Maybe This Time- a Magical Read by Susan James AKA @susanjberger
Maybe This Time
by
Susan James
[image error] Maybe This Time
TIME TRAVEL? Worst birthday present ever!
London stage star Jennifer Knight, is perfectly happy until a freak accident sends her tumbling back in time from London in 2001 to 1988, landing her at the feet of her ex.
Computer guru Lancelot Davies used to feel as exciting as an algorithm when interacting with his beautiful mercurial Jen. But now her future-self is here in front of him and he wants another chance.
When Lance follows Jennifer back to the future, time tangles, and lands them both on the world's missing-and-presumed dead list.
Now the only hope of righting the universe is to change the past. Maybe this time - just maybe – Lance and Jen will get it right.
Buy link Maybe This Time https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073DJ2RK4
Excerpt
Jen looked into the face of the man she’d adored since she was nine, and actively avoided for the last twenty years. Lance looked almost the same as the day they’d parted. A few more lines framed his hazel eyes, now sea-dark with concern. His brown hair showed no trace of gray. It was still too long, with the same stupid lock falling over his forehead. She automatically reached to brush it back. Stopped herself. Her throat was so dry. Where was a cough drop when you needed one? “You’ve aged well.” Jen’s knees buckled.
Lance kicked out a chair and sat, pulling her into his lap. “It’s okay. Whatever it is, we can fix it.”
His warm, strong hands sent shock waves shivering through her body. She shook her head mutely.
Lance’s voice sharpened. “Is it Jeremy? Kathryn? Has something happened to them?”
“Uncle Lance!” Kathryn stopped in the living room archway, eyes child-solemn. “Why are you hugging Aunty Jen?”
Jen slipped out of Lance’s arms and landed on the floor. Could this get any worse?
“Aunty Jen says you are a stupid head with a big brain and no feelings.”
Jen rose with all the dignity she could muster. “You shouldn’t repeat things grownups say, Kitty-Kat. It’s not polite.” She reached for the packet Mrs. Flannery left behind, willing her hands not to tremble. “Here are the papers, you came for. Nice to see you. Goodbye.”
Lance glanced from Kathryn to Jen. “Where’s Jeremy? I know he and Kitty-Kat went to Sussex. Why is she back without him, and what are you doing here?”
“We couldn’t get home, Uncle Lance. So we came here.” Kathryn scuffed her foot, now shod in a plastic Jelly shoe, against the wood floor. “I thought Jen would like the machine, but I don’t like being young again. My brain is too small. I want to go home.”
Lance’s hand tightened on the papers he held. “Kathryn,” he said carefully. “How old are you?”
“I’m nineteen and I want to go home.”
Lance catapulted out of the chair. “It worked. By all that’s good and beautiful, it worked. I didn’t think he could do it.”
“You knew? You knew what he was working on?”
Lance’s grin changed to the expressionless mask she used to hate so much. “Of course, I knew. I divorced you. Not your brother. I was helping him with the theory. He probably would have told you about it, had you been interested in anyone but yourself and your career.”
Jen resisted the urge to punch him. One of them reverting to childhood was enough. Too bad. Her boxing trainer said she had a fantastic right hook. She kept her tone smooth and even. “I don’t know when we are, but I turned forty-nine yesterday, Lancelot, and you don’t know half as much about me as you think you do. I am very interested in my niece, and she’s standing there listening to every word we say.”
Lance turned to Kathryn. “I’m sorry, sweetheart. Your aunty and I won’t fight anymore.” He crooked his little finger at Jen the way they used to do when they were children. “Pax?”
Resisting the temptation to break it, Jen hooked her little finger in his. “Pax,”
Kathryn curved her little finger around theirs. “Pax. Now can we get ice cream?”
Reviews:
InD’tale Audiobook Review. http://www.indtale.com/reviews/audiobooks/maybe-time-second-chance-romanceSusan B. James deftly weaves a tale of romance, time travel and history. What makes this story stand out is that James does not take us back to 1988 for a do over. Jen and Lance they are both in their fifties when they journey forward to 2005 to repair time. The combination of a love that has never died and a historical back drop from the not too distant past will capture listeners' attention and make them hope that maybe this time, Lance and Jen will get it right.
