Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Some of them can be a bit formulaic, but I like Lynn Kurland’s stories.  I think the first was a Dance Through Time.

Not sure if you’d call this a romance but it’s marvelous time travel, especially if you’re a fan of the Big Apple: Jack Finney’s Time and Again describes the adventures of an artist who travels back to New York City in the 1890’s; he included period photographs of people and places ... quote taken from the Amazon review.

I have to second the Lynn Kurland books, always enjoyable reads.
The only other author I have read more than one of is Sandra Hill and her vikings, those books always make me laugh out loud.

Ok I officially have carp memory, I am sure I enjoyed the Karen Marie Moning Highlander books, they were time-travels weren’t they?

The Very Thought of You by Lynn Kurland.

Alex and Margret and hilarious together. It’s the standard ‘serious grouch meets time traveling easy-go-lucky, yet smart’ other half, but in a twist, Margret is the medieval grouch and Alex is the cute, yet brilliant lawyer traveling through time.

This book is worth reading just for her mistral. Seriously. He’s fantastic.

LK’s books are kind of like popcorn. You have to keep reading, you can’t just read a chapter at a time. And all of her books intertwine with each other with This Is All I ask as a starting point.

Good one I like is by Angela Knight Jane’s Warlord.  I’m actually a big fan of most of her work: smart women, clever conversation, swift plots and amazing sex all wrapped into one!

Here’s a quick summary:
The Warlord is sent back in time from the future by the Temporal Enforcement Agency to protect Jane from being the next victim of a serial killer.  Turns out the serial killer he’s been tracking is also a time traveler who is jumping around in time doing the “unsolved” murders (aka Jack the Ripper).  However, if he messes up and kills someone who is supposed to live he could create a paradox and the whole universe goes kaboom.  Eep!

Constance O’Day Flannery wrote time travel romances starting with Timeless Passion in 1986. In that one the woman goes back to the mid 19th century. They are fun books to read and worth searching for.

Nora Roberts as a pair of time travel romances that were recently reprinted together as, I think, Time and Again.
I like them, but it is travel from the future to our time.

It’s an oldie, but a goodie (and got me started on reading her books):
A Knight In Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux

If you haven’t read it already, there is time traveling in both directions and I loved the hero to death.  Very fun read.

And who could forget Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series, though I admit that after the 1st four I started to get a bit… exhausted.

I second the Lynn Kurland rec. They are some serious sweet comfort reading.

Dunno if this one is even in print, but Devil in Velvet by John Dickson Carr is a time travel/murder mystery with a strong romantic element.  It concerns a professor who through a deal with the Devil, travels back in time into the body of his Restoration period ancestor (kind of like Sam Beckett in Quantum Leap) to try and solve the murder of said ancestor’s wife, whose portrait he’s fallen in love with.  It’s been decades since I read it, but I recall it as being pretty entertaining.

Hey Stephanie,

If you want Time Travel, Romance, Action and you enjoy a smokin’ hot Highlander, check out Brenda Joyce’s Master of Time Series.  They’re showcased on my blog, The Blackraven’s Erotic Cafe.  If you click on the book, it’ll take you directly to Amazon if you decide to purchase them.

@ Edie: Yep, KMM’s Highlander Novels all have the time travel element to them, and I love ‘em. Esp. Dark Highlander.

@ Tina C.: JD’s KISA - yes!!! My first “time-travel” romance, and I remember thinking…“why hasn’t anyone thought to do this before? (they might have, but this was my first encounter with it).

@ Claire: DG’s Outlander series is in a class of its own…the time travel element is just one small part of the awesomeness of these books. Not light stuff like Kate & Leopold, but well worth the investment getting into this series needs!

@ J. Hunter: never read a Brenda Joyce - but combine time travel and Highlanders and I’m sold - I’ll be checking her out, thanks!

I swear back in the day I read an old-skool Johanna Lindsey that had time travel - a teacher collected old swords and when she touched one it transported a dude right to her.

I guess part of the attraction for these goes back to my love of the Narnia books…and the possibility that I could walk through a door, mirror, whatever - and find myself in another time.
And I love the fish-out-of-water storyline of the 16th century warrior in a 21st century world. I don’t care how absurd or cheesy it gets, I eat it up and ask for seconds.

