BLOG TOUR & REVIEW: Aching for Always by Gwyn Cready

Description

RITA Award–winning author Gwyn Cready continues the “sexy fun” (BookPage) of her charming time-travel adventures with a high-spirited tale of a modern-day mapmaker and the eighteenth-century English navy captain she can’t resist.Ambitious and feisty Josephine “Joss” O’Malley has spent years fighting to keep her mother’s map-making company alive. Just when she finds herself considering taking a risky next step with bad-boy entrepreneur Rogan Reynolds— whose generosity has helped keep the business afloat—Joss meets dark and mysterious Hugh Hawksmoor. Hugh’s deft touch and old-world seduction stir Joss’s desires like a storm at sea, and she has no clue that he has sailed three hundred years into the future to avenge the death of his brother at the hands of her father. Or that she holds the key to a map that will help him undo the destructive changes her father wrought in the past. When Hugh lures Joss into a treacherous journey through time, there’s not a twenty-first-century trick that can save her. But when she applies her own instincts to a course she thought was set, she discovers that the high seas hold some scandalous surprises.

About the Author

Gwyn Cready is the RITA Award winning author of sexy, funny, romantic romance novels.  Publishers Weekly called Tumbling Through Time, her debut, "a joy," and Seducing Mr. Darcy was named Best Paranormal Romance Novel of 2009. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family.www.cready.com

Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Pocket; Original edition (September 28, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439107289
• ISBN-13: 978-1439107287

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LOVED IT

Gwyn Cready has done another outstanding job at writing a time travel romance.  This is the second one I have read by her and enjoyed it immensely.  There are a lot of subplots to keep track of and if you think of the time shifting back and forth as another character, the book is really enjoyable.  Joss is a strong female lead who is trying to keep her mother's map business afloat with the help of her slimy fiance, Rogan.  I did not like Rogan at all.  When Hugh comes into Joss's life, he is much more than a sea captain, he time travels to her and takes her back in time.

I loved how Joss learned to trust herself and not rely on modern conveniences, but her own wits to survive.  Hugh is dashing and a worthy hero.  Yes, he is swoon-worthy and a nice foil to Rogan.  The series really takes the romance to a wonderful place.  The map metaphor is perfect for this story.  I really enjoyed it a lot.