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Spinning Time
Spinning Time rips Julia decades away from Phillip, but their love inextricably binds them together as they fight for a way to reunite. 1948 Southern debutante, Julia Boatwright has everything a twenty-one-year-old desires, a wealthy family, close friends, and Phillip, her handsome fiance. Until one day, Julia plunges into the deep pools of Burkett Falls trapped in a natural time portal that spins her seventy years into the future. ATTRA (Alien Time Travel Research Agency) Commander Adams runs a secret agency controlling time events, and she wants Julia. Julia holds the key that may break the time space barrier into the distant past shaping the future outcome for the inhabitants of Earth. With the help of time tracker, Ruben Callaway, and his team, a window of time approaches which may allow Julia to spin through a loop of time between the parallel universes back home. Will Julia find a way to Phillip before time runs out? "Author D.F. Jones Spinning Time is a fun read and a new departure from her previous books. I found her time travel romance to be inventive, fast-paced and enjoyable. Highly recommended!" Debbie Herbert, RWA 2017 RITA Finalist, Paranormal Romance
272 pages, Paperback
Published May 6, 2017
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D.F. Jones
23 books478 followersUSA Today Bestselling Author, D. F. Jones began her career as a broadcast consultant at the ABC Affiliate in Nashville, which led her to open an advertising agency. Over the years, she's created many campaigns for clients but fell in love with writing fiction.
Writing is a source of creative expression for DF. Jones, but it also releases stress. Writing takes D.F. Jones to a place where anything is possible, and fiction takes her to a place made of dreams..
Whether it's angels or demons, time travel adventures, witches and wizards, mystery suspense, or ghosts, her books are action-packed with supernatural and romantic elements.
Writing is a source of creative expression for DF. Jones, but it also releases stress. Writing takes D.F. Jones to a place where anything is possible, and fiction takes her to a place made of dreams..
Whether it's angels or demons, time travel adventures, witches and wizards, mystery suspense, or ghosts, her books are action-packed with supernatural and romantic elements.
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May 25, 2017
I loved this time travel story. It was well written. It wasn't hard to keep up with. The characters became my friends. 😊 I love how everything intertwined and how everything played out. It was a very enjoyable read. This is the fourth book that I've read from this author. I have enjoyed them all, but this was my favorite, so far!
May 2, 2017
I really enjoyed this book. I was introduced to D.F. Jones with Ruby's Choice (Ditch Lane Diaries #1). Each book I have read of by Ms Jones, they just get better and better. Spinning Time proves that statement for me. The love story between Phillip and Julia is awesome, and intriging. This book is well written, engaging, suspensefull, and a sweet romance. I look forward to the next book from Ms Jones. I Highly Recommend this book.
May 30, 2017
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August 12, 2018
I had an exceptionally hard time slogging through Spinning Time.
It looks like this was a free book that I downloaded about a year ago, and the synopsis drew me in as my fish-out-of-water time travel reads usually put a present-day character in the past and not the other way around. It was one of the highest rated books on my to-read list, and the author's other works are also very highly rated, so I had high expectations that were not close to being met. If I didn't have so many examples to cite, I'd have thought there was something seriously wrong with me.
Spoilers.
Overall, plot-wise, there's just way too much going on. Someone being displaced out of their own timeline offers so much story potential, to say nothing of the commentary someone from 1948 would have stepping into 2017. We didn't get much of any commentary beyond a passing remark about wanting to check out modern washing machines, but we got buried with cardboard villains speaking in cliches and a baked in premise that the Earth was created by an omnipotent alien named Lord Supreme who runs the Milky Way galaxy and beyond. Julia was told several times that she was in an alternate universe on a parallel plane or something of the sort, and she never once retorts, "Deary me. Please explain." We see it towards the end of the story, but she didn't seem curious about what in blazes that means, as I was grasping at straws trying to figure out the plot.
