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There Never Was a Time

Gail Link (1995)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.86
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathGriefWar

Positive tags

HeartwarmingSecond ChanceHealing ArcSwoony

Hero archetypes

Soldier / MarineGhost from Past

Heroine archetypes

Time TravelerFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Time-Displaced

Tropes

Time TravelGhostForbidden LoveSecond ChanceStar-Crossed LoversHistorical RomanceFated Mates

Themes

Love Across TimeDestinyHistorical TraumaSecond ChancesCivil War LegacyAncestral Connections

Synopsis

Sitting alone in her Vermont farmhouse, Rebecca heard a ghostly voice whisper to her. Drawn by inexplicable forces, Rebecca went to the once splendid Southern plantation where her forebear had loved and lost a Union soldier.

There Never Was a Time: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This time-travel romance features a ghostly love story spanning Civil War-era and modern Vermont, with likely moderate to steamy romantic content between the protagonist and a Union soldier, plus historical war context.

What to know going in

This book has mild violence, steamy sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, grief, and war.

Who'll love this

Adult readers who love romantic time-travel stories with historical settings will be drawn to this cross-century love affair.

Tags

Time Travel RomanceHistorical FantasyParanormal RomanceSouthern Gothic