From USA Today Bestselling Author Shannon Nemechek comes a brand new series “The Traveler” will take you on an EPIC adventure through time.As a self-professed book nerd, Army Major Katie Butler has hunted many rare books in her lifetime. While on leave in Savannah Katie visits with a voodoo priestess who tells the story of Eleanor MacAllister and a long-lost book, claimed to be cursed. With her … book, claimed to be cursed. With her curiosity piqued,
Katie is determined to find the lost book and reveal the secrets it holds.
What she finds could change everything.
Swept back in time, Katie suddenly finds herself immersed in a country at war with itself. Determined to find her way back home, her plans begin to change when she meets the dashing Confederate officer, Captain Colm O’Donnell.
Captain O’Donnell despises slavery and when his father leaves him the family plantation, Colm immediately sets out to make changes. Having devoted his life to military service and his family’s plantation, Colm has very little time for anything else. With his country embroiled in war, he has even less free time.
Until he meets Katie Butler.
Convinced the pretty young woman with sable hair and big blue eyes, is a spy, Colm is determined to find out the truth.
Will their secrets destroy the love they have found? Or, will they find a future together?
The Book of Eleanor Series
Book 1 Chimera Rebellion
Book 2 Chimera Revolution- Coming Soon
Book 3 Chimera Rising- Coming Soon
Book 4 Chimera Resistance- Coming Soon
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5 CRANKY STARS
This is a well written enchanting story that takes place in Savannah. The author has thrown in some historical romance so that it is technically historical fiction. The key history is the American Revolutionary War and the War between the States. There is a little time travel/memories and magic. I got wrapped into the story every time I picked up the book, which wasn’t too often as I found it hard to put down to begin with. Every time I read a book like this, I have to write down the names of other books by the author as I am hooked on her writing.
The main character, Katie Butler is a Major in the US Army. She is on an extended leave and has gone to Savannah to experience its history and relax. She is somewhat superstitious but doesn’t believe in ghosts and magic. However, she is staying in a hotel steeped in history and believed to be haunted. Her first night in town, she visits an antique bookstore and goes to a story hour in the hotel. She learns of the Book of Eleanor that supposedly can’t be found. The person who finds it will be whisked away, never to be seen again. Since she loves old books this is a challenge for her that must be met. The book also is a link to a true love.
I loved all the stories about the people in the past. Just thinking that some of these events were true is mindboggling. How could people have treated people like this and how could they have lived in such dire conditions? Well, they did and, in some cases, still do. Time hasn’t changed that much. I hope that everyone that reads this book, loves it as much as I did.
Great read — the cover hooked me in!
Nemechek brings it with her latest release, storytelling at it’s finest. You’ll not be able to out it down, it’s a page turner!
To start with, I had not read the first book so I did not have a stepping ground and got pulled into the middle of the action. It took me a while to figure out who is who, but once that is sorted, the book was rock and roll! The story transports the two main characters Katie and Colm to 1779 Savannah, where they are pulled into a world of deception, danger and lies, and an old enemy. There is a prophecy to be fulfilled and there is suspense in every step they tread on. Katie has to figure out whom to trust and whom not to. Colm is to make a choice, which will decide the course of history.
It is overall a very gripping read; I only wish I had read the first book so that I can understand this one better. I will surely pick up the previous book very soon!