Jude Deveraux

Hayden Lane, a best-selling romance writer, is a happy young woman -- or so she believes. Certainly her pals might chide her for not getting out more, but writing her novels is time-consuming. Besides, the tales she weaves of dark intrigues and timeless love are more thrilling than any blind date could possibly be. For her next book, about lovers whose present lives are complicated by their past lives, she decides to consult a psychic. When the psychic tells her that in a past life in Edwardian England, Hayden was a woman named Lady de Grey, she is intrigued. And when she learns that Lady de Grey was a promiscuous woman who mysteriously disappeared one night, that she was rumored to have poisoned her husband, and that her ghost is said to haunt this home, Hayden is spellbound.

Although the psychic warns her not to investigate further, Hayden must know more. When she meets a hypnotist at a dinner party -- and he promises he won't make her cluck like a chicken -- she can't resist volunteering. But his trick goes wrong, and instead of merely remembering her lifetime as Lady de Grey, Hayden is whisked back to Edwardian times. The moment she awakens, she faints, due to the unfamiliar sensation of Lady de Grey's extremely tight corset. But soon Hayden will awaken again, to discover quite a different story about a woman history considered a trollop, a spectacular brooding man... and the rapturous love that would be hers if she dared open her heart to the most mysterious adventure of all....

This ended up being a very good book, though it took me awhile to get into it.

Good read - I always enjoy Jude Deveraux's books - but if I'd realized it was the start to a series, I would have waited until the next one was out before reading it! Because, while it stands well on its own, it did leave me wanting MORE. Some puzzles were solved in this book, but others are still outstanding.

I absolutely loved this one!

Oh my! What a phenomenal book! I love the parallel stories unfolding together between the past (during WWII) and present. It's a slower paced story, but that suits the small town in Virginia where the modern day story unfolds. So many secrets are exposed after being hidden for years that we are often surprised. And the ending! Wow!

Beautiful story and the cover stated it's a new series so I'll be watching for more of the cousins stories. Jocelyn Minton learns she's inherited a large estate from the woman who befriended her as a child. Jocelyn travels to Edalean, a small town in Virginia where she finds out not everything she knew about her friend Miss Edi was the truth. Jocelyn starts questioning her life and her future.

I REALLY wish the publisher did not see ft to abridge almost all of Jude deveraux's audios!

I had a very difficult time getting into this book, but once I did (about half way through) it was a pretty enjoyable read.

Jocelyn is left the manor of her dear old friend, Edilean, but she soon learns that there was far more to her friend's life than she was ever told. As Joce spends her days learning of Edi's history, she learns about her own and finds her true soulmate in the process.

Her wedding fast approaching, celebrated chef Kady Long knew she was the luckiest woman alive...until she slipped into a delicate satin wedding dress she found in and antique flour tin, and was overcome by an odd dizzy spell. When she came to, Kady was in the dusty western town of Legend, Colorado -- where a hanging was about to commence! With quick wits and more than a little moxie, Kady halts the proceedings, much to the relief of one Cole Jordan, a tall, thankful, and very appealing man.

Which of the 2 men her father sent to save her will Christina Montgomery Mathison choose. She has a dark ravishing outlaw or the handsome blonde that seems only after her money?