When Aubrey Harrison wrecks her truck on the side of a dark Texas highway, she wakes up in the year 1836, in another woman’s life—someone who looks just like her. Struggling to understand her new reality, Aubrey connects with Tapley, a handsome cattleman with a tragic past. As Mexican soldiers begin to fill the small settlement, Aubrey recognizes the first sign of a deadly battle yet to come. A … to come. A bargain to save her new family’s cattle business leads to murder, and Aubrey is forced to take shelter within the walls of the Alamo, even though she knows that’s the worst place she could be.
The fate of Texas was sealed before the battle ever began, but with it, a new love may now be lost somewhere between the past and the present. An attempt to change fate comes with the high price of Aubrey’s future, but she’s determined to give history a fight it will never forget.
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One of the best books I’ve read in quite sometime.
3.5
Book source ~ Review copy. My review is voluntary and honest.
Aubrey Harrison is a student at Texas A&M. The night of Chilifest she leaves the party to head home and swerves to avoid hitting a deer. Ok, side note here from Auntie Carol: never swerve to avoid hitting an animal unless you have plenty of clear space to do so AND you are not traveling at a high rate of speed. Because of this very reason – she runs off the road and flips her truck, ending up in the hospital and in a coma. Seriously. Hit the deer instead. You’re less likely to be hurt. Ok, back to the review.
Aubrey wakes up in San Antonio in 1836. Yep. 1836. She is still Aubrey Harrison, but not the Aubrey these people know. I have no idea what happened to the 1836 Aubrey. Maybe they really are one and the same? Time travel is so confusing. So, now 2018 Aubrey is in 1836 and that would be bad enough, but she finds out that the Battle of the Alamo is only a few weeks away. And we all know what happened then. Should Aubrey try to change the future? Can she even do that? She could probably change a small detail here and there, but a battle so monumental? Dilemma!
This is a fascinating concept, but I found a good portion of the beginning to be too slow for my tastes. It takes a while to build up speed, but when it does it was well worth the wait. Aubrey does a good job of straddling two time periods and not going bonkers. Then there’s Tapley, who looks so much like Lee, a classmate back in 2018. I’m not going to give away anything about this story because you’ll want to discover it for yourself. If you like time travel love stories then this is one you won’t want to miss.
This is the first book by this Author that I have read. A time travel book with a twist. This is Aubrey R. Harrison and Tapley Holland and everything that happens for them to get their happy ending. I will say keep the Kleenex handy. I received a copy of this book through Hidden Gems and I am voluntarily reviewing.
Have you ever explored somewhere and it just feels so familiar and you can’t explain why? Aubrey Harrison is on the fast track in life. She is studying hard for her Graduate Record Exams, has a great best friend in Paige, boyfriend Porter who is full of himself, and sometimes just finds herself overworked. Top that off with a good looking classmate, Lee, who takes her breath away.
Aubrey is still trying to figure life out when she finds herself launched back into February 1836, a month before the Alamo is attacked and under siege. What started out as a fun day with friends, then ends with Porter (her boyfriend) pulling an idiotic stunt ticking Aubrey off, who then proceeds to leave and results in a car crash, changes Aubrey’s life in ways she never thought possible.
Aubrey learns what it is like to love and be a woman in the 1800s. There is no feminist values here. You are either property to your family or your future husband. Luckily, her parents are understanding and help her out in many ways. Aubrey finds love in the most unlikely places and learns more about herself in this time period than she ever did in her own present.
This story was well thought out and captures your interest from the beginning. Mostly historically accurate, those who enjoy reading time travel books with historical facts being spot on will truly enjoy this. It was nice reading a romance where they learn about each other and things are not automatically steamy out of the gate. It focuses on the times and the building relationship.
I gave this story 4 stars for 2 reasons. 1. Round bales did not come about until at least the late 1890s and popular in the 1930s/1940s. 2. I just was not a fan of the ending. It brought about too much confusion as far as time traveling goes (which, yes I know, is not an easy thing to write about).
But if you enjoy time travel romances, you will truly enjoy this book!
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.