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Christmas Eve Secret by Elsye DouglasChristmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas

Publisher:  Broadback (September 16, 2019)
Category: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Romance, Christmas
Tour Dates: October-November, 2019
ISBN: TBD
Available in Print and ebook, 440 pages
Christmas Eve Secret

Description Christmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


A mysterious man from the past steals the time travel lantern.

When Eve and Patrick find it, they destroy it.

Eve’s life is shattered.

She must return to the past, where secrets await.

In the third novel of THE CHRISTMAS EVE series, Eve and Patrick Gantly are living a normal life in 2019 New York, preparing to celebrate the Christmas season.  Patrick is taking courses in forensic psychology and Eve continues to work as a nurse practitioner.  To their delight, she is three months pregnant.

Despite their happiness, Eve is having premonitions that something dreadful is about to occur.  Concerned about the future and the safety of their child, she insists that they destroy the time travel lantern.  Patrick is more cautious.

One afternoon when Patrick is out, a sinister man breaks into the apartment and forces Eve to give him the lantern.  In many ways, Eve is relieved the lantern is gone.  She hopes they can now live a more normal life.

A day later, Patrick shadows a woman who has been staking out the Gantly’s brownstone apartment, and he confronts her.  To his and Eve’s utter shock, they learn that Lucy Rose is from 1924 and that she time-traveled with the man who took the lantern.  He returned to 1924, but she chose to stay behind.  She offers to sell the lantern back to Eve and Patrick, and they reluctantly agree, hoping to keep it out of unscrupulous hands.

Convinced that the lantern is a threat to their future happiness, Eve and Patrick decide to destroy it.

But the lantern has more power than they could have ever imagined.  Once the lantern is destroyed, Eve’s life is completely changed.  She must set off on an adventure, in a struggle that will return her to the past, where she will learn the secret of the lantern’s origin and delve into the farthest reaches of her heart.

My Thoughts Christmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


‘The Christmas Eve Secret’ is the third book in The Christmas Eve, Time Travel series.  I have read the first two but each book can be read independent of each other.  However, it is best to read them in order to get the most enjoyment from the series.

It is now 2019 and Eve and Patrick are overjoyed!  Eve is pregnant.  They are finally starting to feel settled and safe.  Eve tells Patrick that she thinks they should destroy the lantern that has allowed them to time travel.  She has a feeling that it is going to bring bad luck.  One day when Patrick is away, Eve answers the door thinking it is a deliver but a man from the past pushes the door open and forces Eve to retrieve the lantern from the safe and he runs off with it.  When Patrick returns home they go looking for and find the lantern and throw it in the ocean to prevent further incident. 

Eve wakes the next morning to find that her entire life has turned upside down.  She is forced to find the lantern again and time travel back to 19th century New York.

I love this series!  Just when you think it can’t get any better, it does!  In this edition, we meet Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison. I especially loved that Tesla is there!  This time Eve’s best friend, Joni accompanies Eve to the 19th century.  She is a very quirky character and I especially loved her antics in the 19th century where women are supposed to know their place!

After reading books one and two, I thought they would make the perfect gift to readers of time travel or historical fiction but now with the third, I plan to buy the set of three for my sister in-law for Christmas.  Shh, don’t tell her. LOL! I hope that Elyse Douglas continues the series with book 4 and beyond!  Their writing brings their characters and 19th century New York to life!  I think the series would also make a great television series! I give book 3 and the entire series 5 stars! Bravo!

About Elyse DouglasChristmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


Elyse Douglas is the pen name for the married writing team Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. Elyse grew up near the sea, roaming the beaches, reading and writing stories and poetry, receiving a master’s degree in English Literature.  She has enjoyed careers as an English teacher, an actress and a speech-language pathologist.

Douglas has worked as a graphic designer, a corporate manager and an equities trader.  He attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and played the piano professionally for many years.

Website: www.elysedouglas.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/douglaselyse
Facebook: www.facebook.com/elyse.authorsdouglas

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Christmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas

Christmas Eve Secret by Elsye DouglasChristmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


Publisher:  Broadback (September 16, 2019)
Category: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Romance, Christmas
Tour Dates: October-November, 2019
ISBN: TBD
Available in Print and ebook, 440 pages
Christmas Eve Secret

Description Christmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


A mysterious man from the past steals the time travel lantern.

