Reina is a girl living in modern-times America. However she feels she can't connect to anyone in her generation. One day she finds a dusty book with a golden spine in her late parents' (professors of time) house. She opens it to page 1, and she is swept away to 1800's-France where she meets Nathan Armvîce, who immediately charms her off her feet. She then comes back, and turns the page. But nothing happens. She reads a story of a young woman who slowly falls in love with two people, and then she gets to the last page, page 292, where she is again swept away to 2600 Russia, where revolution is brewing. There, she meets Henrïk Gorgövich, a shy colonel who has a giant crush on her. And soon she discovers her parents' notes and finds that every visit she makes to another realm, the fabric of time gets closer and closer to tearing. She must decide between the loving yet shy Henrïk and the egotistical yet brave Nathan, before the fabric of time tears. But little does she know, both Henrïk and Nathan have secrets of their own... And when she finally does discover who her true love really was all along, she is trapped in another realm...
When a bachelor-style reality show centered around finding this year's Mrs. Claus comes to Charlie's small town, she is vehemently against the attention it brings, yet in the chaos of it all, somehow finds herself in the running as a contestant... and falling in love.
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In the weeks before Christmas, Charlie Duncan's small town finds itself the backdrop to the hit new reality show, Finding Mrs. Claus. And to spice up the drama, a handful of locals are thrown into the casting mix, including not only Charlie, but her best friend Ellie as well. While Charlie does everything she can to get tossed off the show (to no avail), and watches skeptically as Ellie truly begins to open up her heart, she can't help but feel a certain spark for the man behind the scenes - the show's producer, Noah Cyrus.
Book One of the Anne's Ferry Series