The Legend of the Bloodstone (Time Walkers) (Volume 1)

I feel very misled that this book was in the syfi section. Ok, so there was a 2 page event that included traveling back in time that had little to no effect on the rest of the plot. This is a romance novel simply put and should be in that section. I did find the history interesting and slowly made my way through this book skipping over vast sections just hoping that the syfi would suddenly make its way back into the story. Nope, just more romance. The author is a good storyteller no doubt, just not my cup of tea.

It would be better if the main female character could be at least a little beat smarter! I simply do not understand why authors, and sometimes female authors, build female main characters so irritating, so ignorant, lacking good sense, with no brain. The story is good, but the main female character is difficult to like; she makes us to want to stop reading this book.

This book drags on and on. It is difficult to read, with so many Native American names and words. They may be accurate but they don't add any interest to the development of the story. The simplest things were never revealed, descriptions of the colors of the inside of their homes, the number of people in the tribe, the number of horses, those were not apparent to the reader.

It would have been a great story if the heroine was not unlikable, stubborn as a donkey, self centered and downright stupid. Throwing temper tantrums and fighting with the other main characters when it meant death sentence in this culture was very disheartening and after about 60% of the book I couldn’t bring myself to torture myself reading about this self indulgent, egotistical and delusional girl. Couldn’t figure out why the guy loved her besides physical beauty.

This was an okay book but there is a lot of stuff that was disappointing. I didn't like the cave man dialog and the way the heroine acted. It made me think of someone traveling to another country and expecting it to be exactly like home when it's obviously not. She had a hard time coming to grips with reality and that seemed kind of annoying to me. It wasn't so bad that I didn't finish but I don't think I will read the whole series. Some people may enjoy it if you like Native American romance.

pretty boring. while the author uses many native american words, there are no detailed descriptions of the 17th century native american way of life. the author skims over all of that, and those are the things that make a historical romance interesting. If an author is going to write any sort of time travel, historical romance of any interest, they have to DO THEIR HOMEWORK and learn everything that's interesting about that time period, and describe it to the reader. Otherwise, why bother setting in a different time period at all?
actually, the author skips much of the descriptive and developmental elements. She's thrown back in time within the first few pages; we don't get to learn much about her before she's thrust into a supernatural time travel experience. Without knowing enough about her before hand, how do we know, or care, why she responds the way she does in her new environment. Also, their love for each other goes from 'I'm attracted to you' to 'I love you more than life itself' pretty darn fast. When did that happen.
the author has chosen to take some short cuts in order to tell the story they want to tell. unfortunately those short cuts have taken all the interesting elements out of the book.

I love the time travel genre and found this doing a search for just that. I hadn't hear a thing about it. At first I was disappointed to learn she met up and fell in love with an Indian. I love history and figured it would be more of that 'white man guilt trip' we hear too often. Nope, not here. Both sides are good and bad. I think that aspect was fairly well done. I'm very glad I gave this one a try.

During the challenge fight Winn was cut across his chest, blood dripping......yet immediately after the fight Maggie throws herself against his chest, the baby held between them. Wouldn't they all three then have been bloodied?
Also, it sounds very romantic for Winn to fondle, kiss, etc. Maggie's breasts......but not while she had a nursing baby, unless he enjoyed being milk covered.
Other than this, the book was well written for the genre, with few typos, misspellings or incorrect grammar.

I have never written a review before. I truly enjoyed this book. I became emotionally attached to the characters and the way it is written it is an easy read. A true escape from reality. Having the historical aspect to this romance was an added element from your ordinary romance book. I literally couldn't put it down. If you want to get away and enjoy some good old fashion writing this is the book for you. Cannot wait to read the next one. I have a feeling the series is only gonna get more intriguing with the time walkers.

It's not bad; it's not great. It's obviously not Outlander, which it tries to emulate very poorly. The characters are two dimensional and sloppily created as is the time period. The author alludes to the characters in
Outlander using poor Scottish accents in an English settlement. Nothing really jelled for me. There is no depth, either with the characters or the time period or the culture.

I would probably give this book a 3.5 mostly due to the engaging early voice of the protagonist. She came across as a believable, very young woman struggling with being thrust into a new time. I enjoyed the hero too but somewhere around the middle found their insurmountable love hard to swallow. Still, I had fun with the book and was very willing to be led into the sequel.

Honestly it was all ok and sweet the1st half of the book....love forever, protection of the main character to the heroine at the good moments... you know classical love novel, unreal but charming, when suddenly the heroine was beaten and then agreed to marry other man an d have sex with him the very next day she saw her true love been shot and supposedly dead.....what the hell?!
It was such a disappointment to read this.... disgusting...ruined my evening.
I will not finish this book and will not read other books by the author....

