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Bound in Time with the Surly Sea Captain (Once Upon a Time Travel) (Volume 1) Paperback – July 3, 2017

by Vanessa Ruinz (Author), Clair Traveler (Author)
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
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Best friends, Kennedy and Jane, have just graduated from high school. While on vacation at Bull Lake, Montana, they accidentally stumble back in time and find themselves in the middle of ultra-conservative 18th century England wearing nothing but their bathing suits. With no other options, the girls are forced to take a sexy yet arrogant sea captain, Nathaniel Harris, into their confidence, hoping he can help them navigate their new, unfamiliar world while trying to discover a way home. Nathaniel agrees to help them, even enlisting his wealthy business partner, Sir Edward, to introduce them to London society. Growing hopeless and more and more frustrated with the blossoming romance between she and Nathaniel, Kennedy believes the sooner they return to the future the better, while Jane finds the whole experience a grand adventure. However, despite their verbal sparring and Kennedy's attempts to remain detached, love begins to grab hold as the palpable tension between she and Nathaniel becomes unbearable. When faced with the opportunity to return to their own time period, Kennedy and Jane are forced to choose between the past and the present, until a rogue time traveler makes the decision for them!
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  1. Print length
    166 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    July 3, 2017
  4. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1548590991
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1548590994
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (July 3, 2017)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 166 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1548590991
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1548590994
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.5 x 8.75 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 56 ratings

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    "I read to escape. I write for the same reason. Sometimes life is difficult... So for just a little while, escape reality with me."

    Clair Traveler (aka Cheri Schmidt) has just started a new time travel romance series with Author Ginny Hartman (aka Vanessa Ruinz)! The first book is titled: BOUND IN TIME WITH THE SURLY SEA CAPTAIN (A ONCE UPON A TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE) and is on pre-order now!

    Note: Cheri Schmidt (aka Clair Traveler) is the international bestselling author of FATEFUL. Think "The Vampire Diaries meets Jane Austen."

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Carolann
5.0 out of 5 stars Time Travel finds Love!
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2018
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Two American high school graduates celebrating their friendship and Summer freedom at a rented cabin on a lake fall into a fantastic adventure. These two girls from 2016 end up back over two hundred years earlier at the sea coast of England on a merchant ship. This story is about how they get help and begin to assimilate to this new social society and make dear new friends while trying to get back home. Love and happiness with fear and anger and acceptance, do they want to go back home or stay? Seems their choice has been taken from them. Cliff hanger to see what happens next, bummer! I enjoyed this book and will probably read the next one because I liked how this writer used American modern slang and young women's freedoms mixed with the old and proper English with all of the rules and restrictions to make this a fun and interesting read. Received this book free and I am happy to give an honest review.
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Kira
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! I love time traveling romances!
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2017
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I was hooked on this story from the first few chapters! I love time traveling romances and this one is definitely unique. Kennedy is such a spunky heroine and Captain Nathanial, the hunky sea captain, is a dream! I am so excited to continue this series in book 2 to see if lovers can be reunited and to find out who is this mysterious, yet evil, time traveler. It’s a raise against the clock and I only hope for more romance in book 2!
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Grandma8
3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasantly surprised
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2017
The writing of this story showed great improvement over previous books by this author. While there were still grammatical and punctuation errors, they were not so great as to distract from the storyline.
There were surprises throughout the story which I enjoyed. But A POTATO! LOL.
The characters were fairly well developed and I found myself forming opinions of each of them. While I found The Captain a little too polite at times I understand the authors desire to keep the storyline "family-friendly".
The descriptions could have been better developed concerning the areas as well as the characters giving the reader the ability to better envision the set up.
Some of the flowery language I found to be forced and others quite redundant like "fortnight" . Is there no other way to express a space in time?
I found the ending to be a little abrupt . Not understanding how the stranger showed up on the ship deck without going undetected by those who were waiting on shore. However it was a bit of a surprise how it unfolded and did bring me to question what is to come.
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Barbara VW
4.0 out of 5 stars First book in a series of three
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2018
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I was thoroughly enjoying reading this book until I got to the last page and found A CLIFFHANGER. I hate cliffhangers. Of course it was my fault that I found myself in this position. I rarely read the blurbs, even if is a new-to-me author. So this series has three books (and all have been published--so no waiting). They are probably equally good as this first book.
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mynxofhearts
5.0 out of 5 stars a must read if you like time travel romance
Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2017
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this book is excellent. I have no words. the story was unique and easy to follow. the romance was not over the top but it was satisfying. the ending was very abrupt so you definitely wanna have funds or kindle unlimited to read boom 2 right away. I read all 3 in one day and I have to say this first book had me hooked.
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Terri Willburn
2.0 out of 5 stars Cliffhanger!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2017
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I wish someone had written that this was a cliffhanger! I would never have started reading this book! It was an ok book but it stopped in the middle, that's just wrong!
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J. Okerlund
1.0 out of 5 stars This a first book in the series!
Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2017
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If you have cliffhangers you should post that both in the title (book 1) or in the description. I would have given this book a much better review if not for leaving the book with a cliffhanger.
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Toni Holm
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is great! It's nice to read a clean book that ...
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2017
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This book is great! It's nice to read a clean book that has a great story line. I definetly recommend this series.
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