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A Crown in Time: She must rewrite history, or be erased from Time forever... (The Tempus U Time Travel series) Kindle Edition

4.2 out of 5 stars 29 ratings

'Fascinating . . . Jam-packed with adventure and colour' JODI TAYLOR on Jennifer Macaire


READERS LOVE JENNIFER MACAIRE!


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Fantastic historical adventure' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'I
highly recommend it' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'No one blends
time travel and history as well as she does' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Some of my
best reading travels this year!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'You just
keep turning those pages to see what's coming next' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

For fans of JODI TAYLOR and NEIL GAIMAN, the first in an action-packed series from the author of the cult classic Time for Alexander series.


One last chance for redemption . . . two thousand years in the past.

England, the year 2900 CE. Sentenced to decades of imprisonment, Isobel believes that life as she knows it is entirely over.

Or is it? When she's offered a time-travelling mission back in the time of the Crusades, she has the chance to change the course of history - and free herself in the process.

But the perils of medieval France are like nothing she's encountered before, and Isobel realises too late that the stakes are far higher than she ever imagined . . .

Praise for Jennifer Macaire's Time For Alexander series:


'A fascinating glimpse into the Ancient World jam-packed with adventure and colour'
JODI TAYLOR

'A vividly written, characterful, informed and unusual take on Alexander and Ancient Times. I loved it'
CAROL McGRATH

'Fun, sexy and at times incredibly sad, the story held me to the end and the research was incredible'
KAREN KING

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Fascinating . . . jam-packed with adventure and colourJodi Taylor, The Chronicles of St Mary?s

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vividly written, characterful, informed and unusual take on Alexander and Ancient Times. I loved it.Carol McGrath

Fun, sexy and at times incredibly sad, the story held me to the end and the research was incredibleKaren King

About the Author

Jennifer Macaire is an American living in France. She likes to read, eat chocolate, and plays a mean game of golf. She grew up in upstate New York, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. She graduated from St Peter and Paul High School in St Thomas and moved to NYC where she modelled for five years for Elite. She went to France and met her husband at the polo club. All that is true. But she mostly likes to make up stories.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0873B9XX1
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Headline Accent
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 16, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.5 MB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1786157751
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 out of 5 stars 29 ratings

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Jennifer Macaire lives with her husband, three children, & various dogs & horses. She loves cooking, eating chocolate, growing herbs and flowering plants on her balcony, and playing golf. She grew up in upstate New York, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands. She graduated from St. Peter and Paul high school in St. Thomas and moved to NYC where she modeled for five years for Elite. She met her husband at the polo club. All that is true. But she mostly likes to make up stories.

Author Jennifer Macaire short stories have been published by Three Rivers Press, Nothing But Red, The Bear Deluxe, and The Vestal Review, among others. One of her short stories was nominated for the Push Cart Prize (Honey on Your Skin) and is now being made into a film. Her short story 'There be Gheckos' won the Harper Collins /3 AM flash fiction prize.

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  • Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2020
    The thing I love about Macaire's books is her intelligence and wit. They are well written, and delicious to digest in the way that a good writer can swing you from the hilarious to pathos within pages, and you just keep turning those pages to see what's coming next. She doesn't disappoint. I don't like to reiterate plots and ruin a reader's fun, so I will only say that this protagonist is as real as a modern (if misguided) woman dropped into the `13th Century can be. She has no pretenses, no airs and no nonsense about telling it like it is. And it's exciting and wonderful! And did I mention that the writing is superb?
  • Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021
    Good book. I couldn't put it down. Ms. Macaire does an amazing job. Do yourself a favor and buy the Alexander the great books as well. You will not be disappointed.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2020
    Although this is set in the same universe as the Time for Alexander series you don’t have to have read them to understand what’s going on. Jennifer has skill at writing a story and repeating information that those who have read the books will know, but new readers wont, in a way that doesn’t feel repetitive.

    This is great as it ensures all readers know what going on without boring regular readers. There were even some differences in the reason and way Isobel was sent back in time. This was emphasised at the beginning of each chapter as a nugget of information from her Correctors Handbook was quoted before moving on.

    I need to add that I want to talk about a spoiler coz it was part of what made this story so good for me!