Those who fall into natural time displacements that open and close at random are called spinners. Monica Adams, an oversexed villain in a catsuit who murders coworkers and demands other coworkers clean up the mess, as one does, had a side deal going to enslave a planet under colonization with spinning slave labor. (She also inexplicably found the time to pose as Andy's girlfriend.) What was the deal supposed to be with the spinners? I get the throwaway lines about how spinners usually don't survive time travel and Julia was lucky she didn't lose a foot or something, but it seems to me that they're random people who trip and fall into holes in time, right? And then they're drafted into service? So there's nothing really exceptional about these people. They're not the X-Men or anything, but just really unlucky people in the wrong place at the wrong time? (At the very least, you think there'd be thousands of documented cases of random foots being found up and down the time stream.) That's not a nit, but just unexpected.
Monica. What was her deal? From her perspective, she's on the verge of taking over the universe. From the Lord Supreme's perspective, it's all, "Oh, her? Yeah. We're all over that. No worries!" And then when she's taken down, everyone is cheering and clapping like someone backed over Hitler. I can't tell if she was a real threat or not.
The plot line that Andy was the only one who could create a software program to allow the time ships to travel with more than one passenger and more than 100 years in either direction was fine, but then why would they need prophecy plates to tell them Yellowstone might explode in the next 100 years? Was that just past the limit? I'm curious if Book 2 is in the works, or else I'm not sure the benefit of the detail. (Were the moon scenes all in 2017?) Andy upgrades the software on Charlie and Ruben's ships (We see him fix Charlie's ship, and clearly fixed Ruben's ship since it's the one that takes Julia home.) but then Charlie say her ship needs to be replaced because of the upgrades, but does not say the same for Ruben's ship. I get that the plot demands that Julia go back to the original 1948 while her baby lives in an alternate 1950, but I'm curious what would have happened if they got into the same ship at the same time? And hold a moment, because how did Monica and Ruben bring teams to 1950 and alternate 2017? How did the guards get to the Chalet? Did everyone have their own ship?
There was a lot here that didn't ring true to me. Philip and Julia had insta-love. He remembered her from years ago, stalked her to get the job, went on one date, and she was ready to sleep with him. They get engaged in a few weeks, and when she vanishes after six weeks, he spends the rest of his life obsessed with her. I'm curious if I would have accepted the story more if their romance was pre-established. Insta-love alone isn't a death-knell, but there was so much else that didn't click. Julia goes to the future, where her grandson just so happened to be standing right there to pull her out of the water. Okay. She decides to break in to her family home, now a museum, 70 years later, using the key that was under the mat 70 years ago, since the locks were also never changed? You lost me.
The bit about Julia being recognized also rang hollow. Local girl goes missing 70 years ago. It's local legend, so they do an event once a year to honor her life. Got it. So when she reappears 70 years later, the first thing Andy does is give her a makeover so no one recognizes her? Like someone is really going to see her and assume she's time traveled into the future and not assume that she just looks an awful lot like Julia Boatwright? Could you see someone at an Amelia Earhart event screaming, "There she is! Get her!" in 2018? I get in this story we have bases in the moon and a Lord Supreme, so maybe there were precautions being taken with respect to that plot line, but even after she dyes and cuts her hair and has a makeover, someone still recognizes her!
Character-wise, I struggled to buy into anyone. Julia and Philip's dialogue was stiff and didn't sound natural. The others were oversexed. Ruben went from sleeping with Monica to wanting to making a pass at Julia to furiously slamming doors when Andy started putting the moves on his "little sister" because someone mentioned the possibility Ruben could date her and he realized he lost his chance. Andy and Charlie have a relationship for months, but Charlie is still willing to kiss Ruben, and marry him immediately after saying goodbye to Andy, even while promising to see Andy frequently. Denise is freaked out by Andy's friends and temporarily leaves the picture, and Andy immediately puts the moves on Charlie and thinks to himself it's a good thing Denise is just out of town! There were odd descriptions of people, many of whom just met, massaging each others’ shoulders and touching each other in a way that didn't ring true. (Come to think of it, everyone drank like fish in this one, including a newly pregnant Julia!)
