I couldn't put it down. What a vivid, compelling tale, one of the best time travel novels I've ever read. Diana Gabaldon watch out - a new star is rising!"
– Sherry-Anne Jacobs (aka Anna Jacobs, Shannah Jay)
"Five Hearts! The Raven's Lady is an exquisite and engrossing time-travel romance. The creative and surprising circuitous events of the time-travel reality added an intriguing extra dimension to the tale and ask the questions can history be changed and is time linear. Ms. Manning shines as she takes you on a magnificent journey into historic Ireland. She brings to life the hopes and fears of the characters and the extraordinary love that exists not only between the hero and heroine but also within their families. You will be enchanted by the rich Irish history, thrilled by the action of battles both small and large and enraptured by the romance. Do not miss this superb time- travel romance."
- The Romance Studio
"The Raven's Lady jumps right into the action. . .there is an element in Manning's writing style that practically commands the eyes to keep reading -- and it's the powerful romance between Eibhlin and Brandubh. Their passion practically caused sparks to leap off the screen. They are certainly a couple not to be forgotten."
- Rhapsody Magazine
"4 1/2 Stars! The Raven's Lady is an extremely complex time travel romance that readers will find thoroughly entertaining. The talent of Anne Manning shines through the story line because she makes the plot seem as if it happened. . .Sub-genre fans will take immense pleasure from Ms. Manning's magical tale."
- Affaire de Coeur Magazine
"4 1/2 stars! Anne Manning weaves history, ancient lore, and herbal medicine into a rich tale filled with the passion of Ireland."
- SimeGen Reviews
"[The Raven's Lady] presents an energetically told tale worthy of ballads and mistrels. Wonderfully visual, it pulls the reader back into a past long forgotten and spins a web of wonder fit for a king's court."
- RomCom reviews.
"The Raven's Lady is a marvelous blend of old tales, myths, and a writer’s incredible plotting skills. The research the author did to produce this marvelous tale had to have been incredible, and to blend it seamlessly into such an incredible love story only shows what a great and skilled spinner of tales Ms. Manning is. This book stays on my Keeper Shelf and I intend to recommend it every chance I get..." Very Highly Recommended.
- Under the Covers Book Reviews
The prequel to BLOODLINES, presents an energetically told tale worthy of ballads and minstrels. Wonderfully visual, it pulls the reader back into a past long forgotten and spins a web of wonder fit for a king’s court.... Carefully crafted to unveil secrets at just the right time, this storyline captures the reader’s attention with the first scene and never lets go.
- Polly Anderson, Romance Communications
Anne Manning's book, THE RAVEN'S LADY, draws the reader so securely into her world it feels as if she's written a memoir, not a novel."
– Terry Campbell, author of
Intimate Investor and Mr. Wrong
A lonely, betrayed woman. . .
A man seeking his mate. . .
brought together by Ireland's magic across a thousand years and a thousand miles.
Rational scientist Eibhlin Fitzgerald tries to relegate the seven-foot-tall warrior to her imagination, but with his flowing black hair, his black eyes alternately burning with desire and flashing with humor, he becomes more real to her than her cheating ex-husband.
Warrior horseman Brandubh mac Dougal vows no other woman will fill the emptiness of his life but the tall, lushly beautiful woman who vanished from his sight as he reached for her.
Crossing a millenium, she falls into Brandubh's arms. Then she must decide whether to return to her own time or to remain with him, to be his lady.
