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Time Was

Nora Roberts (1989)

SubgenreTime Travel Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SettingContemporary Urban
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceNone
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Not yet tagged

Heroine archetypes

ScientistFish out of Water

Synopsis

Time and Again: Hornblower-Stone 1 Studying the past hardly prepared anthropologist Liberty Stone for loving a man from the future. Caleb Hornblower, with hair as black as deep space and eyes as blue as the Oregon sky his ship had fallen from--made her level head spin. In his arms time stood still, but soon he'd go where she couldn't follow. Born in 2222, Cal couldn't believe he'd crashed through a gateway to the past and was being sheltered in a remote cabin by a captivating twentieth century woman-one whose strength and innocence filled him with an aching desire. He belonged in the future, but if Libby was part of the past, how could he leave it--and her--behind?

Tags

Science Fiction RomanceFuturisticParanormal Elements

Is Time Was appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

This classic Nora Roberts time travel romance features moderate sensuality and romantic tension between a 20th-century anthropologist and a 23rd-century pilot. Steamy scenes are present but not explicit, with emotional connection emphasized.

What to know going in

This book has no graphic violence, steamy sexual content, and mild language.

Who'll love this

Teens who love romantic what-if stories about star-crossed lovers from different times will be swept away by this emotional journey.