A woman fleeing her unfaithful fiancé. A cuddly ghost seeking the manner of his death. A magical matchmaker determined to bring the two together, even across time.When dog trainer Gina Charles flees her unfaithful fiancé, she ends up at a hotel room with another occupant—a ghost with compelling dark eyes who cuddles up to her in the middle of the night.Ghostly mesmerist Drake Manton doesn’t … night.
Ghostly mesmerist Drake Manton doesn’t remember how he died, and insists Gina help him learn the manner of his death so he can move on or he’ll haunt her forever.
Gina’s investigation leads her to the burned-out Chesterfield hotel, where she finds a magical hope chest in the ruins. When she touches it, she and her faithful terrier hurtle back in time to 1883 where she comes face-to-face with the very alive, very sexy mesmerist.
Now all Gina has to do is prevent Drake’s fiery death so she can return to her own time. Or can she give up her life in the future for a lifetime of love in Drake’s arms?
The Mesmerist is the first in a five-book multi-author Victorian romance time travel series. If you enjoy sweetly sexy time travel with a spunky heroine pitted against the fashions and restrictions of the 1880s that contains more than a touch of humor, you’ll love this book.
The Hope Chest Series: An antique hope chest containing five unique objects . . . five people inexorably drawn to the items inside . . . each sent to the past where they must accomplish a task and find their own path to true love with the help of a magical matchmaker determined to bring soul mates together, even across time.
The series includes:
The Mesmerist by Pam McCutcheon
The Lawman by P.J. Bishop
The Prince by Karen Fox
The Thief by Laura Hayden
The Pinkerton by Maureen McKade
Or, purchase the whole series as a boxed set!
(Originally published as Enchantment by Zebra Ballad)
Reviews
“The first of what looks to be a delightful five-book time travel series,
[The Mesmerist] is quick, light and enchanting! — Romantic Times Magazine
“Combines the best of time travel with superb romantic elements with enchanting results. Intrigue, danger, and a magic hope chest bring together two strong willed, volatile characters with delightful results. This whimsical tale is one of the most convincing time travel romances I’ve yet to encounter, coming very highly recommended.” —Cindy Penn, Senior Editor, WordWeaving
“Hits you with action from the beginning and has you anxious to know how it will all end. The storyline is humorous at times, sensual and uplifting.” — Denise Fleischer, Gotta Write Online Romance Editor
“This series promises to be a lot of fun. The mystery surrounding Miss Sparrow and her hope chest are yet to be discovered. Ms. McCutcheon’s characters are compelling, both the hero and heroine dealing with their personal pain in constructive ways. Drake is a deeply kind, caring, and honest man, just what Gina needs. He has a great desire to help others. Gina’s confidence and insight provide what Drake needs to attract patients and discover the source of their problems. They make a great team. Together they sizzle with passion.” — ParaNormalRomance/PNR
“Pam McCutcheon certainly starts us out with a lively beginning that pulls you right into this delightful story… It was a roller coaster of laughs and tears and I hated to put it down; I couldn’t wait to see how it all turned out. If the other books in this series are as good as this one, then we are in for a wonderful extended read.” — Becci Davis Clayton, About.com
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Creatively crafted tale. Very enjoyable.
Really enjoyed this series even though they are written by five different authors .
Very unusual theme and so entertaining
I like time travel romantic novels. This book was hard to put down. I could feel the main characters frustrations and was empathetic. Great characters. Suspenseful.
Strange things happen everyday, sometimes true life is scarier than fiction. What if this could happen? Would you choose to stay in the past or go back to the future? I was surprised with the who done it at the end.
An intriguing book, sweet romance and limited explicit sexuality to one scene – wasn’t the focus of the book!
I read this quite some time ago and still remember it well. That in itself rates the book an extra star. It was my first venture into paranormal and it was well plotted plus the characters were well developed. I read more by this author because of how enjoyable this was.
Whole series was great.
Loved the time travel aspect in this one. Well done
I enjoyed this book very much and looked forward to the next book. the history is fun and the premise is sound.
Great book
Loved this book and read all in the series. I want more!!!!
Really liked how the characters were developed.
Enjoyable, hard to put own.
A light summer read. The author does a good job building the story from almost wedding to wedding. I liked the characters although I thought Gina would be a little bit smarter. At times she was brilliant, but at others, she was naive and stupid. The mystery of who killed Drake was never a mystery to me, although it had promise.
I liked the book and would read another of this series if I could find it.
It also helped that the cover was of a gorgeous man who you could imagine as you read the book. Well played Pam.
This book got my attention and kept me enthralled til the end
This book was a very good read would totally read it again. Will recommend to my family and friends who love to read.
Just an all over fun read.
I like time travel books. This one held my interest.
Enjoyed this book a lot, Mixed some modern time travel stuff with an original plot.
Heroine was funny and resourceful.