When Eve and Patrick find it, they destroy it.

Eve’s life is shattered.

She must return to the past, where secrets await.

In the third novel of THE CHRISTMAS EVE series, Eve and Patrick Gantly are living a normal life in 2019 New York, preparing to celebrate the Christmas season.  Patrick is taking courses in forensic psychology and Eve continues to work as a nurse practitioner.  To their delight, she is three months pregnant.

Despite their happiness, Eve is having premonitions that something dreadful is about to occur.  Concerned about the future and the safety of their child, she insists that they destroy the time travel lantern.  Patrick is more cautious.

One afternoon when Patrick is out, a sinister man breaks into the apartment and forces Eve to give him the lantern.  In many ways, Eve is relieved the lantern is gone.  She hopes they can now live a more normal life.

A day later, Patrick shadows a woman who has been staking out the Gantly’s brownstone apartment, and he confronts her.  To his and Eve’s utter shock, they learn that Lucy Rose is from 1924 and that she time-traveled with the man who took the lantern.  He returned to 1924, but she chose to stay behind.  She offers to sell the lantern back to Eve and Patrick, and they reluctantly agree, hoping to keep it out of unscrupulous hands.

Convinced that the lantern is a threat to their future happiness, Eve and Patrick decide to destroy it.

But the lantern has more power than they could have ever imagined.  Once the lantern is destroyed, Eve’s life is completely changed.  She must set off on an adventure, in a struggle that will return her to the past, where she will learn the secret of the lantern’s origin and delve into the farthest reaches of her heart.

Praise Christmas Eve Series by Elyse Douglas


“If you are a fan of authors such as Nicholas Sparks and  Marybeth Whalen, or H.G. Wells or Jack Finney, you need to add this book to your shelves.
This is a romantic suspense novel with many dangerous and tense moments. As always, when one travels in time, the concern of consequences and potential changes to history and the future weigh heavily on both the traveler’s and readers’ minds.  Those worries added to the atmosphere but were also handled skillfully. I smiled at a certain twist of color. It is a perfect bookclub read.”-Laura’s Interests

“The Christmas Eve Letter is a wonderful time travel book and one of my favorite books of the year.”–The Book Return Blog

“This book is the perfect vehicle for a movie, and I can only hope that there will be more in the series. This novel is truly as close to perfection as the reader could imagine! 5 Stars!”–My Devotional Thoughts Blog and Reviews

“I enjoyed the new characters, an update on characters from the first book, and the possibility for more books.  If you enjoy time travel-themed novels you will love these books!”–StoreyBook Reviews

My Thoughts Christmas Eve Letter: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


I can’t seem to get enough of the husband and wife author team, Elyse Douglas!  I have read several of their books and have loved all of them.  The Christmas eve Series can be read out of order and I actually read the second book, ‘The Christmas Eve Daughter’ first.  Your can read my review for book 2 here.

Now for my thoughts on Book 1, ‘The Christmas Eve Letter’.  Though the books in this series can be read out of order, I am so glad I went back and read this book after reading book 2.  It gave me more of the back story on how the lamp used to time travel was found and how Eve met and fell in love with Patrick in 1885.

When Eve found the lamp it contained a love letter to a distant relative, living in 1885 with Eve’s same name.  She didn’t know that the lamp was a conduit to time travel but found out when she lit it and she woke up on a park bench in New York in 1885.  She had know idea how she was going to get back to 2016 but in the meantime she wanted to find her distant cousin who she heard was dying of TB.  Eve is a nurse and thought she may be able to help and also reunite her with the man who wrote the love letter.  She thought that may be the key to finding the lamp to return to her time.

