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The Sunstone Brooch by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis book contains violence, sexually explicit scenes, and adult language and may be considered offensive to some readers.From the Badlands to the Bluegrass, this perilous, potentially deadly adventure changes the lives of everyone involved and puts at risk the survival of the Clan and all the Celtic brooches... -
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Again My Love by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsProtected. Hidden. Resilient. Three lives entwined. A friend lost in the past, a frightened child in the present, a future that is one gigantic freaking dumpster fire of a calamity.And Kaitlyn and Magnus must keep hope alive when yet again the future demands their attention and possibly their lives. “You’re going to keep me safe, Magnus?” “Aye, every day of m’life, Kaitlyn...Categorized as:
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Our Shared Horizon by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHis past holds family he must protect. Her present is full of promise and hope and love. But their future is ready to be seized. Three strands of time, Magnus has one priority — keep it all from unraveling. Magnus said, “There are always the same stars, mo reul-iuil.”“Always.”Then I added, “And way over there, past the horizon, beyond what you can see, is a castle...Categorized as:
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![Comes The Dawn by Irina Shapiro]()
Comes The Dawn by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Hugo is imprisoned on a charge of treason and Neve is accused of witchcraft by a spiteful rival the Everlys must put their scruples aside in order to save their family and make a bid for freedom. However, their decision will alter not only their own future, but change the lives of everyone they hold dear... -
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Double Cross by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreg Rich has traveled through time, become one of the legendary Musketeers, and—most recently— prevented the Spanish army from attacking Paris. He should feel invincible. Instead, he and his friends languish in prison, having stumbled into a trap set by Milady and the Prince of Condé.But Greg didn't come to the seventeenth century to sit in a jail cell and await execution...Categorized as:
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Nothing but Dust by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn need to mount a rescue. A kingdom might be lost. Vessels need to be secured. Friends need to be saved and there is an uncle that needs to be reckoned with. Through it all, Magnus and Kaitlyn need to keep their family together.“He is asking for a fight and we must bring it.”“Yes.” I straighted and tried to look braver than I felt. "At least we have our family around us...Categorized as:
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![Under the Same Sky by Diana Knightley]()
Under the Same Sky by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn are in two different places, two different times. But she remembers their last conversation — “Where do you know I love you?” “On the air around me, mo reul-iuil. On every breeze is your sigh, under every sky. Tis always the same stars, ye ken. As long as ye are under them then I can hear ye, I love ye, ye say. I can always hear it.” “Good...Categorized as:
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![Yesterday's Dreams by Jane O'Brien]()
Yesterday's Dreams by Jane O'Brien
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYesterday's Dreams, Book Four in O'Brien's series called A Slip in Time, continues with our favorite characters, Francine, Luke, Dora, and Wade. The two sisters each love a Grainger brother, but one love has been fulfilled, while the other love is torn apart by two different centuries. Fran and Luke begin to make a wonderful life for themselves while living in her family's cottage... -
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Currency by Neal Stephenson
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis is the middle third of the volume originally published as The System of the World... -
![The Christmas Eve Promise - A Time Travel Romance: (Book 4) The Christmas Eve Series by Elyse Douglas]()
The Christmas Eve Promise - A Time Travel Romance: (Book 4) The Christmas Eve Series by Elyse Douglas
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEve and baby Colleen are traveling to Ohio for the Christmas holidays to spend time with Eve’s parents. After a few days in Ohio, they all plan to fly to Florida in Eve’s father’s private airplane; Patrick will meet them there after he completes exams for his forensic psychology degree... -
![The Punishers: A Ripple In Time Book 3 by Victor Zugg]()
The Punishers: A Ripple In Time Book 3 by Victor Zugg
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe saga continues in this final chapter of survival.Nearly three years have passed since Stephen Mason, former Federal Air Marshall, along with a plane load of passengers, was inexplicably hurled back through time. It's now 1723, Charles town, South Carolina Colony...Categorized as:
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![Traitor's Chase by Stuart Gibbs]()
Traitor's Chase by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreg Rich is beginning to get the hang of things in 1615 Paris. Having assumed the identity of a young D'Artagnan, Greg united the legendary three Musketeers and succeeded in freeing his parents from a dank prison cell. But he hasn't figured out how to get home. Or how to defeat the dangerous Michel Dinicoeur...Categorized as:
