Christmas Eve Promise: Time Travel Novel (Christmas Eve Series, Book 4)

by Elyse Douglas

Publisher: Broadback (September 2020)

Category: Time Travel, Historical Fiction, Romance, Christmas

Synopsis

Eve and baby Colleen are traveling to Ohio for the Christmas holidays to spend time with Eve’s parents.

After a few days in Ohio, they all plan to fly to Florida in Eve’s father’s private airplane. Patrick will meet them there after he completes exams for his forensic psychology degree.

Nothing goes as planned. The day Patrick is to leave for Florida, he receives a shocking telephone call from one of Eve’s cousins. Sobbing, she tells him a terrible tragedy has occurred. It stuns him and shakes him to his heart’s core.

His life shattered, Patrick knows he has but one chance: he must use the time travel lantern to return to the past in order to prevent the current tragedy.

But once again, the time travel lantern has a mind of its own, and Patrick is hurled back to a time where he must confront a strange, unfamiliar world and learn why the lantern transported him there.

When Patrick comes face-to-face with a mysterious, beautiful woman who looks and acts like Eve, and whose name is Eve, Patrick is haunted.

He recalls the promise he and Eve had made to each other on Christmas Eve the previous year—no matter what happens; no matter if they’re separated; no matter what time or place they find themselves in; no matter what obstacles they must face, they will always find each other, help each other, and love each other for all time.

The Christmas Eve Promise is a journey about the enduring promise of hope and the infinite, unbreakable bonds of love.

Praise for the Christmas Eve series

“The Christmas Eve Letter is a beautiful, poignant story. It is well written and will have you turning the pages eagerly.  All of the characters are well thought out, and believably written, together with the well-constructed scenery, that has you feeling as if you yourself have just stepped into the past. The story is unique and moving. It will hold you long after you turn the last page. A perfect Christmas tale of love and hope.”-Whispering Stories

“This book is the perfect vehicle for a movie, and I can only hope that there will be more in the series. This novel is truly as close to perfection as the reader could imagine! 5 Stars!”–My Devotional Thoughts Blog and Reviews

“I enjoyed the new characters, an update on characters from the first book, and the possibility for more books. If you enjoy time travel-themed novels you will love these books!”–StoreyBook Reviews

“I am most impressed that this book did so well as a stand-alone novel. Kudos to the author! If you are looking for a good Christmas book with time travel, give this a go!”–Carole’s Bookshelves

“I love this whole story, and I especially love Patrick and Eve’s romance and all of the adventures that they go on together. Eve is exactly my kind of character. I still can’t stop thinking about the feeling that it gave me and the arc that the characters went on. Everyone really developed a lot in this story and it was so rewarding as a long-time reader to watch that happen. It feels like every new book in this series just keeps getting better and better and I love these characters more and more. Every time a new one comes out I feel like a kid on Christmas morning.
The Christmas Eve Secret is my favorite in the series so far, but if you have not read the first two books I would recommend doing that as soon as possible! If you enjoy romance, time travel, mystery, and great writing, I promise that you won’t regret dipping a toe into this series.”–Cuzinlogic

Review

If you are a fan of time travel novels, you must pick up this series, but make sure to start with the first book to follow the characters and the events that happen! I love it and the concept of time travel is mind-boggling.

What would you do to undo a tragedy that happens and you know that you have a lantern to go back in time and potentially change the situation? Would you go back? That is the dilemma that Patrick is faced with in the present and he decides to take a chance. He lands in 1925 and isn’t quite sure why he landed in this time, but he will soon find out. Along with the adventures and solving how and why Patrick meets Eve’s doppelganger. This definitely throws him for a loop, but he thinks back to the previous year when he and Eve made the promise to each other that they will also look for each other since they are soulmates. I even appreciated the storyline with Sarah Finn, a homeless woman in 1925 that calls Patrick “Buster Boy.”  You couldn’t help but love her despite her crotchety ways.

This novel has it all for me – romance, adventure, and a little bit of suspense/mystery. I had a hard time putting this book down because I couldn’t wait to find out what came next. I loved the appearance of several characters from the previous books and their role in helping Patrick in the past. There is even a conversation with Tesla who created the lanterns. I have to say that Tesla is quite the odd duck. I don’t know if he was like that in real life, but he is very science-oriented and only cares about what he is currently working on and not his past inventions.

We give this book 5 paws up and who knows if Patrick and Eve will have any more adventures with the lantern, but if they do, I will be ready and waiting to read that novel.

About the Author

Elyse Douglas is the pen name for the married writing team Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. Elyse grew up near the sea, roaming the beaches, reading and writing stories and poetry, receiving a master’s degree in English Literature. She has enjoyed several careers as an English teacher, an actress, and a speech-language pathologist.

Douglas has worked as a graphic designer, a corporate manager, and an equities trader. He attended the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music and played the piano professionally for many years.

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