It is 1141 when Rhonda Empson's Only in My Dreams' Lord Bayard is surprised to find a drowning woman in a pond.
Lea, who entered the pool in the twentieth century is just as surprised to realize Bayard is a knight, horse, sword, medieval dress and all. Thus begin the misguided adventures for modern Lea and medieval Bayard. She meets Richard of the lovely smile, Sara who causes her much jealousy, Logan who claims to be Bayard’s father.
Captured by the lecherous Logan; Lea is held in a dark, dreary old farmhouse, guarded by thugs and determines to escape. Fearing that Bayard is dead Lea manages to kill Logan, escape the hovel where she has been held and make her way back to the pond where she entered this world.
Returning to modern times and her former job as a secretary holds little appeal, however, without Bayard; Lea figures life in this world is as bleak. A raging whirlpool is the conduit between the two worlds. Richard and Bayard leap into the water in an effort to rescue Lea. One of them returns to modern times, while the other two remain in an earlier day.
I like this type of ‘from here to there and back again tale’. In Only In My Dreams Writer Empson has produced an estimable tale filled with dynamic characters, sure fire attention grabbing dialogue, setting and intrigue.
The notion that we might be able to move from time to time, space to space is an intriguing one. Some writers are able to pull it off more convincingly than others. Writer Empson’s Only In My Dreamsis a dandy read.
Only In My Dreams is a pleasantly puzzling account at times filled with Lea and her modernistic slang, profanity and reasoning resonating off of Bayard and his medieval methodology, palaver and thinking. The premise might have proven difficult to carry off.
Writer Empson pulls it all together with aplomb. Logan is a dastardly fellow, Lea a likeable gal who learns to make the most of situations and Bayard a hero of the old type. All together the book is a fun, entertaining romp to be enjoyed on a lazy afternoon.
Enjoyed the read, Happy to recommend
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Reviewed by: Molly's Reviews molly martin
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http://www.angelfire.com/ok4/mollymartin Twenty + year classroom teacher
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Product Details 2016 update edit -
Paperback: 640 pages
Publisher: Authorhouse (August 2002)
Language: English ISBN-10: 140333188X
ISBN-13: 978-1403331885
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.1 x 1.6 inches
Product Details 2003
Review Title: . Only In My Dreams
Author: . Rhonda Empson
Line/Publisher: . 1st Books
Release Date: . 2002
ISBN: 1 4033 3188 X Soft Cover 1 4033 3197 1 electronic eBook
Formats, and soft cover Good Read recommended 4 stars
