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Informationen zum Autor Judith O'Brien is a romance author. She previously worked as an editor at several publications, such as Self , when she discovered her love for romance and writing. She is now the author of numerous titles, including Timeless Love , Maiden Voyage , The Forever Bride , and Once Upon a Rose . She also contributed to A Gift of Love , alongside Judith McNaught and Jude Deveraux. Klappentext The Magic Charm It was a lovely silver necklace with a strange antique charm -- an early sixteenth birthday present from her parents. But now Samantha clutched the charm, desperate to disappear when her father discovered she'd wrecked his BMW.... Suddenly she was standing in the bedchamber of Edward VI, the young king of England in 1553.... He was her own age -- and cute. Why hadn't she studied her history? Sam only knew that Edward had died at about sixteen -- and she was determined to save him. He seemed to expect her. He called her "my sweet angel." She should have recognized the danger when the scheming Duke of Northumberland tried to come between them. But Edward protected her -- especially as the ailing young king grew healthy, and rumors of marriage began. She thought she was safe -- until a handsome young stranger stole her heart and swept her into the middle of deadly sixteenth-century court intrigue.... Could she ever go home again? Chapter 1 Samantha McKenna knew the moment she looked at her best friend's face that something had gone wrong. Terribly wrong. "Lori," Samantha began, reaching up to touch her own hair. It felt like straw. "Please, give me the mirror." Lori's eyes remained wide and fixed as she hid the hand mirror behind her back. "But it said to leave the highlighter on for forty-five minutes, didn't it?" Panic began to rise in Samantha's throat. "I don't know. You told me that's how long you left it on, and your hair looks great. The mirror, Lori. I need to know." "Maybe we shouldn't have done it right after the perm. Maybe that's the problem. It just seemed logical, to perm and highlight together. A real step saver. Didn't it seem logical to you?" The front door slammed downstairs. "Anyone home?" It was Jason, Sam's ten-year-old brother. "We're upstairs in my room," Sam shouted. "Please, Lori." The unmistakable clumping thud of Jason's roller blades on the steps seemed to rattle the entire house. Then came the sliding hum of the skates on the carpet after he reached the landing. "Hey, Sam, is there anything to eat. I'm..." Jason stopped midsentence as he glided past her door. Then he pulled up short, gripped the doorknob, and pulled himself back. "Don't you dare say anything," Lori warned. He didn't have to. The expression on his face said it all. It was the same expression as Lori's, one of shocked disbelief. The dirty bandage cupped on his chin, dangling on one end, exaggerated his open mouth. "What happened?" He did not laugh, did not make a joke. That's when Samantha realized it was even worse than she had feared. "We gave her a home perm and a few highlights." Lori was unable to pull her gaze from Sam's frizzled head. "We were going for that rumpled look that's in all the magazines. You know, casual curls. Like that girl in the TV show about troubled teens." Jason's traitorous eyes crinkled, and then he grinned, exposing the multicolored rubber bands on the braces on his teeth. "Troubled teens? Sam, with hair like yours..." "That's enough." Samantha mustered all the dignity she could and walked to her dresser mirror. "Oh," she whispered. "I'll bet if we put on a ton of conditioner, it'll be fine," Lori offered in a tone that indicated she didn't believe a word of it. Samantha simply stared at the bleached nightmare in the reflection. Less than two hours earlier she had been a sleek-haired brun...