Popping out of lurkdom to put in another good word for Lynn Kurland books :) My most favorite of hers isn’t a time-travel (This Is All I Ask), but most of her other ones are, and I love and own them all. The one about Jamie and Elizabeth is a good place to start, I think its “A Dance Though Time”. She writes primarily about two different families, and they occasionally meet in the past, and the present. It’s fun. :D

hee hee. Jamie’s a hottie…

One of my alltime favorite time travel romances is Son of the Morning by Linda Howard.  Great writing, and incredibly hot sex.  One of her best, IMO.

Another was the Outlander series, although I didn’t follow through after Book 4.  (I’m with Clair on that one, it just started to wear me out, although my sister is an avid fan and has the entire series.)

I must be one of the few that didn’t really like Knight in Shining Armor.  The story was good, but I just wasn’t fond of the ending.  It needed either more, or less…

I’ll second Jasmine’s recommendation for Jane’s Warlord, though, and heartily.  I LOVE that book.  I let my roommate borrow it when I deployed, though, and have yet to pick up a replacement after she STOLE IT. 

Another that I really liked was J. Suzanne Frank’s series that begins with Reflections in the Nile.  I may have pimped this series at this or other websites already…it really is great, though, both as a romance, a time-travel story, and as historical fiction.  Check your library, though…they’re old.

Quinn’s Way, an old Harlequin American Romance by Rebecca Flanders is future hero comes to the past. If Jane’s Warlord is like a romance Terminator, Quinn’s Way is like a romance Starman. Naturally, the romance versions have much happier endings :).

Also recommended: Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog. Doomsday has minimal romance, Dog has quite a bit. They’re both sf novels, not romance genre novels.

If you don’t mind hot and sexy, Beth Kery has a really good time travel romance out called Daring Time.  It involves the hero going back in time and the heroine coming forward.  I’m not a big time-travel person, but I thought she did it very, very well.

Devil in Velvet is incredible ... I’m going to track down my old tattered copy!

I have to second The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

I am also not a big time travel person but I think Diana Gabaldon handles the “realities” of time travel better than even some science fiction authors.  It’s all very matter of fact for her heroine.  And the side characters really bring the story to life.

But only book one.

De-lurking to say that I think my favorite time-travel romance was Lady Hilary’s Halloween by Anne Barbour.  It’s got a mix of my fave heroine/hero, regency bluestockings and their haughty nobleman “Women have brains? pshaw!” intellectual equals plus, Romans!  The part I really like about this one (aside from it’s being very charming and well-written with no egregious ancient historical errors) is that the roman centurion time traveller is a catalyst for the romance, not one of our protags.

See, I’ve never been able to get into TT, mostly because while I will accept a lot of anachronistic (for lack of a better term) elements in my romance, the fantasy that my one true love was born 800 years ago is just too depressing for words.  (Also, I hate the women who choose to live 300 years ago with their OTL instead of bringing him to modern times where we have awesome things like sanitation! iPods! the right to vote!)

Okay, back to regularly scheduled lurking.

I second To Say Nothing of the Dog.  Not a traditional romance novel but there is a love story and there is time travel.  And it’s funny!

I’m putting in a vote for A Knight In Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux.  That was my first time travel and I still love it. 

I also love Jane’s Warlord, by Angela Knight.  I just finished reading Guardian (and Warrior, a while back, too).  It looks like Knight is doing a series of Time Travelers and they are good!

I also really enjoyed Spell of the Highlander, by Karen Marie Moning, and now I want to read the rest!  I had no problem reading a book near/at the end of her series.  Very fun!

There’s a great pair of time travel romances, from the mid-1980’s - unfortunately I can’t remember the names of the books or the authors (which kind of makes this a HABO post).

