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Title: Millennium Magic (Romance Anthology) [3 1/2 Diskete, HTML] by Roberta Gellis, Jane Toombs, Jane Bierce, Diana Kirk, Jackie Kramer, Robin Bayne, Christine A. Gee ISBN: 1-58200-564-8 Publisher: Hard Shell Word Factory Pub. Date: 02 November, 2000 Format: Diskette List Price(USD): $6.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Some Good, Some Bad, Mostly Average
Comment: Millennium Magic is a collection of 6 stores written by 6 different authors. It includes:
'The Colored World' by Roberta Gellis - Michael Curlew has lived his whole life in shades of grey and has no idea what colors are, until he is mysteriously transported to Una Teague's world, where everything is bursting with color. Michael wants nothing more than to stay with Una, but he cannot leave his mother behind alone and his presence in Una's world seems to threaten its very existence!
'Black Satin at Midnight' by Robin Bayne - Luke Carver spotted the petite siren right away at the New Year's Eve party and managed to get his midnight kiss from her, but then she disappeared. Resigned to never finding the mysterious woman, Luke is stunned to realize that Cara Janson is his daughter's new teacher. Luke tries to persuade Cara that they have a future together, but Cara is convinced that the world is going to end on the stroke of midnight, 2000.
'The Bride Seeker' by Jackie Kramer - Sydney Parker was furious at her boss' attitude that she should let all of the credit go to her younger, male coworker because she was just going to get married and have babies soon anyway. Sydney was perfectly capable of taking care of herself, thank you very much! So when a drop-dead gorgeous hunk drops in from the future, claiming that she is his perfect mate, Sydney isn't buying it. There is more to love than protection, support and sex. Determined to win her, Srgt. Drake Fremont persuades Sydney to teach him how to woo a woman, all the while trying to get her to stay in his world...
'The First of Someday' by Jane Bierce - Doreen Madison had been married to a wonderful man for 21 years. But when he grew ill and died, leaving Doreen behind with some wonderful children and no money, Doreen just retreated into a safe little world and put her dreams aside. She didn't want to go to the New Year's Eve party with her daughter and son-in-law, but didn't want to let them down. At the party, she met the handsome Lance Hoffman, a coworker of her son-in-law who seemed to be interested in her. But she was much too old for him and had put all of her dreams on hold, hadn't she?
'The Love Bug' by Diana Kirk - Katie O'Keefe sent all of her coworkers home to enjoy the holidays with their families and stayed to wait for the computer expert to show up to keep their whole system from crashing on New Year's Eve. She wasn't expecting the computer repair guy to be such a hunk, though! If Katie hadn't promised her best friend to go to a party with her, she would throw it all aside for some more time with the sexy stranger. But he didn't even seem to be interested in her - she didn't even know his name!
'The Ghost of Love' by Jane Toombs - Lilibeth Spencer, named for her great-aunt, had finally come home to the Spencer mansion. She thought she had left all of her bittersweet memories behind when she moved away to college, but after seeing Ross Collins again, it was like no time had passed at all. With her Aunt Lilibeth's ghost urging Beth to follow her heart and marry for love, Beth starts doubting her choice of fiances and has to do some serious soul-searching to decide who is the right man for her...
All six of the stories were pretty well written, but some of them were much more entertaining than others. My favorite was 'The Colored World' just because it was such an interesting story, but there really wasn't much of a romance in it. My favorite romance of the anthology was 'The Bride Seeker' because it had a sexy, futuristic hero who as trying so hard to be what the heroine wanted, but had no clue! I also enjoyed 'The Love Bug' and 'The Ghost of Love', but they were both so short that it was hard to really feel anything for the characters. 'Black Satin at Midnight' is the most dated of the stories as the heroine's fears about the world coming to an end seem far fetched and laughable. 'The First of Someday' was the weakest of the anthology, though, with a 'poor-me' heroine who couldn't attract a handsome, younger man if her life depended on it! It was an average anthology with a few stand out moments, but nothing special.
