Forged in Fire: 2 (The Fire Chronicles)

This book has all the things I enjoy. Romance, time-travel, a semi-bad boy with a heart of gold. This book had me hooked from the beginning. I loved the twist and turns throughout the story.Wonderful read!!!!

West Yorkshire, EnglandJanuary 1795Highwayman Kit Locke, known as the Knightmare, sits atop his gelding, Dante, waiting for a coach to round the bend so he can relieve its passengers of their wealth. He is specifically looking for the Viper’s Eye. According to legend the gem can absorb thoughts and feelings of people and amplify their emotions, while giving its owner great power as it steals the souls of his enemies.Northern ScotlandJuly 2017Beth Leighton has moved to Scotland to marry her true love, Grant Murry. Best friend Laurel is visiting from Chicago as the duo search Sinclair House trying to steal a sapphire ring from Alex MacKenzie, a treasure hunting neighbor and probable sociopath. The girls are unknowingly ratted out by Grant, and caught by Alex who shoots Beth point blank in the chest. However, Archangel Remiel interferes and Beth awakens in 18th Century Scotland in a heavily wooded forest with a hole in her stain free shirt. How did that happen?Forged in Fire is the second book in C J Bair’s series, the Fire Chronicles. Finding herself in a strange land and bullets fired overhead, Beth is rescued by a handsome rogue, who drops her off at a small town to fend for herself. Beth soon realizes the community is not a living museum, but the real thing. By some miracle, Beth has been transported back in time to the late 18th Century.The owner of the Viper’s Eye, Edmond Renweard, wants his gem back and will do anything to get it. Edmond’s daughter, Anna, is dying, and only the power of the Viper’s Eye can save her. And Beth soon learns that her only way back to the 21st Century is to give the Viper’s Eye to Archangel Remiel, for the gem is a demon’s creation.C J Bair’s descriptive writing, action packed plot, and convincing characterization makes Forged in Fire a roller coaster ride readers won’t soon forget.

Kit also known as the Knightmare highwayman literally stumbles upon Beth in the middle of the forest and things take off into a whirlwind of mystery , murder and deceit . I loved Beth’s feisty stubborn character, thrown in the past through time travel she never gave up hope . Kit and Beth work together to find the Vipor’s eye and in the midst of all the chaos they find love and hot passion . I can’t wait to read the next installment !!

This was an enjoyable read. This is the second book in the series. I must admit I didn’t read the first one and was a little confused in the very beginning as to what happened to make Beth have to travel back in time, but then the book took off and I was all in. You have Angels and a demon’s, a multifaceted man who speaks 4 languages and also robs stage coaches, a desperate father who sells his soul, adventures in the 1700’s and a woman finding her heart’s desire. I gave this a 4 star because there are errors an editor should have caught and ants...9 times...yes I counted.

This book had a bit of a rocky start until I realized it was a direct branch off from a point where Beth died in book one. At first I thought it was a serious error and I was about to contact the writer about it. I didn't catch on to the subtle change in POV because I skipped ahead, trying to figure out what happened to the dashing man sitting on a horse in the middle of the night. I found out, and I was so gripped that I never went back to read through what I'd skipped over. I totally enjoyed watching Beth learn how to live in the past (thanks to angelic intervention). She had to learn how to dress and even how to talk, because obviously there wasn't a bus terminal or a phone anywhere to be found. All she had was a interfering angel to give her a mission and a soul-torn highwayman with a death-wish to turn to. She just wants to go home and he just wants to die - star-crossed lovers for sure. Are they? It's never so easy. Read and find out, and by all means follow this writer, she is totally worth your time.