The Rose Garden - Susanna Kearsley

I enjoyed Kearsley's 'The Winter Sea' and the sequel 'The Firebird' but ended up taking a break from 'The Rose Garden' 70% in. As lovely as Kearsley's writing is, the pace was dragging some for me.

 

The 1715 Jacobite rebellion again figures into the story, but the setting is Cornwall rather than Scotland (and Russia) here, and the time traveling heroine, Eva, falls for Daniel who is also involved in smuggling. Eva is grieving after the death of her sister and returns to Cornwall where they stayed with family while growing up. Aside from the complications spontaneous time travel presents, nothing much has happened to Eva so far. I'm also finding Daniel's close friend, Fergal, the more interesting character of the two. Hmm...