Timeswept Bride (An Avon Romantic Treasure)

Trying to run his farm and raise twin daughters after his faithless wife dies, Jake Blarney advertises for a new helpmate by placing a message in a bottle, an act that brings Priscilla Pemberton one hundred years back in time to him. Original.

Drowning her sorrows in a bottle of expensive champagne, Priscilla Pemberton sits on the beach of Galveston Island wondering why her fiancé, J. Ackerly Frost V has dumped her. Then she finds a note in a bottle and is transported back to the year 1880. At first, Priscilla assumes she has simply been taken to some other place, but it doesn't take her long to figure out she is in the same place-- just a different time! And the first man she runs into is Jake Blarney, author of the note in a bottle requesting that the ocean bring him a wife. Trying to convince Jake that she can't possibly marry him and that she doesn't belong in 1880, Priscilla tries to make the best of the situation. Certain that his Irish luck has brought him a bride, Jake won't take no for an answer. His first wife left him and was drowned at sea, so it seems only fitting that the ocean brought Priscilla to him. True, she seems a little crazy with her unusual language and talk of things in the future, but Jake needs a wife and a mother for his young twins. Now all he has to do is make Priscilla realize that she belongs with him-- even though she is determined not to become the wife of a dairy farmer! As strange as things are, Priscilla finds that she is adjusting to life in 1880. She runs into her ex-fiancé's great-great grandfather, the first J. Ackerly Frost. He takes an interest in her, which upsets Jake and makes him even more determined to marry her. But even though she keeps thinking of reasons she can't possibly accept his offer, Priscilla begins to lose her heart to the fiercely passionate Irishman. Destiny brought Priscilla to the past and into the arms of a man who will love her like no other--but can love keep her there?Eugenia Riley will sweep you away! Timeless romance and endearing characters are what you will find in Timeswept Bride! Passionate, funny, charming! Once again, Eugenia Riley proves how remarkably talented she is! Timeless passion from the all-encompassing talent of Eugenia Riley!Kristina Wright -- Copyright © 1994-97 Literary Times, Inc. All rights reserved -- From Literary Times