This book held my attention and was true to historical fiction because it provided interesting and relevant information about Indian customs. It was not a "cookie-cutter" story that followed the same old pattern, so that was refreshing.

I'm glad it was a FREE Kindle download! Unlike some other reviewers, I did grind my way through the entire book. For a time traveler theme, the storyline was okay. But, the author seriously missed the boat on filling out the makeup of the characters. There were no really likable nor thoroughly detestable characters—in short no one to like or hate enough to enjoy the story. The author thanked scores of people for their invaluable assistance at the conclusion of the book; including some great friends for being her beta readers. I feel that the beta readers were either too close to the author to give truthful reviews, or they are not fluent in English composition and vocabulary. For instance, apparently no one pointed out that there were several homonyms and homophones throughout the text where the wrong word wound up being used. Similarly, a qualified proofreader would have spotted such misused word choices as "rouse," instead of the proper word in context, "ruse."

Other reviewers have mentioned the apparent lack of confusion in 17th century Native Americans speaking and understanding 21st century American spoken English language. What was even more outrageous to me was the way Magee, the 21st century American woman, being so angry about being mistreated by Winn, the 17th century Native American man. I guess you could call that anachronistic behavior.

It has been a few days since reading the book, so this stream-of-consciousness review may seem a little mis-jointed to you. I apologize, and in closing also mention that there wasn't sufficient delineation in what characters were speaking when exclamatory remarks were made in several places throughout the text. There were several places where I had to go back and re-read several paragraphs in attempt to figure out who was supposedly speaking. And, sadly, there were a few where I never was able to successfully conclude which character was the speaker.

I definitely would not recommend the book to anyone. There are so many good authors out there that I probably won't read other books by this author.

I didn't see any acknowledgments in the E-book edition, and it makes me wonder: did she self-edit? The story is captivating, but the occasional errors are distracting. Examples are "bowel" for "bowl", "she" for "the", and "fir" for "fur." I also felt at times that a bit more description or smoother transitions in setting would have helped because I found myself re-reading pages to see how it happened that the character was in a different place, or when a new character entered the scene.

So the book kept me interested enough to read for hours. Only to have the hero ( Winn ) apparently DEAD about 65% into the book and the heroin (Maggie) married to a kind enough man (Ben) who is still not the HERO and she still has to sleep with him. (a bit of a leap since she was a virgin before being with Winn)

UPDATE: Spoiler DO NOT READ more if you don't want to know.

So it turns out The Hero AKA Winn. IS NOT DEAD. He spends days to weeks in a near death state under the care of his kin. (AT this time NEITHER of WINN's Brothers or ANY of his KIN attempt to find or speak to Maggie OR WINN'S GRANDMOTHER!) Then after that inaction they visit the English village and BELIEVE BEN's Lies when he tells them Maggie willingly married him and is having HIS CHILD! Ben finds out Winn is alive in this moment but keeps up his Lies to Maggie. (The Male Characters are often idiots) Not only do Winn's brothers believe Ben when he say Maggie married him and no longer wants Winn. Neither seems to suspect the baby she carries is Winns. More frustrating is the fact that when Winn wakes up, he INSTANTLY BELIEVES Maggie left him and is carrying Ben's baby. (Winn just seemed pathetic in this moment) THE MEN ARE ALL SO STUPID!!!
MORE Spoilers.

Ben is also a time walker. Marcus's son who Maggie played with as a child. (Winns Gram KNOWS Ben is a Time Walker but NEVER tells Maggie)
Bottom Line this is one of those books I hate the most. BECAUSE its just good enough to keep me reading and interested in Maggie's story/well-being (Not engaged in the overall story) I know after reading the free preview for book 2 that MALE STUPIDITY will continue. BUT I might still buy it just out of the pathetic hope Maggie will take her daughter and leave the idiot men to kill each other. ( cause her kicking anyone ass is never gonna happen)

Maggie is a very unlikeable character. The premise is that a modern day woman is dropped in the early 1600s. She does not want to act appropriately for the situation. Her attitude was just too annoying to get past. Maggie is the epitome of the stereotypical, ill-bred American who flouts other peoples' beliefs and societal norms. I can imagine her being just as rude in a foreign country as she is in 17th-Century America. Did not even want to finish it.

This was an entertaining read but there were some predictable elements throughout. The heroine was also a little too harlequin-eque, on one hand swooning all over the place and on the other "fighting like a wildcat". It's enough to give you whiplash.

