All Emily wanted was a college scholarship. Unfortunately, she didn't read the fine print. Now her journal is the only link to the life she once knew.
"Beautifully written, this story brings time travel to life!"
2017 Readers' Favorite Awards Bronze Medal Winner, Fiction-Tall Tale Category 2018 New Apple Summer eBook Awards, Official Selection, 2015 & Older Category
"Beautifully written, this story brings time travel to life!"
Upstate New York, 2012. Emily Stanton, a sociology major, graduates from college and is obligated to work for the mysterious company that funded her education. But a job with Evergreen Research Corporation is not what she expected. From fancy balls and operas to corsets and kid gloves, Emily learns to be a specialist in 1910 society. In the process, she finds herself fully immersed in the lives of wealthy aristocrats and industry leaders, whose thirst for power leads them to manipulate everything, including time. Thrust into this strange and dangerous world, Emily becomes their most important asset.
Unable to trust her coworkers or her surroundings, however, Emily finds herself alone--with her very survival in the hands of a handsome stranger, Wendell Beringer. Unfortunately, Emily soon discovers that he has a few secrets of his own. Can she trust this man or the feelings she develops for him? Only time will tell.
Follow Emily's unexpected journey, where journal entries to her deceased aunt and the powerful secrets they contain, become her only link to the life she once knew and the future she must choose to follow.
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Reviews for "Dear Maude (Book 1 of the Dear Maude Trilogy)"
I chose this book because of my ever ongoing curiosity about time travel. The author did not disappoint. Emily comes alive as a well rounded, albeit a little naive character who faces the challenges thrown her way in an ambitious and adventuresome fashion.
Scenes were period correct and well described. The author knew her subject well. Each chapter pulled me deeper into the story by creating questions and well as keeping me trying to figure out who the players were behind the scenes.
The writing style was witty and left me wanting to know how the story would end, which is why after I read this book, I went on to read the second and third in the trilogy. How this author kept track of who, what, when, where and tied up all loose ends, I have no idea. But it kept me intrigued and reading.
I enjoyed the storyline, the ever-pressing tensions between her and her love interest, and all the conundrums time travel presents. Though the story started slowly, I understood later it was necessary to build the foundation of the trilogy. The only time I skimmed as a reader, was the diary entries on occasion, as they seemed to be a recap of the chapter. But, it added again, to the understanding of the timeline of events and kept the reader straight on events that would be tied together later on.
Overall an interesting and attention-keeping story. I have already recommended it to several friends.
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