I do remember the particulars - divorced woman, living in Connecticut is driving home and all of a sudden, a Regency buck appears in her car!  He’s an earl, it think.  Things, of course, take their course, they fall in love and want to get married, but they are worried that he might be pulled back to his time.  They go to England and the old ancestral home, explore the family records and find that the XXth earl disappeared one night, never to be seen again!  They get married and have a baby, and just as the book is ending, the heroine, holding the baby, gets pulled into a time vortex…

The second book starts with the heroine, now an indentured servant, scrubbing floors (or something) in a house in Colonial - era Connecticut, and the husband shows up as a guest of the family (maybe engaged to the daughter?).  The second book was definitely a let down - the heroine, a strong and independent person in book one, became a whiney, clingy, dishrag in the second.  I know I really enjoyed book one enough to read it more than once, but I don’t think I actually finished the second - except the skip to the ending to find the HEA.

Anyone know these books?

Lita

Outlander hands down.
Also miss the good old days of when Dara Joy didn’t lose it. Rejar and Knight of a Trillion Stars are my favorite time travels.

Julianne Lee wrote a book series called Knight’s Tenebrae, Knight’s Blood, and Knight’s Lady which are quite good.

The series is based on two people, Alex and Lindsay, who are thrown back into 14th century Scotland from the 21st Century. its an interesting story, and I kind of disliked Lindsay’s (the heroine) character (a bit), but found the story engrossing.

It has good elements of magic, love, history, and of course, knights and horses and armour OH MY!

@Lita - are those Joann Simon’s time travel novels?  Can’t remember the titles.

I would like to put a word in for Time and Again by Beverly Sommers.  It was published mid 80’s but kind of fun.  Contemporary heroine ends up back in San Francisco at time of the earthquake.

Green Darkness by Anya Seton.  First published in 1972.  It’s an oldie but a goodie.

I remember really liking A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux.  There’s also Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (and the books that come after, although I found that I got bored with Claire, Jamie, and their relationship after a while).  There’s also Rejar by Dara Joy - it’s not the first book in the series, but it’s the one that’s most like other time travel romances (don’t expect the book to be a stickler for historical accuracy, though).  Knight of a Trillion Stars by Dara Joy is also sort of a time travel romance, but, in my opinion, it leans much more heavily on the “futuristic” or “fantasy” romance side.

If you like ancient Egypt and early civilization there’s a pretty good series by Suzanne Frank about a couple who try to find one another again and reconnect after they get separated in different time periods. The three books in order are : Reflections in the Nile, Shadows on the Agean, and Sunrise on the Mediterranean.

If you love time travel, you can’t go wrong with Lynn Kurland.  Definitely read her stuff in publication order, since her later books are completely intertwined.  The character reunions get a little tedious, but her early stuff is great.  Like many others, I’ve also got to promote Outlander and A Knight in Shining Armor.  I also love time travel, and these are the best.

I also really enjoyed a book called Knight Errant (book one in a trilogy)by R. Garcia y Robertson.  A woman travels back to the War of the Roses, a prince falls in love with her, and she gains magic powers.  It’s not a strict romance, but has a lot of great historical detail.  And, though not time travel books per se, you might enjoy the Goddess Summoning series by P.C. Cast.  They all include a modern woman who find romance when transported into a mythical world, or gods who travel to ours.  If what you enjoy is the conflict of cultures, this will fit the bill (plus, gods are hawt).

I haven’t read them yet, but you might try Seducing Mr. Darcy and Tumbling Through Time by Gwyn Cready.  I don’t know the quality, but they do include some time travel (and book travel, I guess).  They’re in my TBR pile.

Question: Does anyone remember the author or title for the following:
A country singer is on video shoot in England and gets lost in a maze and ends up in Tudor/Elizabethan England? I think there is a rose in the title?

I thought this might be a CFoD book, but am not sure.

Anyway, it was good.

Everyone seems to be touching on the oldies (and usually goodies) that occurred before my time…

Here’s an author that’s writing a Time-Traveling Viking-Navy SEAL series: Sandra Hill.  She actually has two viking/time traveling series, but my favorite is the second series which starts with “The Last Viking” and currently has about ten books in it.  Plus, she’s still adding more t both series.

Blue-eyed Bandit by Stobie Piel.

