"Can she change the future by going back in time?"

Police detective Katlin McKinnen is rapidly burning out. After a rapist from a rich and powerful family is acquitted of the crime, she doesn't have the stomach for the job. When her supervisor refuses her resignation, she takes a vacation camping at a friend's place in the wilderness of Kansas. After a strange meditation session, Katlin finds herself and her dog, Black Bart, transported back in time 131 years to the Wild West. Her "spirit guide," her former Sensei, tells her she is to right a wrong in this era that is perpetuated all the way into her time.

Texas Ranger Mitchell Cameron has returned to Abilene, Kansas to find out who is behind his father's murder. He didn't expect to be ambushed on his way into town. And he definitely didn't anticipate the fiery redhead who came to his rescue. When she spins a tale of being from the future and provides physical proof, Mitch almost doubts his sanity. But there's no denying the physical evidence backing up her story. Why does Katlin seem so familiar to Mitch? He feels as if he's loved her before, even though he knows they've never met.

Katlin is amazed by the feelings Mitch draws out of her. She's always been able to maintain her aloofness with men, never feeling the "rightness" that she does with Mitch. But she has a job to do and she intends to do it. With luck, she'll soon learn the reason for her presence in the past. Even so, questions remain. Will she suddenly be transported back to the future when her work is done? What will happen to Mitch? Will Katlin be leaving her heart behind with him?

Reincarnation and destiny play a large role in this story. Although the time-travel aspects are a little shaky, THE BOND UNBROKEN is a gripping read. Mitch and Katlin know that they are meant for each other and it shows. Domestic violence is a central theme in both the future and the past. Readers who balk at descriptions of violence towards women should be aware that there are a few such scenes. However, the perpetrator does pay in the end. Ms. Grayson has penned an interesting debut novel that's sure to appeal to fans of time travel romances and kick-butt (literally!) heroines.

Sensuality: Rated spicy by the publisher. Explicit sex, attempted rape (not by the hero); sexually explicit scenes: 6.

Reviewed by Denise Powers
Courtesy Sensual Romance Reviews
Posted December 7, 2003

Summary

It was a travesty on what passed for a justice system and Detective Sargent Katlin McKinnen finally had enough. Despite the airtight case she had built for the prosecution, a sadistic rapist would walk from the courtroom a free man. Little did she suspect she was about to face the most extraordinary undercover assignment of her career. With only her German Shepherd Dog, Black Bart, and a quirky Guardian Angel/Spirit Guide for backup, she would travel 131 years back in time to find justice for a crime committed in the year 2002. In doing so, she rediscovers a love which has remained a bond unbroken throughout time.