So far the Legend of the Bloodstone has not really held my interest. I've only been able to sit down for a chapter at a time to read this book. I typically get distracted so I'm unable to get that draw that most often one finds while reading a love story. I enjoy the history element that is introduced and that it is a time travel series, I'm just not able to get that draw of interest of the characters in this book.

I don't believe I've read enough to give The Legend of the Bloodstone a TRUE rating. I hope to take the time to sit down and continue reading this novel. I love that this is book is a start to a series and I love the idea of time travel and the historical elements that are introduced throughout. Once I've got to read Legend of the Bloodstone more I believe I'll be able to give it a more honest review.

I'm not giving up on this series yet.

Look, I'm half Creek/ Pawnee and let most things like this slide but I just can't in this case. This clueless author obviously doesn't realize that using the word 'savage' is a racial slur. If a modern day woman did go back in time, she would know this.

Now, if the book was written assuming the woman was from 1621, then it would make more sense that she would use that term but a modern day woman?....no! It adds nothing to the story and there are many other descriptive words to use!

The flow of the story is very poor. It's not a believable love story and the h is annoying. Poorly done.

Note to the author: Do better research! Just because there's not many of us around doesn't give you the right to use such a racist word for your h to describe the H.

I wanted to enjoy this book - I love time travel romances and I had never read a book with Native America as the destination. I only made it to page 34.

Cut to the chase: it's 1621 and the Native American (and subsequently his siblings) who discover her speaks English. It is explained that he was taught because the white man is not trustworthy, so one needs to be able to communicate in the white man's language. I get that. However, the Native Americans speak PERFECT English. They pronounce Maggie's name as "Ma-gee" yet they never hesitate when speaking, they pronounce every word correctly and never use bad grammar. I find this amazingly hard to believe. The icing on the cake is that Ma-gee speaks modern-day English and they understand her. Contractions and mild slang does not cause the American Indians to ever ask for clarification or for her to repeat what she said.

Also (since this is at the beginning of the book - again, I only made it to p34 - I don't think this is a spoiler), there is a scene where Winn's (the main character opposite Ma-gee) mare is dying from birthing a new foal. Of course, Ma-gee is there to save the day and thus endear her to the tribe. That's fine and I understand why it was written. However, here are Native Americans who have been living off the land and caring for their animals for centuries, and NO ONE in the tribe knows how to help the mare or her foal? The mare is past help so Ma-gee concentrates on the foal. (I'm not a horse-person, so I apologize if "foal" is the incorrect term. "colt"?) The foal is too far from the mare to suckle so Maggie gets Winn's brother to help. They need to get milk from the mare -- and no one but Maggie knows what to do! Really?? She orders for buckskin water carriers and gets the milk into them. Then, what to do?? How to get the milk from the carrier to the foal?? Winn's brother looks helpless then Maggie takes his knife, creates a small hole, then the foal can drink from the improvised teat. Really? Not one member of the tribe knew how to do this?

Between the perfect English conversations and understanding and the Native American's lack of intelligence, I closed the book and deleted it from my library.

I have read 6 of this authors time travel books. The 4 books of the Time Walkers series are the best of them so far. I also read Ghost Dance and book 1 of the Time Song series. I really appreciated the research and the seeming authenticity of time periods. The stories were really interesting. There is fighting, romance, suspense, etc. What I didn't like is that all of the women traveling back from the 21st century were exactly alike. They were all fiercely independent, head strong, and a bit stupid. They knew the times they were now living in, but stupidly kept doing and saying things to put themselves and others in danger. I felt the author did this to add the needed drama. But it got old and tiresome for me after awhile. Even the men were very similar, instantly protective of the women, and very honorable. I also didn't like the instant undying love connections within hours of the H/H meeting up. Thus the 3 star rating. The history and story lines rate a 5. But the similar characters and instant love took away from the stories.

Very disappointing. I read it on my kindle so I don't know how short it actually was, but the characters never got to the destination that was constantly drummed in as a main plot point. I suppose this is so that you will pay to read the rest of the series. V. annoying. The authors writing style was good enough, but too many uncaught spell-correct errors made some sentences absurd and disturbed the flow of the story. Not worth investing the money to find out what happens and if they ever get to the place where everything is supposed to make sense. I'm tempted to give it one star because it really pissed me off that it ended without resolution. A cheap shot. I might have liked the book if hadn't ended so abruptly.

I probably would have gone with a 3.5 rating on this one had it been available, not so much because of problems with the book, but because I found myself getting kind of frustrated with the main character.

Let me start with the positives and say that I found the book to be very well written, which is actually somewhat of a pleasant surprise with indie fiction. It's especially impressive as I believe this is the first published book by this author. The descriptions of the setting really did transport me back in time. The depictions of violence and sexuality were well done and struck a good balance of being descriptive without being overly explicit. It was an entertaining read and the author did an excellent job of weaving actual historical events into her story.