Narrated by Stephanie Bentley, the audio is a high quality, professional production. The contrast of British accents for the main character with an American accent for the narrator is surprising, but did not detract from the story. Overall, Bentley does a marvelous job of bringing the characters to life with distinct voices and taking us on a journey through time.
5.0 out of 5 stars Romance, time travel, women of substance...
By pmlon Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
Maybe This Time
Two things about this book that are delicious: the idea of having a second chance with the love of your life AND the fact that the main character gets that chance in middle age.
If you like romance stories but wish they weren’t all about young adults or 30-somethings, this is the book for you. Ms. James does an excellent job of presenting the scrumptious possibility that maybe, just maybe we don’t have to live with the mistakes we made the first time around.
Read it for the time travel, the spot-on era descriptions that take you back to a simpler age, and most of all for the romance.
A page-turner for all those—and more reasons. [image error] Author Bio:
Susan writes second chance romances with a touch of magic as Susan B. James and children’s books as Susan J. Berger. She writes older heroines because she is chronologically gifted and enjoys creating characters who remember that change is only on the outside. Inside our older shells is a much younger psyche.
In her debut romance, Time and Forever , two women in their sixties inadvertently travel back to London in 1969. Maybe This Time is the companion book.
Susan’s other career is acting. In 2016, among other things, she killed Kathy Bates on American Horror Story- Roanoke. In 2017, among other things, she got stabbed by a pen on Future Man and played the victim on Major Crimes. Karma? Her 2018 began with a role on Lucifer. More to come.
Social Media:
Blog: www.susanbjames.blogspot.com
Twitter: @susanjberger
Facebook Author page https://www.facebook.com/SusanJames/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bergersusanjames/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7791397.Susan_B_James
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3027649.Susan_J_Berger
Acting: www.SusanBergerActor.com
by
Susan James
[image error] Maybe This Time
TIME TRAVEL? Worst birthday present ever!
London stage star Jennifer Knight, is perfectly happy until a freak accident sends her tumbling back in time from London in 2001 to 1988, landing her at the feet of her ex.
Computer guru Lancelot Davies used to feel as exciting as an algorithm when interacting with his beautiful mercurial Jen. But now her future-self is here in front of him and he wants another chance.
When Lance follows Jennifer back to the future, time tangles, and lands them both on the world's missing-and-presumed dead list.
Now the only hope of righting the universe is to change the past. Maybe this time - just maybe – Lance and Jen will get it right.
Buy link Maybe This Time https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073DJ2RK4
Excerpt
Jen looked into the face of the man she’d adored since she was nine, and actively avoided for the last twenty years. Lance looked almost the same as the day they’d parted. A few more lines framed his hazel eyes, now sea-dark with concern. His brown hair showed no trace of gray. It was still too long, with the same stupid lock falling over his forehead. She automatically reached to brush it back. Stopped herself. Her throat was so dry. Where was a cough drop when you needed one? “You’ve aged well.” Jen’s knees buckled.
Lance kicked out a chair and sat, pulling her into his lap. “It’s okay. Whatever it is, we can fix it.”
His warm, strong hands sent shock waves shivering through her body. She shook her head mutely.
Lance’s voice sharpened. “Is it Jeremy? Kathryn? Has something happened to them?”
“Uncle Lance!” Kathryn stopped in the living room archway, eyes child-solemn. “Why are you hugging Aunty Jen?”
Jen slipped out of Lance’s arms and landed on the floor. Could this get any worse?
“Aunty Jen says you are a stupid head with a big brain and no feelings.”
Jen rose with all the dignity she could muster. “You shouldn’t repeat things grownups say, Kitty-Kat. It’s not polite.” She reached for the packet Mrs. Flannery left behind, willing her hands not to tremble. “Here are the papers, you came for. Nice to see you. Goodbye.”
