Overseas

English language

Published April 9, 2011 by G. P. Putnam's Sons.

ISBN:
978-0-399-15764-6
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OCLC Number:
761846568

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2 stars (1 review)

When twenty-something Wall Street analyst Kate Wilson attracts the notice of the legendary Julian Laurence at a business meeting, no one’s more surprised than she is. Julian’s relentless energy and his extraordinary intellect electrify her, but she’s baffled by his sudden interest. Why would this handsome British billionaire "Manhattan’s most eligible bachelor” pursue a pretty but bookish young banker who hasn’t had a boyfriend since college?

The answer is beyond imagining . . . at least at first. Kate and Julian’s story may have begun not in the moneyed world of twenty-first-century Manhattan but in France during World War I, when a mysterious American woman emerged from the shadows of the Western Front to save the life of Captain Julian Laurence Ashford, a celebrated war poet and infantry officer.

Now, in modern-day New York, Kate and Julian must protect themselves from the secrets of the past, and trust in a …

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2 stars

This could have been really great.

And then it was not.

Sadly.

When I start to rewrite a book in my head you know something is off.

The timetravel idea could have ruled it all. It sounded so fantastic. Mixing WWI, Wall Street (2008 financial crisis) and time travel. But then it was only about the fucking relationship. Wtf. How could you do this?

Scribd (The Netflix equivalent to audible) is doing me no good. I should stop with these crappy books. But hey, at least it was so dull that I finished it. Completely dissatisfied and all

Subjects

  • Women in finance
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Time travel
  • Fiction

Places

  • New York (State)
  • New York
  • France