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Christmas Eve Promise: Time Travel Novel by Elyse DouglasChristmas Eve Promise: Time Travel Novel (Christmas Eve Series, Book 4) by Elyse Douglas


Publisher:  Broadback (September, 2020)
Category: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Romance, Christmas
Tour dates: September-November, 2020
ISBN:
Available in Print and ebook,  405 pages
The Christmas Eve Promise

Description Christmas Eve Promise: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas


Eve and baby Colleen are traveling to Ohio for the Christmas holidays to spend time with Eve’s parents.

After a few days in Ohio, they all plan to fly to Florida in Eve’s father’s private airplane.  Patrick will meet them there after he completes exams for his forensic psychology degree.

Nothing goes as planned.  The day Patrick is to leave for Florida, he receives a shocking telephone call from one of Eve’s cousins.  Sobbing, she tells him a terrible tragedy has occurred.  It stuns him and shakes him to his heart’s core.

His life shattered, Patrick knows he has but one chance:  he must use the time travel lantern to return to the past in order to prevent the current tragedy.

But once again, the time travel lantern has a mind of its own, and Patrick is hurled back to a time where he must confront a strange, unfamiliar world and learn why the lantern transported him there.

When Patrick comes face-to-face with a mysterious, beautiful woman who looks and acts like Eve, and whose name is Eve, Patrick is haunted.

He recalls the promise he and Eve had made to each other on Christmas Eve the previous year—no matter what happens; no matter if they’re separated; no matter what time or place they find themselves in; no matter what obstacles they must face, they will always find each other, help each other, and love each other for all time.

The Christmas Eve Promise is a journey about the enduring promise of hope and the infinite, unbreakable bonds of love.

My Thoughts Christmas Eve Promise by Elyse Douglas


If you have been reading my reviews for a while, you probably noticed that I love Elyse Douglas novels.  They are a married couple who release many novels each year.  They are a power couple of literature.  I have not read a book that they have written that I have not loved.  Their new novel, ‘The Christmas Eve Promise’ is no exception!

Book 4 of the ‘Christmas Eve’ series, ‘The Christmas Eve Promise’, starts out with a promise that Patrick and his wife give each other. 

“I want both of us to promise that no matter what happens to us; no matter if we’re separated; no matter what time or place we find ourselves in; no matter what obstacles we face, we will always find each other, help each other and love each other, for all time.”

This is a promise that Patrick will soon need to find a way to keep and it won’t be easy.  It means that he will need to light the time travel lamp again.  He has no control over what year if will bring him back to.  This time it ends up being 1925.  Why it brought him all the way back to 1925, he has no clue.  He really was hoping to just go back a few days or even a week.

While in 1925 Patrick gets reacquainted with a character from the previous books and meets all kinds of new quirky and some dangerous characters.  He also meets a woman who looks just like his wife, Eve.  Is she a relation to Eve?  Is she the link to what he is looking for?

I love reading about the roaring 20’s and the time of prohibition, not to mention woman only got the right to vote only 5 short years before!  The characters, the times, place, and landscape of 1920’s New York all came to life in the expert writing style of Elyse Douglas.  The Douglas’s have a way of writing that makes you feel like your have time traveled and are interacting with the characters and experiencing everything they experience.

I cannot recommend this series highly enough.  Though each book can be read apart from the others, I do recommend you read the entire series in order to experience the full story. Elyse Douglas has left me begging for more!  Please continue the series, pretty please!  I give it a big five stars!

I received the eBook for my honest opinion.

About Elyse DouglasChristmas Eve Promise: 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 Daughter: A Time Travel Novel by Elyse DouglasChristmas Eve Daughter: Time Travel Novel by Elyse Douglas

Publisher:  Broadback (Sept. 12, 2018)
Category: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Romance, Christmas
Tour dates:Oct-Nov, 2018
ISBN:
Available in Print and ebook, 385 pages

The Lost Mata Hari Ring

The sequel to The Christmas Eve Letter!

When husband and wife, Eve and Patrick Gantly, discover a shocking secret from Patrick’s past, they make the difficult decision to use the old lantern once again to return to 1885. They hope to save his child from a tragic future.

Although they try to plan for every possible contingency, something goes wrong.  They lose each other and end up in a different time!  Nothing goes as planned.  They struggle to save Patrick’s daughter from certain death, even as they search for the lost lantern that will return them to their own time.

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


Another delightful read from husband and wife author team, Elyse Douglas!  As always, the characters jump off the page and pull you in.  Poor Eve, she had so much trouble finding her husband, Patrick.  They each landed in a different place while time traveling.  I loved the dynamic between Eve and Irene Casterbury in 1914.  Irene is such a spitfire for that time period.  Real women from history like her helped pave the way for today’s women!  We owe them many thanks!

I liked the idea of the lantern as the portal for time travel and how imperfect it was.  The writing is so fresh and pulls the reader in after just a few pages.  Elyse Douglas captures the sense of time and places in a way that make you feel as if you were there.  I think fans of ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ by Audrey Niffenegger would love ‘The Christmas Eve Daughter’!

