Her Time Traveling Duke
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- $159.00
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- $159.00
Descripción editorial
Magic meets science and sunshine meets grumpy when a love spell whisks a Regency-era duke to modern times.
Rose Novak, a free-spirited museum employee who dabbles in magic, has had her share of disappointments. So when she tries a little spell for a romance with an “old-fashioned gentleman,” she doesn’t really expect it to work…especially literally. And yet, the duke from a painting she admired at the museum is now standing in her apartment, demanding to know who abducted him.
A man of science and truth, Henry Leighton-Lyons, the Duke of Beresford, has searched tirelessly for a way to turn back time and be with his late wife again. Instead, just as he’s about to pose for his portrait, he’s ripped centuries forward by a feckless, scantily dressed—and utterly bewitching—woman who believes in nonsense like magical crystals and astrology.
Unable to immediately reverse her spell, Rose vows to help Henry return to his own century, even though disguises and high jinks are required to get their hands on an enchanted astrolabe and master the art of time travel. But it’s hard not to fall for the irritable yet honorable duke.
Little does she know that he’s starting to wonder: did a reckless love spell get it right, after all?
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Regency sensibilities clash with contemporary culture and science clashes with magic in Donovan's goofy sequel to Her Knight at the Museum. In 1818 England, Henry Leighton-Lyons, the Duke of Beresford, mourns his wife, Charlotte, who died young, and dedicates himself to creating a time machine that will enable him to reunite with her, even for a brief moment. In present day Chicago, practicing witch Rose Novak, an employee at the Art Institute of Chicago, wishes to find love with "an old-fashioned gentleman." She casts a love spell, unknowingly using a necklace containing the same moonstone that Henry also used in his time machine, and is shocked when it summons him to her side. Henry, a man devoted to logic and (often outdated) science, struggles to make sense of the modern day, while Rose struggles to find a way to send him back. Along the way, they agree to what Henry calls a "brief assignation" and Rosie calls a "fling." As they grow closer, however, Henry comes to believe that Rose may be Charlotte reincarnated. The worldbuilding relies on an awful lot of hand-waving, and Donovan plays Henry's culture shock for broad laughs. Unfortunately, his stuffy royal arrogance and period-typical views are often a turnoff, especially once he starts insisting to a disbelieving Rose that she is Charlotte reborn. This is best suited for devoted series fans.
