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“If Only In My Dreams ”

written by Harriet Klausner on 04/11/2006

If Only In My Dreams

Wendy Markham

Signet, December 2006, $6.99

ISBN: 0451220035



In New York City, Dr. Swensen informs Clara McCallum that she has breast cancer; the shook up actress wants to go home, but knows she must remain in the City to film a movie while also beginning treatment. Her film role calls for her to be in love with a real American hero, Jed Landry of Westchester County who died in Normandy.



On the set, Clara rides an early twentieth century train, but when she gets off something is not right. Instead of being on a movie set, she is somehow in 1941 New York seeing the real Jed. Both are stunned by their love at first sight attraction, but by morning she returns to Manhattan to start the cancer treatment. As each think about the other, both wonder how to get back into each other's arms.



This is an excellent time travel romance, because the likable lead pair seem real as they spend plenty of time separately in different eras, resolving personal issues and trying to figure out a way to get back with their beloved. The storyline is driven by Clara and Jed though more her than him. Fans will appreciate this superb tale as Jed struggles with iPod's playing I'll Be Home for Christmas, just which era remains the question.