Do you want to know if Patrick and Eve found each other again and if they were able to save Patrick’s daughter, born in 1885?  Since I don’t give spoilers, you will have to read the book.  I highly recommend it!  It is book two of ‘The Christmas Letter’ series but can be easily read on its own.  I enjoyed it so much that I do plan to read the first book.

5/5

I received the ebook for my honest review.

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


Elyse Douglas is the pen name for the husband and wife writing team of Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. Elyse began writing poems and short stories at an early age and graduated with a degree in English Literature. Douglas began writing novels in college, while studying music at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.  He traveled the world as a professional pianist for many years.  He has also worked as a copywriter and corporate manager.

Some of Elyse Douglas’ novels include: The Christmas Eve Letter (A Time Travel Novel), Christmas for Juliet, The Summer Letters, The Christmas Diary, The Summer Diary, and The Lost Mata Hari Ring. They live in New York City.

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

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Deadly Ground by Thomas W. Starbuck and Judy Belshe-ToernblomDeadly Ground by Thomas W. Starbuck and Judy Belshe-Toernblom

Publisher:  Christian Faith Publishing, Inc. (April 4, 2018)
Category: Fantasy,  Romance, Science Fiction Lite, Post Apocalyptic
Tour dates: October-November, 2018
ISBN: 978-1641401678
Available in Print and ebook, 157 pages

Deadly Ground

Deadly Ground” – a riveting story about the human race under threat, with a rare DNA condition providing a second chance for humanity. A fast-paced novel that reads like an apocalypse movie with a biological viral disease, some romance, and aliens in the mix, centered on the unforgettable human main character AB, who becomes the hope for humanity’s regeneration.

By author Thomas W. Starbuck, whose storyline for “Deadly Ground” was adapted and written by Judy Belshe-Toernblom.

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My Thoughts Deadly Ground by Thomas W. Starbuck and Judy Belshe-Toernblom


There is a deadly virus quickly making its way across the USA.  AB, a scientist working for the CDC is working on a vaccination.  Once someone gets the virus, they die, there is no way to save them, and so a vaccine is the only hope.  However, the virus is airborne and picks up speed.  It travels all over the world. AB finds himself to be the only survivor. Luckily his dog friend, Winnie survives as well so he has a companion.

Together AB and Winnie struggle to survive and run across many mishaps along the way.  After searching tirelessly for any other survivors and coming up empty, they go back to their home town to live out the rest of their days.  This gives AB a lot of time to contemplate his life and realize that he lost his chance to find that someone special to spend the rest of his life with. He really wanted to have a woman in his life and to experience romance.  How long can he survive without human love and companionship?  How long can anyone?

This is a very short book of 158 pages, almost a novella.  It is an easy read but really makes the reader think about what it would be like to be the last person on earth.  AB becomes the new Adam but where will he find a new Eve to start the world over?  It is well written and really captures the desolate feel of the new landscape, without humans.  It’s a great post apocalyptic and I am excited to learn that there is going to be a sequel.  I can hardly wait! I think ‘Deadly Ground’ would make a great movie as well.

4.5/5

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About Thomas W. StarbuckDeadly Ground by Thomas W. Starbuck and Judy Belshe-Toernblom


Thomas W. Starbuck, an eternal optimist, finds joy in everything around him – from quality time with his active family to quiet meditation and contemplation about the world around him. Never living life in the status quo, Tom had an idea for a story.

This spark of an idea for a screenplay turned into Tom’s first novel, ‘Deadly Ground’, published in April 2018. To give Deadly Ground the soul it needed, Tom worked with gifted writer, Judy Belshe-Toernblom, on both the screenplay and novel, and they were recognized by the 2018 Capital Fund Screenplay Competition Top 100.

Tom is the father of two daughters and a beloved granddaughter, who one of the Deadly Ground characters was named after. He lives with his wife of 45 years in Des Moines, Iowa, where he graduated from Drake University and worked in financial services for 32 years prior to retirement in 2009.

Website: http://www.twstarbuck.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TWStarbuck-523048831464185/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TStarbuckAuthor

Deadly Ground by Thomas W. Starbuck and Judy Belshe-ToernblomAbout Judy Belshe-Toernblom


Multi-talented Judy Belshe-Toernblom has spent her career as an award-winning writer/producer/casting director in Hollywood. Having published 5 books, Judy received the Dove Foundation Award for her book, Boonville Redemption: The End of the Beginning, as well as its film, Boonville Redemption, starring Pat Boone, Edward Asner and Diane Ladd. Working with Thomas W. Starbuck on both the screenplay and published novel, Deadly Ground, they were recognized by the 2018 Capital Fund Screenplay Competition Top 100. She also received the Irwin Award for her book, It’s A Freeway Out There! Everyone’s Guide to the Film and Commercial Industry.

She’s had the privilege of working with award-winning directors over the years, casting for movies, educational films, industrials and infomercials,  such as:  McGruff the Crime Dog series, How the West Was Lost (Cable Ace Award), Knotts Berry Farm, Oroweat, Disney educational projects, Boys and Girls Town PSAs, Will Rogers Institute PSAs, and 100s more.

Website: http://boonvilleredemption.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Boonville-Redemption-617980531559265/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoonvilleFilm

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