Stobie Piel was the author of the first romance book I ever read, back when I was an impressionable teenager, and I enjoyed the story thoroughly. I went to find more of her work and stumbled upon this sweet, fun novel. The reason I loved it: the guy was a virgin and the woman wasn’t (but, it still sticks to the romance rules of “the true love will give the orgasms” :D). Great male hero, overall fun. Later, when I read the first Highlander book (which, by the way, is another time-traveling romance), I saw similarities, although I liked this one MUCH better.

The Changeling Bride and George and the Virgin both by Lisa Cach and The Charm Stone by Donna Kauffman.

Another word for Connie Willis, a fantasy writer who does love stories very well. To Say Nothing of the Dog is brilliant, as are all her other books, IMO.

Diana Gabaldon’s books are a huge investment in time and energy, but I loved them.  Got a little burned out around book five, but that was my own fault for reading them too close together.  I gave myself time off and just read the sixth one, and it was well worth it. Now I’m ready for book seven, coming later this month.  My favorite was the third book, Voyager, because to me it was the most romantic.

My problem with most time-travel romance is the way the premise is developed—it’s a world-building element, and too often I find that aspect simplistic.  As a reader of epic fantasy, I can get grumpy when I don’t get good world building.

Wow, yes, what happened to time travel romances?  They died, didn’t they?  I haven’t seen one for ages.

Also, Jane over at Dear Author has a piece about the Pioneers of Paranormal Romance that includes some time travel books.

Lovecow-

I read that book too!  I found the title!  Once Upon a Rose by Judith O’Brien.

A few people have mentioned this already but… try the Highlander series by Karen Marie Moning! I love that series and I’m not a big fan of time travel! :)

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict and Rude Awakenings of a Jane Austen Addict by Laura Viera Rigler.

One that I liked a lot that I haven’t read in awhile is Virginia Henley’s Enslaved.  It has the time travel aspect and the story was great. I especially liked the part at the end where she finds ‘their’ tree and the stone that they buried.

Thank you to SB Sarah for posting my HABO request and thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who chimed in with recommendations!  My Amazon cart is groaning under the weight of the books I’ve piled in it!  Who knew (obviously not me!) there were so many time travel themed romances! 
One question I have about “A Knight in Shining Armor”.  Some people seem ambivalent about the ending.  Is it a true HEA?  I really don’t want to get to the end of a time travel book to have the hero and heroine separated again for the “good of the world” or something stupid. 
Thanks again!
Stephanie

Oh, I loved Karen Marie Moning! I like her new Fae books too.  A little less foreshadowing would be nice in them, but they tie in the charaters and stories of the Highlander books.  Love those MacKeltars!

Robin Schone’s Awaken, My Love is a time travel. It’s very sexy, as her books tend to be.

I just remembers my favorite TT romance - Son of the Morning by Linda Howard. 

One of the reasons why I think I liked this one so much was that Linda made a Scottish castle in the 14th Century a dirty and disease ridden place.  Also, her history of the Knights Templar, the treasure they supposedly protected and destruction of the Order, were very well researched.

Can’t believe that no one else has mentioned this one (unless I missed it)

Hi Stephanie,
From one lurker to another, I couldn’t help but to respond to this one. Just today read about Brenda Joyce and her Masters of Time series. After reading a couple of excerpts from her website, I’m literally on my way out the door to find one at the library.  I’m sure someone’s already recommended them, just thought it was too funny.
Take care,
Jessi

@Melissande: Thank you!  I knew a rose had to something to do with it! 

@Stephanie: KSA has a happy ending and no separation.  But it is a bit complicated if memory serves.

Mary Balogh has a fantastic story in Timeswept Brides, which has bunch of novellas in it involving time travel.  Balogh’s story actually have a timeswept bridegroom, but detail, details, details.  I didn’t really enjoy any of the other stories in the book—the characters weren’t as fully fleshed out as Balogh’s characters, and since her story is the first in the book, everything that followed it sort of paled in comparison for me.  But Balogh is just the tops, in general, and the price of the book is worth it for her contribution.

A great book if you can find it somewhere is Time and Again by Beverly Sommers. 1987?

Sandy Blair’s A Highlander for Christmas…. great story, and characters I really enjoyed.

Gwen Cready’s books are fun and Erin Quinn has a new one out: Haunting Beauty.  All on my t-b-r list.
across49 must be across 49 time zones…LOL

A Cottage by the Sea by Ciji Ware was one I remember liking. A 20th century woman goes to 19th century Cornwall.