In terms of negatives, there were a few minor typos and editing issues, but I did not find them too distracting. For me the biggest negative was the behavior of the main character, Maggie. For most of the book she seemed pretty clueless about her circumstances and repeatedly set herself up for what might have been some pretty brutal treatment in that place and time. I get it, she's supposed to be strong-willed and that's probably at least partially what attracts her Powhatan love interest, Winkeohkwet. But in this case strong-willed appeared to me to be borderline suicidal! Even when Winkeohkwet lays it out for her and basically tells her she can mouth off to him in private but she better chill out in public or she's going to be beaten and/or killed, she still doesn't get it! I don't think this is a spoiler since she is the main character, but to me the most incredible thing about this story is not the time travel but that Maggie survives more than a week in the year 1622! While she did pay a price now and then for her behavior, my guess is that it would have been a whole lot worse for a real woman who acted that way in that time.

That being said, Maggie does seem to be learning and since I found most of the other characters to be interesting and compelling, I plan to continue on with the other books in the series.

This was beautiful! Time travel at its best. A moving loving story about two people that fall in love over a period of time. True love that never fails for them. It becomes a little dicey and heart wrenching but never fails. A fabulous HEA.I was so happy to read this book. It was so descriptive and wonderfully written.

Maggie travels back through time to the 1600s (courtesy of a bloodstone) and does not want to, but falls in love with Winn, a grumbly, growly Native American who knows all about bloodstones but does not want to believe that she is his true mate. I fell into each page as I was transported through their world learning new things like Maggie did and finding out that heroes come in all shapes and sizes. The sweeping saga was fun to read and it never seemed to be as long as it was, and that makes it very entertaining indeed!

Winn has a duty to kill her because of her knowledge of the bloodstone (she just had bad luck) but cannot because he loves her and there lies the issue, a large issue. Being a twenty-first century girl thrown into a world of massacres, witch hunts and bigotry on both sides, Maggie handles herself just the way I would have. Even though she remembers from her history books what will happen, handling it is another wrench thrown in to the mix. She and Winn are believable and bring reality and normalcy to this story. Cannot wait for the next in the series!!

-Reviewed by Khriste

I really loved this book. I never heard of a Bloodstone.... and I was surprised she went back in time. If you want adventure, Indians, fighting, loving. You got the right book. Things go on in this book, I couldn't believe.. E.B.Brown, knows how to wright a good book. This book kept me on my toes and I had to read as fast as I could to see what what was going to happen next.... GOOD LUCK, B.B.BROWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't typically read this genre of fiction. I bought this book originally out of support to a once fellow coworker, but as I past through the first chapter I realized I was captivated by the story and could not put the book down! Her writing style produced the vivid visions inside my head to visualize each character specifically in detail to produce a movie-like essence inside my mind. As an advent reader and past English major, my only complaint falls on that of numerous typos that slowed my process and that then only falls onto the proofreader, not the author. I am delightfully impressed and can not wait for the next book! You go girl!

This is the story of a girl taken to another world and trying to fit into and the struggles she indures. Startting out as a slave to the indian warrior and becoming his wife only to be taken away again. This is a very different time travel story and is filled with excitement and what love was in that time. A must read

This story takes place in 1600 America when it was a British colony, told from the Indian viewpoint in general. The problem I had with reading the book was the prevalent use off Indian names and phrases with no help in pronunciation. You end up glossing over these words, thus marring the reading experience. While the story was okay, the cliche halfbreed male falling instantly for the white woman was formulaic and the time travel piece is mostly ignored. If you like Indian romance, then this is for you. If you are looking for more of the fantasy angle, then this will probably not meet your expectations.

I say surprisingly because this book was not expensive and no one I knew had read it. But I took a chance, and found myself tied to the story line and was almost immediately engrossed in the plot. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. It was well done, and is a good read. I like this author

A love story and a historical footnote to the historic settlement of Jamestown. The character of Maggie is a bit over done with her independence and stubbornness and irritating at times, other than that, the story is a good one.
I look forward to the next in the series.

A good idea, insufficient depth. The characters are unintentional stereotypes and mildly annoying for their not very believable behavior. Their actions are often, not to put too fine a point on it, stupid and immature without any reasonable basis for that, and the growth of the main characters from silly to strong too sudden to be believable. in fact, there were several places in this and the next book where the given explanations for events and behavior simply did not make sense and the books were not engaging enough to allow a suspension of disbelief. I gt the two book bundle for free, and am glad I did not pay for them. It wasa bit of a slog to finish, for me. In a book like this I expect more complex, believable characters, not characters more suited to adolescent fiction.

