Sundial
- 4.5 out of 5
- 126 ratings
- 387 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This time-travel western romance follows a modern woman thrown into Texas and New Orleans history, where she builds a life, paints, and navigates a strong pull toward a man she may have to leave behind when she returns to her own era. The tone blends historical adventure, voodoo-flavored mystery, kidnappers, and bayou action with a central love story; reviewers describe it as accessible and not filled with graphic sex or relentless gore, though mature teens and parents should expect regular swearing and periodic physical danger. Parents may want to know that characters argue with harsh language including sexual slurs and insults, and that the heroine faces men who threaten, strike, and restrain her while male leads and allies respond with fistfights and weapons. A period-appropriate racial term appears once in dialogue. Romantic tension is present but described without explicit bedroom scenes; brief mention of artistic nudity and non-graphic injury imagery round out the content profile.
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Crude Mild
6Occasional crude insults and slang appear in tense or comic moments among allies and enemies. Most suction-related wording describes mud, wind, thumb-sucking after a bite, or an infant feeding, not vulgar intent.
Amazon reviews mentioning crude
Specific words
- stupid: 3
- suck: 2
- idiot: 1
Profanity Moderate
97Swearing is spread across the story and picks up in arguments, battle-adjacent scenes, and high-stress moments. Insults include harsh name-calling toward villains and during fistfights; one firearm-related match is not profanity.
Amazon reviews mentioning profanity
Specific words
- damn: 49
- hell: 33
- bastard: 11
- bitch: 3
- goddamn: 1
Racism Mild
1A single exchange uses dated racial terminology tied to questioning a woman’s credentials, reflecting the historical setting rather than a sustained racist storyline.
Amazon reviews mentioning racism
Specific words
- negro: 1
Sex Mild
3Reader feedback describes a romantic time-travel western without explicit or graphic sexual scenes on the page. Demeaning sexual insults appear in hostile dialogue, and a nude figure is mentioned only as tasteful artwork in a room description. Matches about tilting a head, readying a gun, or searching a table are not sexual content.
Specific words
- whore: 2
- nude: 1
Violence Moderate
53Action includes historical battle context, shootings, knife fights, choking, slapping, and injuries with bleeding described at a moderate level rather than prolonged gore. Reviewers note plenty of bayou action and kidnapping-related danger but not gratuitous violence; some blood-related wording refers to family ties, insects, paint, or modern medical requirements.
Amazon reviews mentioning violence
Specific words
- blood: 34
- kick: 14
- bleed: 2
- punch: 1
- smash: 1
- stab: 1
About this book
As Sarah Miles drives down Eighteenth Street a stranger materializes in front of her car. She throws on her brakes, braces for impact and...drives straight through him. For a brief moment, his voice echoes in her head, "Saura." Then he's gone. Later that day, she discovers the SUNDIAL and her incredible journey through time begins. Read more