I can’t believe no one’s nominated The Time Traveler’s Wife! No, not a traditional romance with a HEA, but still the most soul-touching love story I’ve ever read. Outlander (and Voyager) is a close second (and third).

@Jenn, gotta love Enslaved by Virginia Henley, if only for pure old-school camp!

It’s been a long time since I read it, so I don’t know if it stands up, but I remember liking Touch of Enchantment by Teresa Medeiros.

@ MamaNice

The Johanna Lindsey title you referred to is Until Forever

De-lurking (for the second time today[a record!]) to suggest Breath of Magic by Teresa Medeiros, and it is the prequel to Touch of Enchantment (mentioned by Lila).  Its my first TT, and I loved it. 

Adorable witch from 17th century New England time travels to 1998 NYC and meets cold, cynical, but handsome billionaire who is trying to disprove the existence of magic.

The Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux.

One of those “what if I could go back and…” stories.

‘Heaven’s Time’ and ‘Untamed Time’ by Susan Plunkett. Two of my all-time favorite time-travel romances that are so sadly out of print. Very well-written and believeable.

My all time favorite time travel book is Nora Roberts ‘Time And Again’. I can read that over and over, and I absolutely LOVE it! :)

Lynn Kurland’s books all have a HEA ending, I love those books because of there sweetness. I remember the first one I read was on the car ride to my grandfather’s funeral and it was great to be able to escape and read something that made me smile.
I would also second the recommendation of Suzanne Frank’s series, it’s rare to find a ancient Egypt/non-Western Europe themed TT novel and that series is truly excellent.

OMG I can’t believe it took so long for a Terese Mederios recommendation. 

Breath of Magic is the witch who travels forward in time to the billionaire.  Touch of Enchantment is the sequel in which the daughter of couple from BoM goes back in time to find herself a Knight in Shining Armour (TM) - although I don’t think it was on purpose.

Very good, and between those two and being the quadrillionth person to recommend the Karen Marie Moning’s Highlanders you should be covered for about 8 or so books.

Loved The Time Traveler’s Wife (book).  Saw the movie last night and loved it too—*sniff*

In the middle of Outlander and HATING putting it down to attend the duties of the day. Note to self: Must not resent family for having needs.

Sigh—gotta love a book that makes your heart a little faint.

Lynn Kurkland.  I’ve liked all but one. Not because it wasn’t well written, but because it covered a pet peeve of mine.

Sandy Blair. Mentioned, but must say her name again.

Same with Karen Marie Moning.

Oh and a “Soundtrack” recommendation:

If you’re anything like me you need a song or two to play in your head while reading a lovely story.

Sting’s “A Thousand Years” is (IMHO) the perfect accompainment to a time travel tale.

@Lita:  I was wondering if the trilogy/series you’re after might be Sara McKenzie’s Immortal Warriors?  Not sure about the Connecticut setting but the regency dude appearing to the woman driving sounds kind of familiar…although I seem to recall one was riding a black horse? 

Bron

I can only second (and third and fourth) “Knight in Shining Armor” and the “Outlander” series.

I do have a sort of HaBO within a HaBO. When I was in junior high, I read a YA time-travel wherein the protagonist (can’t remember if male or female) moved to old house with ghosts, broke leg, and was transported in time to ghosts’ original period. If I remember correctly, there was sweet YA romancing. No clue about authorship, but for some reason, the song “Greensleeves” is associated with it in my mind.

I can’t believe nobody loved Susan Sizemore’s “Wings of the Storm” - it was my first time travel and I still am kinda crushing on David.  And Jane—here’s to the competent heroine.

I second the recs for JDs KISA, although I didn’t love it I recognize the brilliance.  And for LInda Howard’s Son of the Morning.  I was reading “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” (which is what sired the DaVinci Code) at the same time and it made the Howard book that much more awesome.  Also for Medieros’s Touch of Magic which was just adorable.

I started reading a time-travel novel recently—Household Gods, by Judith Tarr.  It’s very good, though not a romance novel.  Sadly, I left it at home when I went off to college, so I haven’t finished it yet.  Unless I can find a cheap, used copy, it will be months before I finish this one.