Some things I didn't follow. Julia sees Philip in a lucid dream and he describes Andy, his grown grandson, as a good boy. A few lines later she adds that by the way, she's pregnant, with Andy's father. He's blown away. Wouldn't he know she'd have a child if he knew Andy was his grandson? Philip Jr. is raised by alternate Philip Sr. in the alternate timeline, but after returning to prime 1948, Julia and Philip elope, learn she's pregnant within two months, have that child, name him Philip Jr, and he has a son named Andy who's with Denise again when 2017 rolls back around. I'm presuming the Julia who returned to prime 1948 in 2017 clothes was nine months older than when she left and had already had a child, but if that's the case, her second child would not give her the same biological grandchild in Andy that the Philip Jr had from the alternate timeline, and if Julia's wearing clothes she put on in 2017 weeks after giving birth to a child and is miraculously pregnant again upon returning to 1948 with the same child that she'd already given birth to, I just give up.
Sloane was lovely. Bunny ran around like an anti-marriage lunatic demanding people be arrested for drowning people. Amelia got the shaft. And is it Wally World, or Wally's World? Serious question. Philip Jr, who Julia carries for nine months of storyline and who is returned to alternate 1950 to be raised by his grieving father, is destined to live a shortish life and die in a plane crash. It's odd that she never reflects on the fact that her baby will not live a full life.
I'm reminded of a book I read a couple of years ago that had outstanding plot potential, but chose to go off into left field and completely abandoned that potential. A lot of authors would have opted for a Back to the Future "the past is not written yet" plot device and pull drama from the conflict of sending Julia back in time and in doing so deleting this present 2017. DF Jones goes in a different direction and requires that if Julia returns to the past, the present still chugs along in an alternate universe. It's messier, and I like that, because there's loose ends there. There will always be a world out there where Philip is miserable without her. I wish more of the story dealt with the emotional ramifications of that messiness, instead of fluff like the Lord Supreme.
I don't like leaving negative reviews and I hate leaving a low review because this author tried to be bold and different. I'm a Hufflepuff and bold and different should be rewarded. This book has so many positive reviews that I feel justified giving the opposite viewpoint. I may just be out of my tree and you may love this book, but I'd urge you to check out the first chapter. I found it so over the top I was sure it was a dream sequence, but if it holds your attention, I promise you'll love the rest.
It looks like this was a free book that I downloaded about a year ago, and the synopsis drew me in as my fish-out-of-water time travel reads usually put a present-day character in the past and not the other way around. It was one of the highest rated books on my to-read list, and the author's other works are also very highly rated, so I had high expectations that were not close to being met. If I didn't have so many examples to cite, I'd have thought there was something seriously wrong with me.
Spoilers.
Overall, plot-wise, there's just way too much going on. Someone being displaced out of their own timeline offers so much story potential, to say nothing of the commentary someone from 1948 would have stepping into 2017. We didn't get much of any commentary beyond a passing remark about wanting to check out modern washing machines, but we got buried with cardboard villains speaking in cliches and a baked in premise that the Earth was created by an omnipotent alien named Lord Supreme who runs the Milky Way galaxy and beyond. Julia was told several times that she was in an alternate universe on a parallel plane or something of the sort, and she never once retorts, "Deary me. Please explain." We see it towards the end of the story, but she didn't seem curious about what in blazes that means, as I was grasping at straws trying to figure out the plot.
Those who fall into natural time displacements that open and close at random are called spinners. Monica Adams, an oversexed villain in a catsuit who murders coworkers and demands other coworkers clean up the mess, as one does, had a side deal going to enslave a planet under colonization with spinning slave labor. (She also inexplicably found the time to pose as Andy's girlfriend.) What was the deal supposed to be with the spinners? I get the throwaway lines about how spinners usually don't survive time travel and Julia was lucky she didn't lose a foot or something, but it seems to me that they're random people who trip and fall into holes in time, right? And then they're drafted into service? So there's nothing really exceptional about these people. They're not the X-Men or anything, but just really unlucky people in the wrong place at the wrong time? (At the very least, you think there'd be thousands of documented cases of random foots being found up and down the time stream.) That's not a nit, but just unexpected.
