Across the Rainbow

THIS STORY WAS SO SWEET AND IT LEFT NOTHING FOR ME TO WONDER ABOUT. ALL THE LOOSE ENDS WERE FINALIZED AT THE END OF THE BOOK. I LIKED THAT ABOUT THE CHARACTERS AS I BECAME VERY FOND OF EACH ONE OF THEM. THIS BOOK IS WORTHY OF BEING READ BY THOSE WHO ENJOY A GOOD, CLEAN STORY THAT LEAVES YOU FEELING GOOD. I WISH I COULD FIND MYSELF A DAVID IN THIS WORLD.

When his daughter tells him to fly over a rainbow and bring back a princess, pilot David Terrell initially resists. But a five-year-old can be persuasive and she's sure this is the right rainbow, the magic rainbow that can bring her a mother to replace the one she lost. And David is a sucker for making his daughter happy. Of course, he doesn't believe in magic and wishes. For him, it's physics, not psychics. When he actually flies over the rainbow and the world changes--including loss of the entire city of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, he comes up with the only possible explanation--he's blacked out. And the beautiful woman who says she's living in 1886 is a part of his blacked-out fantasy. Analisa Ludke has battled to survive in tough Wyoming Territory, especially after the death of her parents and older brother. It doesn't help that she keeps her animals as pets rather than eating them. Still, it's her own life--and the strange man who flies into it, like a great bird, threatens everything. She enjoys his company, feels an incredible attraction, but she knows that she belongs in her own time. Besides, David's protectiveness is stifling enough in her own world--how could she survive it if she flew into his own? Author Victoria Chancellor creates a really charming character in Analisa. Her love for animals, care for others, and confidence in her own abilities makes her a perfect match for David--and a real-life fairy princess for his daughter. But perfect for David doesn't mean perfect for Analisa--and she realizes that when the next rainbow comes, she'll have to send him back alone--despite the love she has come to feel for him. ACROSS THE RAINBOW is a charming and emotionally complex time travel romance. Chancellor fans will definitely want to get that one. Note--readers may be interested to see that this book has been re-released in eBook format.

I say this because some of the other authors I've read take for granted that readers don't notice obvious plot holes or easy outs that they take. It disappointed me that both of my favorite authors, Bertrice Small(in "Pirates" I never found out who Old Woman was) and Linda Lael Miller(in "The Love Slave", the daughter of the sultan died of an outbreak of spotted fever while visiting her father in his palace, which only received four sentences in the book)did this Most of the time, children of the 19th century died of an incurable illness, like measles. It surprised me that nothing like this happened in the book even with settlers moving into the valley of Jackson Hole. It was realistic that Analisa got a fever probably from one of the families that were passing through, namely the baby that sneezed on her.This is the first book I've read in a long time that made me feel what both the main characters were feeling. Yes, Analisa Ludke was extremely naive about the world around her, especially the Scandinavian brothers that moved into the area. Also, she had a hard time getting over and discussing her father's and brother's deaths. Before she met David Terrell she survived the long lonely winters mending clothing and tending to her zoo. It wasn't until she was almost raped by the Olfson brothers that she began to appreciate David Terrell's need to "smother" her with protection. That's another thing I like about this book. Both the main characters have flaws that are realistic. David thinks he could have done something to prevent his wife, Catherine's, fall from the cliff where she was observing Eagles. He jumps to all sorts of conclusions when Analisa goes to her favorite rock for some fresh air.I like that, in spite of Analisa being a "19th century woman", she speaks her mind after the walk to the rock. With most of these so called Victorian women, we as readers expect them to be meek and accepting. Analisa is not one of those women. Of course. being on the other side of the world makes a big difference too. People tend to forget their Victorian ways in the West. Along with the sexual tension, I could feel the iron determination when she stood her ground, "I CAN'T live like this! I WON'T live like this!"I also like that Ms. Chancellor shows where her aviation information came from and the detail she got from the people in Wyoming on the first settlers.This is a definite must read for time travel fans. I plan to read more of her work in the future.

I love the time travel, books if this could really happen, I would like to travel back to the old West.But in the story Across the Rainbow, I think David Terrell would do anything out of love, for his little girl Jamie, even fly his plane and find her a mother that its like a faire princess.I love this book readed it in one day could not put it down.Ms.Chancellor should write more stories like this one, this deserves 5 *****, read it you'll love it.

Victoria Chancellor delivers a thoroughly heartwarming read with OVER THE RAINBOW. I stayed up late to finish it - a sure sign of a winner in my opinion!