own upbringing also comes into the picture. The violence they had lived through made them very wary of truly falling in love. Plus there are trust issues on both sides, thanks to their violent past.Published in 1992, the "Child Bride" is timeless. The reference to the Ford Broncho and the wars in the Middle East and in South America can put the story between the 1970s and the 2010s. Unlike other books that have been re-issued, "Child Bride" still gives the feeling of "hot off the presses." And the story of Chase and Annie speaks of finding love with the right person at the right time though circumstances say otherwise.