Once upon a time… disposable razors. But when she’s mistaken for someone else, Emma must pretend to be everything she’s not. About to be engaged to the Earl of Hartley’s brother, Emma fails miserably at playing the role of a sophisticated lady.
Hartley is determined to ensure that the quirky and adorable woman marries his brother – despite his ever-growing attraction to her. After loving and losing, he refuses to fall prey to the shackles of love. But as his desire for Emma increases, he knows he must forfeit his happiness for his brother’s future. After all, there’s no such thing as happily ever after.
Or is there?
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This is a time travel novel which combines unobtrusive historical fun facts and a believable, slow burn romance. The American protagonist has a dry wit and every now and then I laughed out loud — modern US slang meeting 1816 British English! But the tour de force of this book is the ending. I didn’t see it coming. It was poignant and at the same time wonderfully satisfying.
Loved this story! A touch of time travel, a touch of magic and a very cute Earl–who could ask for more! I particularly enjoyed Emmas witty pop culture satire infused responses throughout the story and Hartleys’ confused responses. It was also very satisfying how the story ended with all loose pieces both past and present accounted for.
Really enjoyed this! Great meld of current time with the 1800s, along with paranormal
I loved this book! It’s filled with so much fun, and realism in the way what you would do if this happened to you. I couldn’t wait to read the next book in the series. But it isn’t out yet! I can’t wait! The best ending, it’s not just a happily ever after.
I always love (well written) time travel romances and this one was very well written. Even the method of the time travel was different from so many books and the story itself was one of the best I’ve read in a while. One of the things that I liked so well was the fact that there were no explicit sex scenes, just romance. There were a lot of little bits of humor thrown in on almost every subject. ( Example: “All of Mrs. Kitty Farnsworth’s letters could be classified as: boring, more boring, and sucking my will to love.”) Furthermore, the ending was cute and well wrapped up and could have set the stage for another book, although I don’t believe the author has written one yet!
Emma Damon, the heroine, is in England on a scholarship and working on categorizing the papers in the library of the present day Earl of Hartley. She is sent back to 1816, where she is mistaken for Emily Blythe, the daughter of an American businessman with whom the Earl does business. Pursuant to an agreement between Mr. Blythe and the Earl, Emily has come to England to learn how to conduct herself in English society and to marry the Earl’s younger brother.
Read the book to discover how Emma pulls off the deception and manages to fall in love with the Earl of Hartley in 1816. You’ll be glad you did!
Pleasant, low-angst, no-sex, time-travel, Regency romance
Emma Damon, is a 21-year-old American who grew up in foster care and recently earned a bachelor’s degree in American history. Through a foundation run by the current Earl of Hartley, she has received a scholarship and a job as a research assistant in London in Hartley Hall, a mansion that has been in the Hartley family for hundreds of years and has recently been turned into a museum. Emma is intensely drawn to explore in an off-limits section of Hartley Hall called the Rose Room, but to her horror, it turns out to be a magical door to 1816, and she is mistaken for an American woman who is supposed to enter a marriage of convenience with James, the younger brother of the man who is the Earl of Hartley of that era.
I’m not personally a fan of this type of romance. I can’t help feeling how horrible it would be to be stuck in the primitive conditions of 1816, even if staying there meant being married to a handsome aristocrat. I much prefer it when it is the handsome aristocrat from the past who time travels to the present. However, I’m not lowering my star ranking for the book because of that, because I realize that fans of zero-sex, time-travel, Regency romance will very likely enjoy this low-angst romance. It has all the familiar tropes of that sub-genre of historical romance, and the ultimate, magical explanation for the time travel is much better motivated than is typically the case.
I experienced this book both in Kindle format and as an audiobook. The narrator, Ann Marie Gideon, does a good job with British and American accents.
This exudes the 19th century, an era of romance and toil. It reminds of me of Austen yet it needs to address her skepticism of that world. It is good and beckons to far worlds of empire-building and strife.
I picked up Once Upon a Time Travel By Sariah Wilson as I fancied something light and fluffy and this certainly hit the spot.
This is my first experience with a Sariah Wilson book and this definitely got a thumbs up from me.
It was just what I needed, An easy read that put a big smile on my face.
So first I just want to say I absolutely love time travel romances and couldn’t wait to get stuck into this one.
“So Once Upon A Time Travel,” Tells the story of Emma Damon who while working at Hartley Hall manages to get herself transported through time to 1816 (200 years in the past to be precise).
Here Emma gets mistaken for someone else entirely, an American lass by the name of Miss Emily Blythe.
Seeing no other course of action Emma decides to pretend to be Miss Blythe Until she can work out how to return home.
The only dilemma is Miss Blythe is about to be engaged to the earl of Hartley’s brother and Emma now must learn how to engage with polite society in this time period and help keep her true identity under wraps.
To further confound things, Emma takes a massive shine to The Earl Of Hartley.
The Earl himself has vowed never to marry, so pushes his feeling for Emma aside while in turn nudging her in his brother’s direction.
So this story was lovely, it kept my interest, flowed brilliantly and also made me chuckle on numerous occasions.
The two main characters Emma and Hartley were extremely likeable, though I did find Hartley a bit thick-headed at times particularly in regard to his ex-love Libby, who everyone but he could see what a huge golddigger the girl was.
I loved all the secondary characters, especially aunt Charles that woman cracked me up.
This was also a mainly clean read, Bar a couple of heated kisses this was PG rated all the way.
So Once upon a time travel really does do what it says on the tin, its a feel good delightful fun read that I really loved.
So now for my negatives and I really hate to do this as I really did enjoy this story very much,
So here goes,
first, I didn’t like the introduction of magic into the story, I think it was just put out there to help explain the time travelling nature of this tale, I don’t think it added much overall and I would have preferred it not to have entered the equation at all as this was such a lovely tale and it was managing just fine without its inclusion.
That brings me to my second gripe the time travelling itself.
I kept waiting for someone to explain how the dress with the note got into the closet, and waiting and waiting some more, I finally assumed Emma had put it there at some point but this was never actually clarified for me.
Then there were a lot of things that came out of Emma’s mouth that I felt people in the 1800’s would have been much more shocked by, she didn’t have a filter, I myself found her extremely amusing but I felt The aristocracy of the nineteenth century would have been outraged.
My final issue was When the real Miss Emily Blythe reared her little head.
It was brushed away so easily and I found the events just a little convenient and a trifle unbelievable in their content.
So, Now that nasty business is over with, let me just say that this was such an entertaining read.
I found Once Upon a time travel very amusing and I would so recommend this to others no issue.
So lastly just want to say thank you to NetGalley and the author for providing me with an ARC
This is my own unbiased and honest opinion.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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