I love time-travel, especially in romances, so I’m excited to hunt for the books mentioned in this post!

@Bronwyn - No, it definitely wasn’t “Immortal Warriors” - but thanks.  I’m going to put those on my reading list.

Now that I’ve had the time to look on Amazon, DS got it right, the books are Love Once in Passing and Love Once Again.

My memory on the second book was definitely sketchy - the first one ends with an HEA, the second one starts with the couple getting split up in time, but the rest I was pretty right about, according to the Amazon blurb.  Wait a sec - are we still hating on the ‘Zon - I don’t want to get thrown off for a positive reference.

Gotta run, I got a load of steel shot running in the tumbler, my hands are filthy from silver clay, and I’ve still got to get up and go to work and be a lawyer tomorrow.  I’d much rather make jewelry and talk about books.  But that don’t pay the bills.

Lita

I’d recommend mine, LOL, but it won’t release ‘til April.

I loved Connie Willis’s DOMESDAY BOOK, but despite the gorgeous dark-haired hunk on the cover, it isn’t a romance. Just a powerfully written piece of fiction.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who loves J. Suzanne Frank’s Reflections on the Nile series! There’s actually a 4th book that I don’t think everyone knows about: Twilight in Babylon. It wraps up the series really nicely.

Also, KMM’s Highlander series is FANTASTIc. Highly recommended if you like hunky Scots. (I can’t believe I just said hunky.)

*ahem*

“Sundial”

As quietly recommended by the author of “Sundial.”

Has anyone read Lynn Kurland’s books? I love her time travel books! I love her Di Piaget series.

Ahem.  For the sake of giving credit where it’s due, I should mention that I left a writer off of my Household Gods comment.  It was co-authored by Harry Turtledove.

@Allison J.- thanks for the heads up on the 4th book in Frank’s series.I had no idea it existed!  One more to add to the book list :)

“Lost Yesterday” by Jenny Lykins.  Loved it.  It was part of a bunch of books by Jove called Time Passages.  They published a bunch of time travel romances back in the mid 90’s.  Some were better than others.

Not classified as romance, but I enjoyed Rita Mae Brown’s Riding Shotgun, which had heavy romantic elements.

Okay, I don’t remember the title but there’s one that’s unusual: medieval knight travels forward to 19th century Southwest America. He’s on a train & I remember that I liked it. Nothing else. Just that.

Am I the only person to read the Highlander series by Janet Chapman?
There are 6 books in the series,revolving around a group of warring highlanders, who were sent forward in time, to Maine, by a scheming wizard.

My favorites are Lynn Kurland (I have even re-read most of hers), Karen Marie Moning and Sandra Hill (hers are comedy too).  I’ve also read time travel from Diana Gabaldon (though I am not a fan) and Rejar, by Dara Joy (part of her Matrix of Time series).

I agree with Karla.  Jude Deveraux The Summerhouse is a good “go back and do over” type of time travel.  I really enjoyed it.  Also Knight in Shining Armor, it was my first time travel read.  Deveraux also did Return to Summerhouse, not as good as the first one for me.

When I was in junior high, I read a YA time-travel wherein the protagonist (can’t remember if male or female) moved to old house with ghosts, broke leg, and was transported in time to ghosts’ original period. If I remember correctly, there was sweet YA romancing. No clue about authorship, but for some reason, the song “Greensleeves” is associated with it in my mind.

Could the book be Alison Utley’s A Traveller in Time?  One of my all time favorites, about the ill-fated Babington plot to put Mary Queen of Scots on the throne of England.  Greensleeves was a recurring theme.  I LOVED that book!

I’m surprised no one’s mentioned House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier, not a romance but a great story.

Household Gods!!  I was looking for that earlier, and got the title confused with The Kitchen God’s Wife.  Not a romance, but probably the most realistic, dirty, warts-and-all time travel book you’ll find.  It’s set in the Roman world, which is a filthy, filthy place.

Stephanie, all I will say about the ending to A Knight in Shining Armor is that Jude Devereaux believes in reincarnation and soul mates.  And, even if that doesn’t count as HEA for you, I’d still give the book a try.  It really does have the best mix of romance, history, and culture clash.