Lance glanced from Kathryn to Jen. “Where’s Jeremy? I know he and Kitty-Kat went to Sussex. Why is she back without him, and what are you doing here?”
“We couldn’t get home, Uncle Lance. So we came here.” Kathryn scuffed her foot, now shod in a plastic Jelly shoe, against the wood floor. “I thought Jen would like the machine, but I don’t like being young again. My brain is too small. I want to go home.”
Lance’s hand tightened on the papers he held. “Kathryn,” he said carefully. “How old are you?”
“I’m nineteen and I want to go home.”
Lance catapulted out of the chair. “It worked. By all that’s good and beautiful, it worked. I didn’t think he could do it.”
“You knew? You knew what he was working on?”
Lance’s grin changed to the expressionless mask she used to hate so much. “Of course, I knew. I divorced you. Not your brother. I was helping him with the theory. He probably would have told you about it, had you been interested in anyone but yourself and your career.”
Jen resisted the urge to punch him. One of them reverting to childhood was enough. Too bad. Her boxing trainer said she had a fantastic right hook. She kept her tone smooth and even. “I don’t know when we are, but I turned forty-nine yesterday, Lancelot, and you don’t know half as much about me as you think you do. I am very interested in my niece, and she’s standing there listening to every word we say.”
Lance turned to Kathryn. “I’m sorry, sweetheart. Your aunty and I won’t fight anymore.” He crooked his little finger at Jen the way they used to do when they were children. “Pax?”
Resisting the temptation to break it, Jen hooked her little finger in his. “Pax,”
Kathryn curved her little finger around theirs. “Pax. Now can we get ice cream?”
Reviews:
InD’tale Audiobook Review. http://www.indtale.com/reviews/audiobooks/maybe-time-second-chance-romanceSusan B. James deftly weaves a tale of romance, time travel and history. What makes this story stand out is that James does not take us back to 1988 for a do over. Jen and Lance they are both in their fifties when they journey forward to 2005 to repair time. The combination of a love that has never died and a historical back drop from the not too distant past will capture listeners' attention and make them hope that maybe this time, Lance and Jen will get it right.
Narrated by Stephanie Bentley, the audio is a high quality, professional production. The contrast of British accents for the main character with an American accent for the narrator is surprising, but did not detract from the story. Overall, Bentley does a marvelous job of bringing the characters to life with distinct voices and taking us on a journey through time.
5.0 out of 5 stars Romance, time travel, women of substance...
By pmlon Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
Maybe This Time
Two things about this book that are delicious: the idea of having a second chance with the love of your life AND the fact that the main character gets that chance in middle age.
If you like romance stories but wish they weren’t all about young adults or 30-somethings, this is the book for you. Ms. James does an excellent job of presenting the scrumptious possibility that maybe, just maybe we don’t have to live with the mistakes we made the first time around.
Read it for the time travel, the spot-on era descriptions that take you back to a simpler age, and most of all for the romance.
A page-turner for all those—and more reasons. [image error] Author Bio:
Susan writes second chance romances with a touch of magic as Susan B. James and children’s books as Susan J. Berger. She writes older heroines because she is chronologically gifted and enjoys creating characters who remember that change is only on the outside. Inside our older shells is a much younger psyche.
In her debut romance, Time and Forever , two women in their sixties inadvertently travel back to London in 1969. Maybe This Time is the companion book.
Susan’s other career is acting. In 2016, among other things, she killed Kathy Bates on American Horror Story- Roanoke. In 2017, among other things, she got stabbed by a pen on Future Man and played the victim on Major Crimes. Karma? Her 2018 began with a role on Lucifer. More to come.
Social Media:
Blog: www.susanbjames.blogspot.com
Twitter: @susanjberger
Facebook Author page https://www.facebook.com/SusanJames/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bergersusanjames/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7791397.Susan_B_James
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3027649.Susan_J_Berger
Acting: www.SusanBergerActor.com
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