Taken By destiny Book 1 read in 2024, this is a trilogy and I would recommend reading them in order.
Lily Bennett is a modern day woman who finds it hard to find a true place to call home she lives in Kentucky in a run down apartment, she is single, and has a lackluster job, her parents have passed away and she had been taking care of her younger sister but now she's grown up and living her own life. Her brother is in the military and often has been away on lengthy missions, either way she has found herself in broken relationships with both of her siblings but she wants to mend this and move forward she misses them both and decides that she is going to make steps towards bringing the trio back together when she finds an unusual ornate clock at work (at a book shop) she attempts to fix the device when it transports her back to Regency England (1813).
Completely unprepared for the trip she's wearing modern clothing and ends up almost getting run over by a carriage she falls and hits her head, thankfully the lady (Violet) in the carriage feels horrible and takes her to the home she lives in with her older brother Gabriel Hawthorne Earl of Rothden. The earl is of course very handsome and Lily notices this immediately.
Gabriel has decided to host one last house party before returning to London, he isn't looking forward to going back and dealing with the season's activities which involve a lot of women (and their mom's) after him to choose them as a wife... most of them don't care about him as a person just his title and his money, but he does want his sister to have a suitable match. Now he has another guest Lily she is beautiful although maybe she hit her head too hard because she starts talking about being from the future! what? Well he is a gentleman and he will take care of her while she is under his roof.
Some extra drama occurs when Gabriel's Ex mistress arrives to the house party unannounced and attempts to get back in his good graces and cause issues between Gabriel and Lily.
Gabriel is a true gentleman and is really supportive towards Lily but what if she finds a way to return to the future? Where does that leave him? Lily is now struggling and torn between wanting to return to the future (if she even can) and reunite with her brother and sister or stay in the past where she is falling for the Earl and loves his sister as well.
While I did enjoy the book I did find it odd how easily those around Lily accepted her story of being from the future and time travel, I figured there would have been a bit more drama there. The story kept me wanting to read more and I read the other two books in the series after.
Have you read anything by this writer? what would you recommend? What is your favorite time travel romance?
*time travel romance *historical romance *found family *supportive side characters
*feels kind of insta love *Some spice *Slow burn *Earl *happy ending *dual POV
*a bit of some magical elements happening with one of the Earls friends
Trigger warnings: Self doubt and insecurity from female lead (low self esteem)
**possible spoiler: *some people found the ending lacking since Lily spent the majority of the book wanting to go home and see her brother and sister again but at the end decided that they would be ok without her*
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