    The fact that Isobel couldn’t save his life had me thinking that that was going to be the end of things for her. Yet the fact that she was pregnant and able to continue his line after all meant that the key thing that he needed to do, have kids, was achieved.

    But it left me wondering what the Institute saw in the history books when they compared the results. Like, did they see that he still died but his line continued? Did the books even record that?

    I wanted to know more!

    Ok, that’s the spoilers done.

    As a stand-alone book using the same universe as the Time for Alexander series, I love the way this story was so different, and had so much emotion and backstory involved in such a short space.
  • Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2020
    In this world, the year 2900, time travel has been perfected through quartz crystal technology an elite institution, Tempus University. Though time travel is reserved for the few time travelling journalists, certain errors committed in the past could be undone by the Correctors. Isobel is serving a life sentence for killing a child in a car accident and is serving in a reproduction prison. For the past four years, she has been donating her ovules monthly. An opportunity to gain freedom, Isobel was given a choice to time travel and correct a mistake that happened in the past. She joins the corrector program and has been training for the past year. A success means her name would be remembered as one of the heroes, while a unsuccessful mission means being erased as if she has never existed at all.
    I absolutely loved the premise and the pacing of this book. It was fast, the story developed quickly and the writing was exciting and really kept my attention to this creative story line. She was able to explain how this time travel worked and the story began right away. I love Historical Fiction reads and to go back in time from 2900 AD to the French Countryside in the Middle Ages was a fun ride that Macaire definitely took me on. What an enjoyable read that is full of amazing characters. I highly recommend this amazing book.
  • Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2020
    I’m a big fan of Jennifer Macaire, so it was a no brainier when A Crown In Time was offered to me to review. One of my favorite things about Jennifer Macaire’s take on time travel is that it is simplified in the best way ever. It feels realistic and I understand what is happening. That makes it so satisfying!

    I love how vivid Jennifer Macaire’s writing is. I was transported into this novel and could feel, see, smell and hear all the things she wanted me to. I felt like I was part of the story. This is the kind of book I love…one that absorbs you and captures your mind.

    The characters are so real which makes this story even more compelling. I love when I feel like I know the characters. It makes me feel like I’m even more part of the story.

    I love Jennifer Macaire’s stories. Her writing is brilliant and I highly recommend this novel!

    5/5☆

    *I recieved a free copy of this book from Rachel's Random Resources in exchange for an honest review on the blog tour. All opinions are my own and unbiased.*

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  • BananaTricky
    4.0 out of 5 stars Time-travel to the crusades to save the crown of France
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2020
    In the far future time travel has been perfected, but it is only for the wealthy elite, except when a visitor from the future has altered the timeline, then they send in a convicted criminal, a 'Corrector' to restore the timeline.

    Isobel is serving life in prison, being used as a human egg donor, for a heinous crime. Then she is offered a one way trip to 1270. A time-travelling historian accidentally discussed the child crusades in front of a hot-headed young noble, although personally insignificant his descendants should have eventually ruled France but by overhearing a conversation not meant for his ears Jean de Bourbon-Dampierre was aset on a course which would lead to his death fighting the Infidels in Tunis.

    Isobel's mission is clear, get Jean to return to his home in France safely and thereby save the crown of France. If she achieves her mission she cna live out the rest of her life in the past. Fail and she will be erased from time.

    Isobel has received some training, mainly through the Tempus University's Corrector's Handbook, unfortunately it turns out to be full of plain wrong or unhelpful advice such as try to stay indoors at night and avoid taverns and rowdy gatherings.

    I'm a sucker for a time-travel novel and I was intrigued by a novel focused on the time of the Crusades, just before the Inquisition had taken hold of France when society had very different views about sex and nudity. I found it all fascinating. As a keen reader of these novels however, I was not surprised at the plot twist (if I can call it that), but that did not detract from my enjoyment. I really enjoyed the way in which Jennifer Macaire brought to life the difference between an intellectual knowledge of the fate of historical figures and knowing those individuals personally and being affected by their deaths.

    Overall, I really enjoyed this and I will be looking for Ms Macaire's back-catalogue to read more.
  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Okay
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2020
    A good concept but quite heavy reading. It had none of the lightness of touch of say. Jodie Taylor. One for the history buffs perhaps but don't expect a light read.

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