"A tell all book will lead to repurcussions across time for its author"
Reviewed by Leanne Davis
Posted July 1, 2010
Romance Time Travel
Campbell Stratford is an art curator who aspires to the job
of director of the museum. Her sister, Anastacia, is also
after the job. The antagonism between Staci and Cam will
drive them to extreme measures. Campbell's book about Anthony Van Dyck and her work to
acquire a famous painting from Woodson Ball may give her
just the edge she needs to secure the position. If only her
sister doesn't get to Mr. Ball first. All Cam needs is a
little something to give a spark to her book and she will be
set. As she searches Amazon for the smallest piece of
information, Cambpell finds herself in the home of artist
Peter Lely who was the court painter to King Charles II. Meanwhile, Peter has reluctantly agreed to help the powers
that be to prevent the publication of Cam's book so that he
can return to life as a painter. He has an ulterior motive
in agreeing to help clear Van Dyck's name. He wants to
convince King Charles to help him in dealing with the guilt
he feels over the death of the only woman he ever loved.
What neither Peter nor his guide realize is that Campbell
Stratford is a woman. When Campbell is drawn back in time,
all bets are off. Her likeness to Peter's dead love lead to
an attraction that no one counted on. Throw in the return of Campbell's cheating ex-boyfriend, her
antagonistic relationship with her sister, and her unusual
assistant; you have the making a story with some very funny
moments. Ms. Cready took time travel to a new level with her first
book and she has done a good job of expanding that with
FLIRTING WITH FOREVER. Her sense of humor and comedic
timing play very well with this story; although there is a
more serious side to this book with the guilt that Peter
feels and his desire to alleviate that guilt. While there was much about this book that I enjoyed, it
didn't make me laugh as often as Tumbling Through
Time. The
situation with Peter and the vindictiveness Staci shows
toward Cam gave this book a more serious edge. The details
of the lives of two artists and the uncertainty that they
lived with in bowing to the demands of their king give the
reader an interesting glimpse into the past.
SUMMARY
Art historian Campbell Stratford is about to make a name
for herself with her scandalously sexy tell-
all "fictographies" of famous seventeenth-century artists,
but she's more intimately familiar with her subjects than
her eager readers can imagine. Thanks to a time portal she
accidentally discovered, she has caused quite a stir in
the Great Beyond. To save their reputations, the Guild
protecting dead artists convinces playboy Peter Lely,
portraitist to the king, to sabotage Cam's latest project.
A few hours posing on Sir Peter's modeling chaise leads to
a night of seductive passion--then Cam returns home and
discovers his betrayal. But before she can turn her angry
pen on her lover, Sir Peter makes a surprise visit to the
future and transforms Cam's twenty-first-century life into
chaos of classic proportion.
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