There was quite a bit of intrigue and romance in ‘The Christmas Eve Letter’.  I loved the interaction between Eve and Detective Sargent Gantly Patrick).  The humor especially made it fun and delicious! The sense of time and place were captured beautifully and mad it quite believable.  I loved learning more about the female doctor in 1885, Dr. Long and her relationship with Eve.  I love strong female characters and Eve and Dr. Long are both strong.  I loved ‘The Christmas Eve Letter’ for it’s intrigue, humor, and romance.  Elyse Douglas is a excellent story teller and the character pop off the page and transport the reader into their lives. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was excellent and added to the story coming to life.  This is another 5 star book by Elyse Douglas!

Stay tuned for my review of book 3, “The Christmas Eve Secret’ in October!

About Elyse DouglasChristmas Eve Secret: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


Elyse Douglas is the pen name for the married writing team Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. Elyse grew up near the sea, roaming the beaches, reading and writing stories and poetry, receiving a master’s degree in English Literature.  She has enjoyed careers as an English teacher, an actress and a speech-language pathologist.

Douglas has worked as a graphic designer, a corporate manager and an equities trader.  He attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and played the piano professionally for many years.

Website: www.elysedouglas.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/douglaselyse
Facebook: www.facebook.com/elyse.authorsdouglas

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This giveaway is for the winner’s choice of one print or ebook copy of the book. Print is open to the U.S. only and ebook is available worldwide. There will be 3 winners. This giveaway ends November 29, 2019, midnight pacific time.

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Daring Summer by Elyse DouglasDaring Summer by Elyse Douglas


Publisher:  Broadback (May 1, 2019)
Category: Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance
Tour dates: June 24-July 31, 2019
ISBN:978-1093138429
Available in Print and ebook, 285 pages
Daring Summer

Description Daring Summer by Elyse Douglas


A hot summer beach—
A marriage gone wrong—
Daring eyes and daring love, betrayed by a secret passion.

Kim feels trapped in a loveless marriage to a jealous, wealthy older man. He blames her for crippling him in an auto accident that he himself caused. Kim strives to make the marriage work, despite her husband’s blame, verbal abuse, and bitterness. When she meets a wickedly handsome man on the beach, she fights not to want him, not to want a new life and not to fall in love.

But Derek is seductive and irresistible—a former soldier who has recently come to town to start a landscaping business. Kim falls hard for him, as he does to her. Although Kim wants a divorce, her husband finds out about their affair and devises a plot to destroy them both. They must struggle to survive a web of lies, deceit and dangerous passion.

My Thoughts Daring Summer by Elyse Douglas


‘Daring Summer’ opens with Ben driving recklessly, with his wife, Kim asking him to slow down.  He accuses her of having an affair and seems intent on killing both of them.  He finally stops and Kim gets out of the car and walks.  He races off but when Kim walks further up the road, she sees Ben’s car crashed and he is trapped inside. 

 Kim has thought about leaving Ben many times but hopes Ben will change.  She wants their marriage to work.  Now Ben is paralyzed and in a wheel chair and he blames her.  He is more volatile than ever before.

Kim spends a lot of time on the beach, especially at night when she has time to herself.  One night she sees a man with his dog.  Eventually she meets the man, Derek.  They embark in a daring affair and of course, Ben finds out about it.  What happens next is shocking.

You may think that you have heard this story before however, the husband and author team of Elyse Douglas bring a welcome spin to this romantic suspense.  I rarely read romantic suspense because after reading a few, they all seem like the same formula with name changes.  However, I am a fan of Elyse Douglas so decided to give ‘Daring Summer’ a try.  I am so glad I did.  It was the perfect summer read and it left me breathless.

I highly recommend ‘Daring Summer’!  Whatever you do, do not start reading it if you have somewhere to go that day!  It is impossible to put down!

5/5

I received the eBook for my honest opinion.

About Elyse DouglasDaring Summer by Elyse Douglas


Elyse Douglas is the pen name for the married writing team Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. Elyse grew up near the sea, roaming the beaches, reading and writing stories and poetry, receiving a master’s degree in English Literature.  She has enjoyed careers as an English teacher, an actress and a speech-language pathologist.

Douglas has worked as a graphic designer, a corporate manager and an equities trader.  He attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and played the piano professionally for many years.

Website: www.elysedouglas.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/douglaselyse
Facebook: www.facebook.com/elyse.authorsdouglas

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