As always, Kearsley delivers. The setting, the characters, the parallel story lines of past and present, star crossed lovers, the whole deal. This was a beautifully sad love story in the past culminating in a finally well deserved happy ending in the present. I enjoyed the side stories of Rachel/Evan and Vivian/Tom (and reasonably heartbroken by crolina and her poor baby) and the little sprinkling of history, the plague, Charles Stuart, the Cromwells, was fun background flavor that added to the drama. I do wonder what Geoff will feel when he finds out what has happened while he was gone, but since he is known for his dalliances, hopefully his recovery won't be too bad. The idea of fate and the continuation of souls is so interesting, though the loss of choice in who you end up with is an interesting question raised... And also the Prince Charming vs boy next door happy ending is explored here, well done, but perhaps a commentary on who Prince Charming actually ends up being. Overall though, very lovely, lightheartedly love story read, exactly what I wanted and why I keep picking up Kearsley's novels.