"TIMEQUEST is an exciting adventure laden romantic tale."

At Superstition Mountains, Arizona, Dr. Sara James knows from her cousin Caytlyn's trip to the past (see TIME RIDER) that the plant Black Sage is the safest cure for snakebites though none seem to exist today. Sara wants to find Black Sage though Caytlyn's husband, Matthew Joseph Barton Black Hawk warns her that 1882 is a very dangerous age for a twenty-first century person. Sara's persistence persuades the couple to ! assist her on her quest.

Historian Barton Grey Wolf knows of Sara's obsession as he suffers from unrequited love that he hides from her. When he learns of her plan to go back in time, he worries that she might break vows made by several people including his own ancestor the legendary Apache Shaman, Grey Wolf. Still to keep his beloved safe and to insure no one violates the oaths, Barton goes back in time without telling her as does her sibling Jeff, who seeks to locate the missing Dutchman's gold. Sara is upset because she wanted to go, but also finds herself falling in love with Barton. She meets her brother's girlfriend Patricia Shoemaker and they agree to go back in time without being accompanied by the men.

TIMEQUEST is an exciting adventure laden romantic tale with a pinch of Native American mythos. The story line is action-packed especially in the past, but most significant is that the audience will believe that the individuals traveled back to the late nineteenth century. The prime cast (the James siblings and their significant others) come across as fully developed so that their exploits make for a delightful read. The audience will not want to lose any time reading the finale once it is released.

Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted April 29, 2004

Summary

Dr. Sara James had trouble believing that her cousin, Caytiyn James, had traveled back in time to 1882 Arizona. Yet the truth was written clearly on Caytlyn's face in the form of two scars, fang marks on Caytlyn's cheek and a trace of poisonous venom found in her blood work. Caytlyn tells Sara she was cured by an Apache shaman of the thought to be mythical Black Legion Apache Tribe of 1882 Arizona.

Now the very man who helped Sara find Caytlyn, Barton Grey Wolf refuses to help her find that cure, her quest, in this time or any another. Sara is willing to cross him, and cross time, but is she willing to risk her heart?

Barton Grey Wolf, Apache historian, is an expert on the history of the Apache Tribe of Arizona. He is his own man until he meets the beautiful white eyes woman with hair of palest light surely stolen from the moon. She makes him feel so deeply, he can't even put it into words. Yet she wants him to cross sacred boundaries he is honor bound to keep. What can a man do when the woman of his heart crosses time into one of the most dangerous places on earth?

And what dark forces will the two face that make them turn to each other to survive?