Jude Deveraux actually did several time-travel books other than A Knight in Shining Armour - others were Legend and I would have to say my favorite time-travel, if not one of my favorite books of all time is Remembrance by Jude Deveraux. Highly recommend a read, especially if you like star-crossed lovers.

Can’t believe I’ve read as many of these as I have!  Karen Marie Moning?  Check.  Gabaldon?  Check.  Deveraux, Hill, and Knight?  Check.  It’s funny really.  I do remember a time-travel from sometime back in the 90’s if memory serves that was great.  It’s my own HaBO, it was a Regency time travel and the heroine was a Regency lover or writer, can’t remember which one, who finally gets to travel to England to see all the places she has only read about.  Somehow she gets swept back in time and really gets to experience her favorite period.  I seem to recall a house party and maybe a bit of a mystery thrown in for good measure.  It had a pink cover, that I remember.  I also remember it was the first Regency that I read which had steamy sex scenes, I was surprised and rather amazed at the time.  I’ve searched for it and haven’t had any luck with finding the title.  Anyone remember it?

I wanted to second KL’s recommendation of Riding Shotgun by Rita Mae Brown, with a huge thumbs up. It’s a regular reread for me and beautifully cathartic. Got me through my separation and divorce.

lead97 - this post will lead to 97 interlibrary loan requests ;)

Sci fi with a great romance:

In the Garden of Iden by Kage Baker.

Young woman time travels as an operative of The Company ( a future corporation that “rescues” relics for profit) to Elizabethan England and discovers love along with extinct species.

The hero is just FABULOUS. My local library has a hardcopy so it shouldn’t be hard to find.

A recently published time travel book is What Would Jane Austen Do? by Laurie Brown.  I read it a few weeks ago and it was good.  Not a favorite but worth reading.  The heroine travels back and meets both the hero and Jane Austen.

Sara, I agree with you about JD’s Remembrance.  I really loved that book.

@Eilis—House on the Strand is one of my favorite all time books!
While it’s not a typical romance between two people a man does fall in love with the past and people long dead. And the reader will fall for them too.

Harlequin’s has a series right now in the Nocturne line called Time Raiders - the first book came out in August (The Seeker - set during Rome at the time of Julius Ceasar), the second is out now (The Slayer - Ancient Persia) and the third one is set in ancient Briton.  There’s a fourth one out in November, but I don’t know where it’s set.  I haven’t read the first two yet, but the overall story has something to do with people being sent back in time to recover items in order to avert a catastrophe.

Just thought of another one:  This Time by Joan Szechtman.  It has to do with Richard III travelling to the 21st century and attempting to restore his reputation.  Haven’t read it yet, but the author is a personal acquaintance, so I thought I’d put in a plug.

Harlequin Blaze came out with a time travelling trilogy recently about two sisters and a PI who get transported back to the Old West.  The books were Once an Outlaw by Dabbie Rawlins, Once a Gambler[/i ]by Carrie Hudson, and Once a Rebel by Debbie Rawlins.  I enjoyed all three, but the last was my least favorite.  You can purchase them as ebooks from the Harlequin website.

O.M.G.!!!!  Karen, a thousand thank you’s wouldn’t be enough.  I do believe that is the title I’ve been looking for.  The cover art looks vaguely familiar and the date of the publishing would be correct.  I do believe I can scrounge up a penny to buy a used copy and verify for myself.  Thanks for helping this bitch out.

Okay, must throw out a new read: All Fired Up by Kristen Painter! Great read about a Viking in modern day. All I can say is you will crave Cinnabons after reading…be prepared! Oh and KMM Highlanders are delicious! I just finished The Immortal Highlander…I actually cried. Gabaldon is my favorite…I love the entire series! And Linda Howard’s Son of the Morning is still on my keeper shelf! Beyond Forever by Debra Dier is good as well!

SPAM Filter: Would89 Yes, I would read 89 TT Romances!

I know someone already said knight in shining armor, but I wanted to let you know that if you go to a used book store to get it, it is classified as historical not time travel. it is a really great read!