Monica. What was her deal? From her perspective, she's on the verge of taking over the universe. From the Lord Supreme's perspective, it's all, "Oh, her? Yeah. We're all over that. No worries!" And then when she's taken down, everyone is cheering and clapping like someone backed over Hitler. I can't tell if she was a real threat or not.
The plot line that Andy was the only one who could create a software program to allow the time ships to travel with more than one passenger and more than 100 years in either direction was fine, but then why would they need prophecy plates to tell them Yellowstone might explode in the next 100 years? Was that just past the limit? I'm curious if Book 2 is in the works, or else I'm not sure the benefit of the detail. (Were the moon scenes all in 2017?) Andy upgrades the software on Charlie and Ruben's ships (We see him fix Charlie's ship, and clearly fixed Ruben's ship since it's the one that takes Julia home.) but then Charlie say her ship needs to be replaced because of the upgrades, but does not say the same for Ruben's ship. I get that the plot demands that Julia go back to the original 1948 while her baby lives in an alternate 1950, but I'm curious what would have happened if they got into the same ship at the same time? And hold a moment, because how did Monica and Ruben bring teams to 1950 and alternate 2017? How did the guards get to the Chalet? Did everyone have their own ship?
There was a lot here that didn't ring true to me. Philip and Julia had insta-love. He remembered her from years ago, stalked her to get the job, went on one date, and she was ready to sleep with him. They get engaged in a few weeks, and when she vanishes after six weeks, he spends the rest of his life obsessed with her. I'm curious if I would have accepted the story more if their romance was pre-established. Insta-love alone isn't a death-knell, but there was so much else that didn't click. Julia goes to the future, where her grandson just so happened to be standing right there to pull her out of the water. Okay. She decides to break in to her family home, now a museum, 70 years later, using the key that was under the mat 70 years ago, since the locks were also never changed? You lost me.
The bit about Julia being recognized also rang hollow. Local girl goes missing 70 years ago. It's local legend, so they do an event once a year to honor her life. Got it. So when she reappears 70 years later, the first thing Andy does is give her a makeover so no one recognizes her? Like someone is really going to see her and assume she's time traveled into the future and not assume that she just looks an awful lot like Julia Boatwright? Could you see someone at an Amelia Earhart event screaming, "There she is! Get her!" in 2018? I get in this story we have bases in the moon and a Lord Supreme, so maybe there were precautions being taken with respect to that plot line, but even after she dyes and cuts her hair and has a makeover, someone still recognizes her!
Character-wise, I struggled to buy into anyone. Julia and Philip's dialogue was stiff and didn't sound natural. The others were oversexed. Ruben went from sleeping with Monica to wanting to making a pass at Julia to furiously slamming doors when Andy started putting the moves on his "little sister" because someone mentioned the possibility Ruben could date her and he realized he lost his chance. Andy and Charlie have a relationship for months, but Charlie is still willing to kiss Ruben, and marry him immediately after saying goodbye to Andy, even while promising to see Andy frequently. Denise is freaked out by Andy's friends and temporarily leaves the picture, and Andy immediately puts the moves on Charlie and thinks to himself it's a good thing Denise is just out of town! There were odd descriptions of people, many of whom just met, massaging each others’ shoulders and touching each other in a way that didn't ring true. (Come to think of it, everyone drank like fish in this one, including a newly pregnant Julia!)
Some things I didn't follow. Julia sees Philip in a lucid dream and he describes Andy, his grown grandson, as a good boy. A few lines later she adds that by the way, she's pregnant, with Andy's father. He's blown away. Wouldn't he know she'd have a child if he knew Andy was his grandson? Philip Jr. is raised by alternate Philip Sr. in the alternate timeline, but after returning to prime 1948, Julia and Philip elope, learn she's pregnant within two months, have that child, name him Philip Jr, and he has a son named Andy who's with Denise again when 2017 rolls back around. I'm presuming the Julia who returned to prime 1948 in 2017 clothes was nine months older than when she left and had already had a child, but if that's the case, her second child would not give her the same biological grandchild in Andy that the Philip Jr had from the alternate timeline, and if Julia's wearing clothes she put on in 2017 weeks after giving birth to a child and is miraculously pregnant again upon returning to 1948 with the same child that she'd already given birth to, I just give up.
