Borrowed Promises
Quiet and shy Victoria Reeves-Ashton unexpectedly travels back in time to find herself inhabiting the body of a woman who is her temperamental opposite—brash and bold Katherine Kamarov. Victoria adapts to her turn-of-the-century life, which includes sidestepping the embarrassing fallout of Katherine’s indiscretions. Yet even while she tries to discover how and when she may return to her own time, her heart is putting down roots in Katherine’s world and especially in her relationship with Katherine’s winsome cousin Michael. In the meantime, Ryan, the husband Victoria left behind, struggles against his feelings for the woman his wife has suddenly become, a woman who is a baffling mixture of cruelty, sensuality, and tenderness.
In this second book of the Moonseed trilogy, BORROWED PROMISES follows Victoria and Katherine through a summer season where love ripens, family ties deepen, and each woman must decide how much to invest in a life that may be snatched away when the year of exchange is completed.
Reviews
Borrowed Promises is the second book in a trilogy. I’ll be honest, I wish I’d read Book One before diving into this one. There were some vague areas where I had to use my imagination for gaps that I’m sure were covered in Bridge to The Past, Book One. Still, Ms. Ingram pens a remarkable and beautifully written tale that pulls readers in from the first page. Her writing is lyrical . . . poetic . . . and filled with emotion. The characters are so comfortable and realistic, you’ll swear they are people you know.
Judith Ingram is a wonderful storyteller! She has woven a compelling tale of time travel, rich with evocative descriptions. This book is a fitting sequel to the first Moonseed book – Bridge to the Past – which tells the stories of two very different women, who have both survived traumatic childhoods, but feel out of place in their world. They each work to fit in to their new lives, and find themselves mending relationships that the other has left behind. The legend goes that these Moonseeds only have a year in each other’s lives before returning to their own lives, and knowing this each strives to make the most of the time they have, to love and to learn what it is to be loved. A beautiful story.
This story is about two diverse women who learn to love one day at a time because they can never be sure what the future holds. It includes the gamut of life’s events; births and deaths, marriages and divorces, and shows how easily emotional walls can be put up and taken down. While this second installment in the Moonseed trilogy builds on the tensions created in the first book, Borrowed Promises is a mesmerizing stand-alone book. A rare blend of a unique story coupled with poetic writing that lifts the images off the page, this book will keep the reader turning pages until the end. . . and eagerly awaiting the third installment!