The Hourglass by Barbara Metzger
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- Pub. Date: March 2007
- 352pp
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- Pub. Date: March 2007
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 352pp
- Series: Signet Eclipse Series
- ISBN-13: 9780451220790
- ISBN: 045122079X
Synopsis
Coryn, Earl of Ardeth, has spent an eternity in Hell. Fed up, he gambles with the Devil and wins a second chance: if he can find his heart, his soul, and his hourglass in six months, he can return to life.Then he meets Genie, a disgraced water-girl at the Battle of Waterloo. Now, her only hope is this crazy stranger-and she's half-terrified of and half-in-love with the eccentric earl. Together they have to find his humanity, her social acceptance, and overcome someone bent on destroying their lives.
Kristin Ramsdell - Library Journal
In a final effort to regain his mortality and atone for his violent Crusader past as Sir Coryn of Ardsley, Ar Death gambles with the Devil, wins six months to regain his soul (symbolized by an hourglass brooch), and drops onto the battlefield at Waterloo as Coryn, Earl of Ardeth. His bold, selfless actions endear him to the common soldier but anger the aristocratic officers. When he befriends and then marries disgraced Genie Macklin to save her reputation, the story takes off at a delightful pace. A master crafter of both traditional and historical Regencies, Metzger takes a brave heroine, a most noble hero, and memorable secondary characters (including a mischievous demon-turned-crow who crossed over with Ardeth), adds a paranormal touch to her classic humor and clever plotting, and serves up a delicious confection for all collections. Metzger (Queen of Diamonds) lives in Montauk, NY.
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February 10, 2007: Hourglass Barbara Metzger Signet, Mar 2007, $6.99 ISBN: 045122079X He knows he committed atrocities while fighting in the name of God during what foolish mankind called the Crusades. However, his eternal punishment is to be a Death collector, a minion of the Grim Reaper. Unlike most if not all of his peers, Ar Death remembers when he was Sir Coryn of Ardsley filled with a heart and soul. He could plead with his superior Sir Grimness to relieve him of duty as he believes he is a victim of battle fatigue, but that means ending up as a permanent resident of an even worse place, Hell. Still his only hope for salvation lies with gambling with His Eminence the Devil. The deal is simple six months on earth to find his missing humanity and freedom or more likely failure and eternity as one of the Devil?s minion. Imogene ?Genie? Macklin tends to the wounded at Waterloo while pondering her future as an undesirable destitute pregnant soldier?s widow though her preference is to not think at all. Also healing the cannon fodder is Coryn, claiming to be an Earl, as he rips into haughty aristocratic Major Willeford. Genie and Coryn meet over a dying soldier and he realizes she is a lady of quality who could enhance his lies. When he proposes she accepts because she must think of her baby. Though they fall in love with one another, the sands in his HOURGLASS are slipping into a future of eternal condemnation if he fails to find his humanity. --- This paranormal romance grips the audience from the opening gamble until the final confrontation with Ar?s former boss. The story line is fast-paced and filled with action yet most critical to this enjoyable supernatural historical is the belief in Hell, the Grim Reaper, and the soul as described by Barbara Metzger. Romance fans who appreciate a devilishly different type of Regency will want to read this delightful second chance at life tale. --- Harriet Klausner
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