Romance and adventure… and a trip to where an American tradition began…
Libby Edwards, a gifted horsewoman, unwittingly wishes herself back in time to Louisville, Kentucky just before Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby become a reality. During Libby’s journey in the past, she stumbles upon her destiny. Unfortunately, he’s in the wrong century. In 1874, there’s no electricity, no internet, … internet, no modern medicine, no antibiotics — no Starbucks! And even worse than that, women have no rights. Libby has no desire to stay.
Widower Colin Thorpe, a renaissance man of his time, has big dreams. He is a horse breeder who names his thoroughbreds after Mythological Gods because he has a reverence for past cultures and an appreciation for the unexplainable.
Libby and Colin can’t resist falling in love with each other. After all, Colin accepts Libby for who she is and she understands Colin’s dreams better than his deceased wife ever did. Yet he grasps early on that Libby doesn’t belong in 1874. And because his wife never adapted to the move from Virginia to Kentucky, becoming bitter and unhappy in the process, he won’t take the chance of the same thing happening to Libby. Can these two lovers find a way to be together despite their challenges?
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I’m from Kentucky and I found the storyline very interesting. I could see what Louisville looked like pre-ky derby.
A well-written time travel romance which will have you rooting for the characters. Evokes the past in more of a cosy rather than gritty way. Great for a few hours of escapism, I enjoyed every page.
Couldn’t put it down!!! I grew up right across the river from Louisville and the Churchill Downs history was so interesting. You keep reading to see what will happen next. Couldn’t stop thinking about it for weeks!
Loved loved loved this book!
I enjoyed the book.
it was a good bok
This was a good book. It was nice to see that the main character could go back and forth thru time. She was able to get things finalized and was able to leave a message for those she left.
Enjoyed the story and characters. Time travel and romance, it has it all.
This has to be one of the best books I’ve read in some time! The story is just great, and the conflict that the main female character goes through is so relatable! While we all know that there is no such thing as traveling through time, the storyline is just fantastic, and makes you think–well gee, maybe it can happen!
I loved the story line. The characters were funny and believable. I cried and laughed through out the book. The book was well written and the ending was awesome
Thank you.
A. Franklin
Time travel stories are fun.
Loved it!
a little confusion about sequence but generally was able to follow it. fairly predictable but ok with that in this one.
Couldn’t put it down. Read it in one evening. Great story!
This is a charming story of a muddled young woman, unfulfilled in her job, affianced to a guy who is trying to mold her to his values, and of course, with a magical ability to slip in time. I did get impatient with the leaps back and forth, like plucking petals off a daisy (I belong here / maybe I do not); so I traveled in time myself, leaping …
So good!
An interesting story line but it did not hold my attention. Easy read if you want am pleasant diversion
Going back in time to 1874?? We’ve come a long way , baby. Does love over come independence, wearing corsettes GASP! And no flush toilets! Read to find out. Will she stay or will she go?
I enjoyed this story. It had it all, drama, romance, history, sadness, happiness and a HEA
I always love to read these books that give the two perspectives of different centuries