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Magnus and a Love Beyond Words by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove conquers all, but can it conquer a storm of this magnitude? "I need ye tae run, Kaitlyn. When I say go, ye run, and daena look back." — Magnus 2019There is a battle against time for the origin story of the vessels. It encompasses past, present, and future. And Magnus and Kaitlyn have loved ones to protect in every time.__________________"I can't leave you. I can't.”"When I say.. -
![Entangled With You by Diana Knightley]()
Entangled With You by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn are trying to heal. To live. To love.But they're entangled in futures and pasts that threaten to pull them apart."You get scared?""Aye, sometimes. Mostly for ye. I am scared I winna be able tae keep ye safe."There are vessels that must be secured. A castle with walls that have been breached. A baby about to be born and a future that demands to be reckoned with...Categorized as:
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![Saving Dr. Warren by Jeffery McKenna]()
Saving Dr. Warren by Jeffery McKenna
Rated: 4.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPatriotism Prevailed in... ✯ The American Revolution ✯ WWII ✯ 9-11 What About Today?How do we share Patriotism with America's Future?The novel Saving Dr. Warren...A True Patriot answers that question through the eyes of a 14 year old boy.Steve O'Dell loves to write and does it well...Categorized as:
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![Love Beyond Boundaries (A Scottish Time Travel Romance): Book 12 by Bethany Claire]()
Love Beyond Boundaries (A Scottish Time Travel Romance): Book 12 by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes the love we need the most is that which we give to ourselves. With a thriving physical therapy practice, it’s easy for Allanah to lose herself in her work. But when the sudden death of her best friend sends her reeling, she is forced to rethink her priorities...Categorized as:
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Caitlin's Song by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove, courage, and commitment take center stage as the Carsons, a family of time travelers, continue their saga in the great American West. For the Carson children, ages 19 to 29, an unplanned stop in 1962 is a chance to grow. Adam, Greg, and Natalie begin lives with new spouses in Boulder, Colorado, while twins Cody and Caitlin get their first taste of college... -
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BOOK REVIEW: Written In My Own Heart's Blood by J.T. Salrich
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWritten In My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon is finally here! After waiting for 5 years, fans of Diana Gabaldon's "Outlander series" can finally return to the characters they know and love. Written In My Own Heart's Blood picks up where "An Echo In The Bone" left off and gets right into the action... -
![The Rewind Files by Claire Willett]()
The Rewind Files by Claire Willett
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a bookish junior agent at the U.S. Time Travel Bureau stumbles across a massive conspiracy with roots in 1972’s Watergate, she is forced into her first- ever field assignment - to expose the conspirators and avert World War III.----------------------------------Washington, D.C. 2112United States Time Travel BureauRegina Bellows, junior agent at the U.S...Categorized as:
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![Time Stranger: Time Travel Romance by Elyse Douglas]()
Time Stranger: Time Travel Romance by Elyse Douglas
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a Bomb Strikes Single Mom Anne Billings and her young son in 1944 London, Anne is blown through time over half a century into the future. With the help of handsome Dr. Jon Miles, Anne desperately attempts to piece together her identity and return home...Categorized as:
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![Shattered Moments by Irina Shapiro]()
Shattered Moments by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA year has passed since the Sheridans fled the plague in England, but a new crisis tears Valerie and Louisa apart once again, with dire consequences. As the stranded Whitfields desperately try to return home to the seventeenth century, the Sheridans face a threat of a different nature... -
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Yellowstone Awakening by Peggy L. Henderson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 7 in the Yellowstone Romance SeriesA man willing to risk everything, including his life and all he's worked for, to free the woman he loves from an impossible situation. Kyle Russell has worked with prominent men, led scouting expeditions through the Yellowstone country, and irritated more than a few Indian braves, but he will never duplicate his father's legendary accomplishments...Categorized as:
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![The Autumn Posy by Michelle Vernal]()
The Autumn Posy by Michelle Vernal
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe went looking for answers. She discovered a completely different era. In 1963 three-year-old Sabrina is a foundling left on the streets of Liverpool. She’s taken in and raised by Evelyn Flooks the feisty proprietor of Brides of Bold Street. Now a young woman, Sabrina has followed in her Aunt Evie’s footsteps and creates dream wedding dresses for the brides-to-be who cross their threshold... -
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Wonderland by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsForced to return to London to try to save Max from the gallows, Hugo and Neve are well aware of the danger of their situation and try to anticipate every eventuality. But, betrayal comes from an unexpected quarter, putting Neve and Hugo in mortal danger, and forcing them to reevaluate whom they can trust... -
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![A World Apart by Irina Shapiro]()
