Not being a fan of time travel stories, I put off reading 'A Knight in Shining Armor' by Jude Deveraux, even though it makes its way onto a few lists of recommended romance reads. Surprisingly, I actually did enjoy it.
It contains a number of similarities to the movie 'Kate and Leopold', in that the reader is exposed to the reactions of the transported person to their new surroundings, encountering the unfamiliar customs, foodstuffs, machinery inventions and so on. It also has the suspense and urgency element of people needing to find a way of returning to their original time in history, in time to prevent or facilitate future happenings.
Dougless Montgomery considers herself to be a failure when compared to her high achieving siblings. With her low self-esteem, she's allowed herself to be used by her boyfriend whom she lives with in America. While on holiday in England in 1988, she has a huge argument with her boyfriend and his teenage daughter, ending in them abandoning her in an old English church without money or passport.
It contains a number of similarities to the movie 'Kate and Leopold', in that the reader is exposed to the reactions of the transported person to their new surroundings, encountering the unfamiliar customs, foodstuffs, machinery inventions and so on. It also has the suspense and urgency element of people needing to find a way of returning to their original time in history, in time to prevent or facilitate future happenings.
Dougless Montgomery considers herself to be a failure when compared to her high achieving siblings. With her low self-esteem, she's allowed herself to be used by her boyfriend whom she lives with in America. While on holiday in England in 1988, she has a huge argument with her boyfriend and his teenage daughter, ending in them abandoning her in an old English church without money or passport.
