[2] Annie Lockwood, a 15-year-old romanticist, who travels back in time to 1895, an age of classy parties and privileged women wearing gowns.

This novel introduces readers with the situation that arises when two vastly different centuries collide and highlights the changing roles of women.

[5] There she stumbles into Hiram Stratton Junior, commonly referred to as Strat, who is shocked by Annie's appearance as she is wearing a dress with no stockings on and so her legs are bare.

[7] Annie Lockwood is infatuated by this century she has fallen back on, but all is not well when the murder of Mathew, a servant at the mansion, is discovered.

[7] This plan is unconsciously assisted by Annie Lockwood who distracts Strat from Harriet's affections resulting in her agreeing to marry the odious Clarence.

and "Toward the end of the book she (Annie) begins to look beyond herself, making a second trip to the past to prevent a miscarriage of justice, but for readers, it's too little, too late.

"[12] and Publishers Weekly found "this tale of time travel and romance lacks the momentum of the author's best work"[13]