Rating: 4
Summary: Timeless Tales review
Comment: ...
As a young boy, Michael Curlew finds himself in Una Teague's backyard, a world of vibrant colors in Roberta Gellis' "The Colored World." His first visit is all too brief, and soon he finds himself once again in his own world where everyone and everything are shades of gray. Each time he visits Una's world, however, problems arise. As the century draws to a close, Michael yearns to stay with Una, but his very presence in her world may well destroy her.
One kiss at a New Year's celebration and Luke Carver falls in love in "Black Satin at Midnight" by Robin Bayne. That memorable kiss, though, is all Luke has for the woman's date whisks her away before he learns her name. Nine months later, he takes his daughter to her first day of middle school and finds the woman of his dreams, his daughter's teacher. Cara Janson remembers him, too, but the millennium will soon be upon them and she knows there is no future for them or for her.
When her friend sends Sydney Parker a puzzle box for Christmas, she is ill prepared to face the secret she unravels in Jackie Kramer's "The Bride-Seeker." Sydney finds herself kidnapped and taken to the future by Sergeant Drake Fremont. He knows nothing about love and romance. He's just looking for a woman to claim as his own. He may be handsome, but Sydney is not and never will be any man's possession.
Doreen Madison is proud of her daughter's and son-in-law's success in Jane Bierce's "The First of Someday." When she meets their business partner, Lance Hoffman, at Cyber Horizon's New Year's Eve party, Doreen knows that it's time to return to her own life. Lance, however, disagrees.
It's New Year's Eve and Katie O'Keefe is supposed to be meeting her blind date in Diane Kirkle's "The Love Bug." Instead, she waits for the computer technician to arrive because a bug has infected the company's computer system. She's not expecting the hunk who shows up or the crime he uncovers. By the time she reports to her boss and finishes with the police, the hunk is gone and she has fifteen minutes left before the New Year to join her date. After meeting the hunk, though, she's not sure she wants to.
Great-Aunt Lili is a ghost, or in this case, Jane Toombs' "Ghost of Love." Lili's determined that Beth Spencer not make the same mistake she did. Beth, however, isn't listening. She's come home to put the past behind her, in particular one Ross Collins. Although Lili hints of a disaster to come, she is forbidden to explain further. Beth must uncover the truth herself before it's too late.
Gellis' distinction between a world of color and one of gray painted a stark contrast in my mind's eye and made me feel Michael's yearning for the vibrant beauty. Read after the Y2K scare ended, I felt Cara's fear of coming doom silly, yet Bayne's tale is a good old-fashioned love story that captured my heart. Kramer's delightful mix of chivalry of old with gallantry of tomorrow while capturing the essence of romance and love stirred my heart. Those who wish for dreams that seem impossible will enjoy Bierce's tale, but I found it the least satisfying of the six stories because too much of the story involves setting the scene and meeting the characters, leaving little time for the romance to bloom.
Kirk's story gets my vote as the best in the collection. Even though I figured out the ending early on, she compelled me to keep reading. Reading Toombs' story, I didn't have to close my eyes to imagine the house or the characters. Each was so memorable that they combined to make a wonderful story that I will remember for a long time to come.
The dawn of a new century ties all these stories together, but each author interprets this theme in unique ways to create very different and memorable stories of love. No matter whether you're a fan of contemporary romance, time travel, the paranormal, science fiction, or mystery, Millennium Magic will satisfy your craving.
Rating: 5
Summary: A compendium of six romantic stories.
Comment: Each story is centered around the change of the millennium. Each author takes a different approach to the theme, and the result is an intriguing variety of looks at the possibilities. All six are highly engaging, enjoyable reads. We're now well past the start of the millenium, whether you believe that event happened in 2000 or 2001, but that didn't dim my enjoyment of these stories in the slightest. The group as a whole is so strong, they can be read at any time and still be as charming and delightful as if you'd read them on New Year's Eve.----
Karen McCullogh, Scribesworld Reviews
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