I wasn't sure about a first book from a new author but I decided to take chance based on the excellent sample, and I wasn't disappointed. Miss Brown's story is clear, engaging and easy to read for anyone who loves romances, time travel and the Native American milieu. The protagonist is believable, if a bit more heroic than I'd be in that situation - but then, we want our heroines young, brave to the point of foolhardiness and just a bit naive, don't we? So the H and h both get to do a little growing during the book, but not as much as I'd have like to have seen. Perhaps we'll see that in the next book.

If I had a half star rating system I'd give it four and a half, but I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and give the book five.

Lots of usage errors. Plot was interesting enough to keep me reading, but no more than that. I would have liked to hear more about the historical aspects, but this was just a romance novel. There are sex scenes, but they're not particularly explicit. I finished the book, but I'm not interested enough to read the rest.

I'm not too far into this book and I'm really struggling to continue. You end up in the past, the guy that finds you isn't surprised by this but you don't ask him any questions. Really?? You just keep fighting. Why? Wouldn't some information about what's going on help? I'll update this review if it gets any better but at the moment I think all the positive reviews are friends of the author.

This is the only review I have ever given. I would read anything E.B brown writes about. I can't stop thinking about all the characters and how amazing the story line played out. I have 5 small children and I stayed up to finish the book! Thank you E.B for sharing your work with us.

I enjoy historical fiction. Gabaldon's time travel was so much fun that I was open to other authors. I have no basis to evaluate the native American customs in this novel. We all know the English never kept a treaty with the Indians. The plot is believable. I enjoyed it.

WOW! I couldn't put it down! My real life had to wait while I read!

"Escape reading" at it's best. Creative concept. Compelling characters. Beautifully written.

Hurry up & write, E. B. Brown! I need MORE!!!

Not what I expected. I usually do not enjoy "Indian" themed historical romances. I love historical time travel themed books so I continued to read even after I found out it was Indian themed. This had some interesting twists that I did not expect. Some parts were sad. Some interesting historical facts. I did enjoy reading this free book on my kindle for pc. One of the perks of being an the store Prime member!

This is a really great, fast-paced story, which keeps you guessing about the final outcome right up until the last page. The only thing that kept me from awarding five stars to this book was the proliferation of elementary errors of both grammar and vocabulary. Perhaps I should mellow!

Maggie McMillan is working on her farm one day in 2012, tidying out the barn, when she accidentally travels back in time to 1622. How does that happen? She simultaneously cuts her hand and touches a bloodstone. Whenever these circumstances occur, the "victim" inevitably finds him or her self transported in time to some distant destination.

Maggie lands in front of a grizzly bear who is intent on taking her life. She is saved by a Powhatan warrior, Winkeohkwet, otherwise known as Winn. The tribes are well aware of time walkers, but Winn's uncle has declared that all such time travellers should be killed. Maggie is thus in much danger.

It turns out that she is in equal, or even greater, danger from the immigrant English community.

Maggie remembers something of her history lessons from school regarding the early seventeenth century violence and relationships between the native tribes and the immigrants, but not all. She remembers enough to know of an impending massacre, but not enough to be able to "predict" the exact consequences.

She falls in love with Winn.

Where does it all lead? I can't tell you without spoilers. You'll just have to read the book for yourself.

I just want to give you a few examples of the errors, which take the shine off the story for me.

- Flung through time by someone unknown force
- chuckling at the site of them washing clothes together
- while pushing a bowel of food into the man's hands
- also a smaller house to keep their gathered food and supplied.
- and ran her fingers over his taunt nipples to entice him further.
- and certainly not sufficient enough to risk an attempt with her captives. (Should've been "captors")

I am really looking forward to the next installment: Return of the Pale Feather (expected publication June 2013). It looks like Maggie's life is further complicated by the appearance of more time walkers.

What I would really like to find out, but doubt if I shall, is (view spoiler).

I recommend this book to anyone who likes time travel stories, or native American history, or erotica. If you like all three, then you are already onto a big bonus!

I have always loved time travel stories and the intrigue that they bring. This one is authentic, both in the method of travel and in the natural dilemmas that shifting through time would throw up. Although I am far from being an expert, relying mainly on Hollywood for my sources (!), the native American history appears to have been well researched and seems realistic. I am fairly new to erotica, but the smattering of close encounters, especially between Winn and Maggie, are very sexy indeed.

So, I would urge you to read and enjoy The Legend of the Bloodstone and I hope that I don't have too long to wait for Return of the Pale Feather.