A World Apart by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsReunited with her sister at last, Louisa settles in colonial Virginia, but an unexpected visitor throws life into turmoil once again by offering Valerie and Louisa an opportunity to return to the future.Before the sisters have a chance to make a decision, the unthinkable happens; ripping the family apart, and scattering them over continents and time itself... -
![A Game of Shadows by Irina Shapiro]()
A Game of Shadows by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt’s 1624, and the Whitfields finally arrive in England, eager to spend time with Louisa and Kit, but their visit is not the happy reunion they’d hoped for.In the meantime in 1777, Abbie and Finn go behind enemy lines to spy for the Revolution, putting themselves in grave danger. The slightest mistake can mean the difference between life and death, and tear them apart forever... -
![A Once and Future Love: a time travel romance by Anne Kelleher]()
A Once and Future Love: a time travel romance by Anne Kelleher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEngland, 2014. When Richard Lambert’s beloved wife dies, he thinks he will never find love again. Until, while exploring a medieval tower, he falls from the steps—and into another time… England, 1214. When Richard wakes, he’s in the body of his ancestor, who is near death from battle. As his wife nurses him back to health, she finds he is not the cruel man she knew... -
![Warrior of My Own by Diana Knightley]()
Warrior of My Own by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy husband pushed back his chair and dropped to his knees in front of me. His head bowed — he spoke in a stream like a prayer. “I die when I am in the past, how dost ye know when tae declare me dead? You could decide it, call me dead, and I canna blame ye for it. Because I am. But I daena want tae be, I want tae live — with ye.” — Magnus 1702 There are things left undone...Categorized as:
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![The Baroque Cycle: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World by Neal Stephenson]()
The Baroque Cycle: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World by Neal Stephenson
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGet all three novels in Neal Stephenson's New York Times bestselling "Baroque Cycle" in one e-book, including: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World. This three-volume historical epic delivers intrigue, adventure, and excitement set against the political upheaval of the early 18th century... -
![Revolution in Time by Monique Martin]()
Revolution in Time by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sudden change in Council leadership puts not only the Crosses but the timeline itself at risk. The new Council no longer wants to protect time, they want to reshape it -- starting with the birth of America during the Revolutionary War. However, that isn't the only birth they plan on stopping. For their ultimate plan to work, Charlotte Cross must never be born... -
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Whither Thou Goest Lib/E by Anna Belfrage, Greg Patmore
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn their rural home in the Colony of Maryland, Matthew and Alex Graham are still recovering from the awful events of the previous years when Luke Graham, Matthew's estranged brother, asks them for a favor.Alex has no problems whatsoever ignoring Luke's sad plea for help. In her opinion Matthew's brother is an evil excuse of a man who deserves whatever nasty stuff fate throws at him... -
![Serpents in the Garden by Anna Belfrage]()
Serpents in the Garden by Anna Belfrage
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter years of hard work, Matthew and Alex Graham have created a thriving home in the Colony of Maryland. About time, in Alex’s opinion, after far too many adventures she is really looking forward to some well-deserved peace and quiet. A futile hope, as it turns out... -
![Booth by Jason Pellegrini]()
Booth by Jason Pellegrini
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt dawn, on the day of his execution, Joseph Bateman finds himself reflecting on his life, one filled with poor decisions and evil people. Even his lifelong best friend played a pivotal role in earning Joseph his seat on death row...Categorized as:
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Summon the Queen by Jodi McIsaac
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt may be impossible to alter the past, but Irish revolutionary Nora O’Reilly is determined to try. Armed with a relic given to her by the goddess Brigid and joined by immortal Irish warrior Fionn mac Cumhaill, Nora is hurled back through time to the sixteenth century... -
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![Love Beyond Words by Bethany Claire]()
Love Beyond Words by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe newest book in the Morna’s Legacy Series continues with Raudrich’s story. Fans will remember him as the handsome and mysterious laird who was introduced in Love Beyond Belief. Don’t miss this next epic love story. Preorder your copy today. Read all the books in Morna’s Legacy Series... -
![Courtney: Friendship Superhero by Kellen Hertz]()
Courtney: Friendship Superhero by Kellen Hertz
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsCourtney’s suited up for an epic adventure—just like Crystal Starshooter, the video game hero she invented. Crystal is brave and bold and doesn’t back down. Courtney tries to be the same in real life. When Courtney meets Isaac Wells at the arcade, they form an epic friendship...Categorized as:
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![Sins of Omission by Irina Shapiro]()
