Successful businesswoman and burgeoning romance novelist
Persephone "Seph" Pyle believes in having a general plan
for life. Actually, it's more like a detailed daily planner
with every appointment neatly arranged. Control is the
catchword in Seph's ordered existence and she isn't about
to deviate even a little off her chosen course. Her creed
has always been "better to look before you leap than to end
up with dog-do on your shoes." And while we're on the
subject of shoes...
When business calls her to Venice, Seph finds herself
cooling her heels in the airport with her very attractive,
unattached coworker Tom Fraser. Trying to keep erotic
thoughts of Tom at bay, she wanders the airport aimlessly
looking in shop windows when a pair of pink evening shoes
catches her eye. Taffeta and sparkles and bows, oh my! Seph
just cannot walk past these stilettos, so she dashes into
the shop to try them on.
No sooner are the shoes are on her feet than Seph finds
herself TUMBLING THROUGH TIME, all the way back to 1706 and
into the arms of Phillip Drummond (who bears more than a
passing resemblance to Tom). Seph is more than a little
confused by her trip through time and space, but
Phillip "Drum" doesn't seem the least bit surprised. And
why should he be? He's the one responsible for bringing her
back.
Seph is speechless when Drum explains the reason he
summoned her. Apparently he's the "character" in the novel
she's been planning to write and he needs her to untangle
the plot she's set in motion. With his world thrown into
turmoil over some stolen papers important to the British
Navy, he blames Seph for his problems. Seph involves
herself in the captain's world and finds herself attracted
to him. Struggling with equally confusing feelings towards
Tom, Seph travels back and forth through time, not sure
which world she wants to hang on to.
Although the plot seems a little far-fetched, debut author
Gwyn Cready makes it work. All three main characters
come to life and work well together (three isn't a crowd
here, and there's nothing kinky going on) in a well-paced
plot. I loved the way their different strengths worked
together to solve Drum's problem. Tom, in particular,
immerses himself in the solution with the enthusiasm of a
kid. He throws everything to the wind and goes for it. Seph
is full of surprises, a heroine to be reckoned with; and
Drum...he's a male lead written by a woman so like Mary
Poppins -- he's practically perfect in every way. And so is
TUMBLING THROUGH TIME -- good, sexy fun.
Persephone "Seph" Pyle is a total control freak who plans
for everything -- until a pair of killer heels sends her
back in time and into the arms of a ruggedly handsome sea
captain straight from the pages of a romance novel.
Wandering the Pittsburgh airport before a business
trip, Seph decides to kill time with some preflight
shopping -- anything to get her mind off Tom Fraser, her
irresistible, dimple-chinned coworker turned travel buddy.
So when a pair of to-die-for pink stilettos calls her name
from a store window, she tries them on -- only to be
swiftly transported back to the 18th century and flung
aboard a turbulent ship sailing the Mediterranean!
There, Seph is stunned to meet Phillip Drummond, an
arrogant British pirate and the spitting image of Tom.
Phillip has summoned her back in time to straighten out his
complete mess of a life -- for he is the burly hero in the
romance novel she someday hopes to write, and she is
responsible for his destiny. But in the midst of turning
things right so she can get back to reality, Seph starts to
fall for the smolderingly sexy Phillip. And when Tom is
thrown into the mix, she doesn't know what -- or who -- she
wants. Seph soon realizes that spotting the perfect pair of
shoes may be easy, but finding the perfect man can be a
real trip.
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