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eBook Category: Romance/Fantasy Fallen Angel Reviews Book of the Year
eBook Description: Emma Samanda Sorenson has been given an old, worn leather journal by her mother. A journal written by an aunt revealing secrets of Pleasant Springs' legendary Kinsman family. Her desire to find out what happened to her missing aunt and the unexpected need to learn more about the legacy of madness written in the journal turns her life toward the past to find the future. Royal Kinsman, named after his great-great grandfather, has been "blessed" with part of a legacy left by his great-great grandparents. Royal fought most of his life against being the exact likeness of Samuel. A curse that haunted him through his teen years from puberty to his current life, causing him to swear off marriage, commitment and producing a Kinsman heir. There is more to the legacy than just looks. Madness was spoken of through the years, driving many of Royal's ancestors over the edge. Or into the past to find the love of a lifetime. A love to equal that of Samuel and Josephine Kinsman, and no other.

eBook Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press, Published: 2005
Fictionwise Release Date: November 2005

6 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [827 KB], eReader (PDB) [164 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [140 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [125 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [151 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [179 KB], hiebook (KML) [375 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [212 KB], iSilo (PDB) [116 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [144 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [192 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [185 KB]
Words: 44070
Reading time: 125-176 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
ISBN: 1-59374-264-9

"This was a lovely time travel romance with a few funny ghosts! These characters had me laughing one minute, and a chill up my spine the next. The story was woven with humor and mystery, and sprinkled throughout with spirits. Add in the plot, and you have an entertaining read. Although there was no sex between the hero and heroine, the sexual tension was sizzling. If you love a romantic old fashion time travel romance, this is the read for you."--Wateena, Coffee Time Romance

"Emma Johnson needs a place to live and the deserted Kinsman house needs her. At least she thinks it does. As soon as she enters the front doe, she knows she is home. When she meets Royal Kinsman, her handsome landlord, immediately intrigues her. That is until he forbids her access to the attic. Royal has decided never to marry and in so doing avoid the curse that has followed the Kinsman family since the Civil War. As soon as he meets Emma, he knows his vow will be hard to keep than he ever thought. When Emma is driven to the forbidden attic by spiritual forces, she stumbles on to a doorway to the past and finds herself in the middle of the Civil War where she meets not only Grandfather Samuel Kinsman, but also Royal's uncle who disappeared years earlier. In desperation, Royal opens the forbidden doorway once again and joins the fight not only between North and South but also between past and future. Ms. Fritter has penned an excellent story that brings alive the battles fought by the Iron Brigade. At the same time she has opened a doorway for those from the twenty first century to go back in time. For anyone intrigued by history and time travel, this is a must read."--Sherry Derr-Wille, author of Jayden's New People

Prologue

"Manda? Who's Manda?"

Emma fingered the name on the inside cover of the battered leather journal.

"Samanda--Manda--is, or was, my oldest sister. You carry her name Emma--Emma Samanda Sorenson."

"You have a sister named Manda?" Emma's heart flipped with regret that her mother had kept such a secret from her. "What happened to her, Mom?"

"The Kinsman house is what happened to her, and the family who lived there. She was in love with one of the Kinsman boys--Henry. He had this look about him like he was looking for something he knew in his heart he'd never find. Then one day word came he'd disappeared without a trace, leaving all his things behind. Manda was frantic with grief and loneliness when she came home that night, but Father turned her away."

Emma waited in silence as a tear slid down her mother's softly wrinkled cheek. She tried to remember the last time she'd seen her mother cry, but couldn't.

"Father warned her to stay away from Henry, but her heart defied any sense of our family pride."

"Manda actually went against Granddad's word?" Emma asked, trying to picture anyone strong willed enough to defy him.

"Yes. Our Manda had never done anything against Father before. Not until she met Henry and his crazy family, anyway," Mabel said, settling down slightly.

"Crazy, as in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest? Or just different from everyone else?" Emma asked, handing her mother yet another tissue.

"Just different, I suppose. Anyway, she seemed to always be with Henry's family for everything. Father told her since she liked the Kinsmans so well, she'd best go live with them because as far as he was concerned, she was dead. So, she left. The need to be with Henry cost her quite a lot, but she loved him regardless.

"Manda's been gone ever since; up until this journal, a word has never been spoken or written about her. Father wouldn't allow it."

A slight hesitation to defy the growing need to find out what happened to her missing aunt didn't mix well with her mother's scared reaction. Emma believed more with each passing second that there was a message of how to find her Aunt Manda in that journal, and she had a strong feeling her mother knew what it was.