Sins of Omission by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Hugo and Neve settle in Paris, they assume that they will enjoy a few peaceful years away from the turmoil of British politics, but they are not nearly as safe as they believe themselves to be, especially since everyone has something to hide... -
![Time and Space Between Us by Diana Knightley]()
Time and Space Between Us by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan they trust each other enough to survive the dangers that confront them? “Tis a truth I must warn ye of. I love ye, and tis brutal that ye are alive three hundred years away.” — Magnus 1702 Magnus and Kaitlyn try to begin their life together but there are dangerous forces that must be reckoned with. A time-journeying vessel that they can't seem to control...Categorized as:
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![Jacks Are Wild by Monique Martin]()
Jacks Are Wild by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the world of the popular Out of Time series comes the first book in the time travel adventure series, Saving Time, starring Jack Wells!Former OSS officer Jack Wells’s first solo assignment for the Council for Temporal Studies sounds deceptively simple—stop a murder before it happens...Categorized as:
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Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover the true meaning of being brave in this tender and whimsical picture book from Daniel Bernstrom (One Day in the Eucalytus, Eucalyptus Tree) and Shane Evans (Chocolate Me!) that follows a grandfather and grandson who travel through time in a beloved 1952 Ford.A little boy who lives with his grandpa isn’t reprimanded for being afraid to go to school one day...Categorized as:
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Horatio by T.J. Klune
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn October 15, 1979, two men take to the road, leaving their town behind, waiting for the peanut farmer president to come onto the radio to make an important announcement about the future of all mankind. In the hours leading up to the broadcast, Jamie and Harry will look back on their relationship, and what it means to live in defiance like there's no tomorrow... -
![The Whirlpools of Time by Anna Belfrage]()
The Whirlpools of Time by Anna Belfrage
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe hoped for a wife. He found a companion through time and beyond.It is 1715 and for Duncan Melville something fundamental is missing from his life. Despite a flourishing legal practice and several close friends, he is lonely, even more so after the recent death of his father. He needs a wife—a companion through life, someone to hold and be held by... -
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Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fearless portrait of a society on the brink as a mother faces a terrible choice, from an internationally award-winning authorOn a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland’s newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.Ireland is falling apart...Categorized as:
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Alphas and Airships by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith Lionheart as the new alpha, the streets of London are quiet. But above the realm, mischief is brewing. While airship pirates are a common plague upon the kingdom, the Airship Fenrir proves particularly troublesome--especially on a full moon.Clemeny must take to the skies before these shape-shifting Vikings kick off a new Ragnarok... -
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![Cry of the Curlew by Peter Watt]()
Cry of the Curlew by Peter Watt
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSquatter Donald Macintosh little realises what chain of events he is setting in motion when he orders the violent dispersal of the Nerambura tribe on his property, Glen View. Unwitting witnesses to the barbaric exercise are bullock teamsters Patrick Duffy and his son Tom...Categorized as:
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![A Leap of Faith by Irina Shapiro]()
A Leap of Faith by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlone and bereft, Louisa makes the fateful decision to follow her sister into the seventeenth century. But, the best laid plans often go awry, and she finds herself on the wrong continent, and in the wrong year... -
![Engine Empire: Poems by Cathy Park Hong]()
Engine Empire: Poems by Cathy Park Hong
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEngine Empire is a trilogy of lyric and narrative poems that evoke an array of genres and voices, from Western ballads to sonnets about industrialized China to fragmented lyric poems set in the future. Through three distinct yet interconnected sequences, Cathy Park Hong explores the collective consciousness of fictionalized boomtowns in order to explore the myth of prosperity... -
![Untitled Outlander Prequel by Diana Gabaldon]()
Untitled Outlander Prequel by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDiana Gabaldon has stated on her website that she is planning a prequel to Outlander... -
![If I Never Get Back by Darryl Brock]()
If I Never Get Back by Darryl Brock
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTime travel meets baseball in this "grand adventure" about a modern-day reporter who witnesses the birth of America's favorite pastime (The Washington Times)Contemporary reporter Sam Fowler is stuck in a dull job and a failing marriage when he is suddenly transported back to the summer of 1869...Categorized as:
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![Solomon's Gold by Neal Stephenson]()
Solomon's Gold by Neal Stephenson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn the year 1714, the world is a most confused and unsteady place - especially London, center of finance, innovation, and conspiracy - when Daniel Waterhouse makes his less-than-triumphant return to England's shores...Categorized as:
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