They see each other in a mirror and communicate their attraction through sexual acts. One of them is in 2008 and the other in 1906.
Hope Stillwater is an activist in 1906. She finds a strange man in her mirror one night and finds she can communicate with him through actions but not vocally. During the daytime, she tries to save young girls from sexual slavery. As Hope tries to assist these girls she is kidnapped and becomes the prize at the end of a boxing match. She is then taken into the future and has to cope with all that entails. Hope also worries for her father as she believes he died of a broken heart after her disappearance. Ryan Daire is a detective who has inherited a house. In the house, he finds some interesting photos. In those photos he sees a sensual woman making love to a man. At times Ryan thinks he is going crazy as he thinks there is a ghost until he sees Hope in the mirror. He realizes that Hope is the woman in the photos. Ryan researches more about her and finds some disturbing information and tries to save her. There are many similarities between his current case and the information he finds about the past. In the end, he goes back in time.
Ryan finds he is will be the contender in the boxing match and to sexually assault Hope is the prize. It is a fight he must win. When he wins, he discovers that he will have an audience as he makes love to Hope. He then tries to save her. They both come forward in time but how can he keep her there especially when the owner of the same hotel / pub is in the future and wants to finish with Hope.
This story has an interesting premise as it involves a contemporary man trying to prevent the same crimes as Hope is in the past. The pair connect through the mirror and are able to be together. It is always interesting to read how time travel is imagined as this is this element for me that defines the story and whether the interpretation of how the characters might act in another time. As a reader, I did find that at times Hope in the future seemed a little too forward especially as she is from 80 years previous. Her clothing was neck to knee but her attitudes were very contemporary and this is sometimes difficult to pass over in the story.
There was no doubting the sensuality between Ryan and Hope and this was well constructed. The pair were connected but as always the misunderstandings particularly when it is a time period misunderstanding ensure there are issues for the couple. The reader should be satisfied with the ending although I will not spoil it and tell you which time period the pair chooses to stay in.
