To me, a good time travel yarn must possess a certain amount of plausibility. I found this vital element seriously lacking in "The Rose Garden." Daniel and Fergal should have been shocked by a woman from the future suddenly appearing out of thin air; e.g., they should have been questioning her about her strange appearance, what time period she came from, what it was like in the future; etc., etc. Instead, they're pretty much blasé about this mysterious phantom woman. Fergal is a little taken aba...

3.5 stars out of 5I keep seeing it everywhere... "If you enjoyed Outlander, you'll love The Rose Garden" Ok...me, me, me!!!I loved Outlander and the entire Outlander series. So, that means I'll love this book right?Wrong. I didn't LOVE it. I liked it. It was good but not outstanding (the way Outlander was). It was interesting but not interesting enough to warrant the comparison to Outlander.Hold up, don't get me wrong here.This book was good. I thought the beginning was excellent. I thought the

The moment I realized this novel was set in Cornwall, I was halfway to loving it already. Then it had that du Maurier flavor, the atmosphere of Jamaica Inn and the mystery element, the historical setting and charming gentleman that put me in mind of Winston Graham’s Poldark, with the addition of a well-conceived and executed time-travel angle. What’s not to like? My only regret is that I let it languish on my bookshelf for over a year.There was something about this remote western corner of Brita...

A delightful blend of romance, time travel and historical fiction that actually reminded me a bit of one of my favorite books Outlander. A quick and easy read that brought the handsome Daniel Butler and charming Fergal of the late 1700's to life to join Eva in a mysterious adventure. Loved it!

DNF @ 23%. Started out promising but then it turned into a boring version of Outlander.

The Rose Garden, by Susanna Kearsley is historical fiction. It is time travel. It is romance. It has a twist I did not see coming.Eva Ward's beloved sister has died and she returns to their summer home in England to distribute Katrina's ashes. Strange things start to happen while she is staying at Trelowarth, resting and attempting to recover from her grief. She is transported back to the early 1700's to the Trelowarth of that time. She meets the Butlers and their best friend Fergal. She has no

I find it difficult to rate this novel. On one hand, I was sufficiently engaged by the narrative and the characters to read it in two or three sittings. On the other hand, it requires a massive suspension of disbelief, which at times I found difficult to sustain. The heroine is Eva Ward, who after the death of her much loved sister, travels from the United States to Cornwall to scatter her sister's ashes near Trelowarth House, where she and her sister spent their childhood summers. Family friend...

4.5 stars'Whatever time we have,' he said, 'it will be time enough.'When Eva Ward's sister dies she returns to Cornwall to scatter her ashes, to the place where they had spent their happy childhood summers, Trelowarth House. The gardens at Trelowarth have for generations grown roses and been tended by generations of Halletts, with Eva's friends Mark and his sister Susan Hallett now in charge of the house and gardens.It is on her first morning there that Eva begins to experience a series of stran...

Ahhh..what a concept! This will go down as one of my all time favourite. I must admit that in the beginning I found a couple of the characters annoying but it soon had me hooked. The style of narration in the book is totally captivating. While reading I got lost in the world of this beautiful novel that combines of historical fiction, romance, time travel and just a touch of the supernatural. There's a lot of twists that I didn't see coming. And I enjoyed every minute of it.

"When I meet a wind I cannot fight , I can do naught but set my sails to let it take me where it will." I enjoyed this one. It was not my favorite of her books that I've read, but I loved it just the same. There was a bit of time travel in this one. A great escape book. I think I would have liked a little more character development, but I suppose it would have made the story too long. Having been to Cornwall recently, I really enjoyed the setting, it brought back so many lovely memori

Eva Ward returns to the Cornish coast to scatter her sister's ashes. Trelowarth House, in the village of Polgelly, Cornwall, is a place filled with summer, childhood memories with the Hallett children Mark and Susan. Agreeing to do the public relations for the Hallett's roses and the future teahouse, she is wrapped up in the work, until one day she fades through centuries to appear in the early eighteenth century. She meets Daniel Butler, a free-trader who supports the Jacobite cause. She fades

I didn’t have to read much of this to realise that Susanna Kearsley’s work is going to be the perfect replacement for the comfort reading I got all the way through in the last two or three years (Mary Stewart’s romance/adventures). It has the same sense of place, the beautiful descriptions of landscape, and the same sort of heroine: female, curious, about to be swept up in bigger events than she’d ever have expected. And better: this is explicitly fantastical, where most of Mary Stewart’s books

In all honesty, I didn't think I was going to like this book at first. It started promising, but then just kept dragging on and on and ooonnnn with flowery descriptions and melancholy reminiscences until I wanted to scream, "Get on with it!"But then, right around chapter 8, things finally started getting interesting. Once I'd made it to chapter 10 or so, I couldn't put it down. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I love time travel stories and this one hits the mark pretty well. My favorite c...

Recently divorced and at loose ends in life, Eva Ward accepts the task of scattering her dead sister’s ashes at their childhood home in Cornwall. Eva settles in for a long stay at Trelowarth house, but in true Kearsley fashion things start going bump in the night – and Eva is walking a path in the present one moment and the is next she’s stepped into the past – 1715 to be exact. She’s soon involved up to her neck with brothers Daniel and Jack Butler, Both smugglers like any good Cornishman, but