Sloane was lovely. Bunny ran around like an anti-marriage lunatic demanding people be arrested for drowning people. Amelia got the shaft. And is it Wally World, or Wally's World? Serious question. Philip Jr, who Julia carries for nine months of storyline and who is returned to alternate 1950 to be raised by his grieving father, is destined to live a shortish life and die in a plane crash. It's odd that she never reflects on the fact that her baby will not live a full life.
I'm reminded of a book I read a couple of years ago that had outstanding plot potential, but chose to go off into left field and completely abandoned that potential. A lot of authors would have opted for a Back to the Future "the past is not written yet" plot device and pull drama from the conflict of sending Julia back in time and in doing so deleting this present 2017. DF Jones goes in a different direction and requires that if Julia returns to the past, the present still chugs along in an alternate universe. It's messier, and I like that, because there's loose ends there. There will always be a world out there where Philip is miserable without her. I wish more of the story dealt with the emotional ramifications of that messiness, instead of fluff like the Lord Supreme.
I don't like leaving negative reviews and I hate leaving a low review because this author tried to be bold and different. I'm a Hufflepuff and bold and different should be rewarded. This book has so many positive reviews that I feel justified giving the opposite viewpoint. I may just be out of my tree and you may love this book, but I'd urge you to check out the first chapter. I found it so over the top I was sure it was a dream sequence, but if it holds your attention, I promise you'll love the rest.
May 8, 2017
Wow! I don’t know what to say except this is a really interesting book. It covers so much! We start out in 2017 learning about the Alien Time Travel and Research Agency (ATTRA) and the evil Monica who is a Commander. Then we go back in time to 1948 where we meet Julia as she falls for Phillip at her birthday party. This is such a fascinating book and the author has gone into some great detail on time travel. Julia falls through a portal and ends up meeting Phillip’s grandson. It’s got love, time travel, new friends, and evil commanders but in the end, all that matters is Spinning Time. Read the book and learn what that it. Because that’s all we are doing in this universe; we are just Spinning Time. Be sure you grab your copy because you want regret it. This is a really good book and you will enjoy reading it. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
May 5, 2017
I have finished reading this time travel story by D.F. Jones and I loved every minute.
D.F. Jones is a writer who is able to grab me and place me in her stories. Sometimes I am right in the middle of the action and sometimes I am just watching over the fence just out of shouting range and I'm unable to warn my friends about approaching danger.
Her characters are so well developed that you know that you know them.
I was lucky enough to have received an ARC copy of this book and had trouble putting it down to eat, sleep or walk my fur babies. Just a spoiler alert Ms. Jones added an alien dog and I loved him; he talks!!
If you enjoy time travel stories or enjoy stories that pull you into the action then this is the book for you. I loved SPINNING TIME.
D.F. Jones is a writer who is able to grab me and place me in her stories. Sometimes I am right in the middle of the action and sometimes I am just watching over the fence just out of shouting range and I'm unable to warn my friends about approaching danger.
Her characters are so well developed that you know that you know them.
I was lucky enough to have received an ARC copy of this book and had trouble putting it down to eat, sleep or walk my fur babies. Just a spoiler alert Ms. Jones added an alien dog and I loved him; he talks!!
If you enjoy time travel stories or enjoy stories that pull you into the action then this is the book for you. I loved SPINNING TIME.
May 7, 2017
What a great story. It's breathtaking and by far the best time travel romance I have yet to read thus far. It is so well written and thought out. High five D.F Jones, you did it again! A written masterpiece. A must-read for anyone who enjoys romance and/or time traveling.
May 3, 2017
D. F. Jones has done it again! Another wonderful story with relatable characters. It's full of action and romance. The characters and their personalities were beautifully written. This is another one I must add to my physical book collection! Thank you, D. F. Jones for always keeping me entertained and waiting for more!
May 3, 2017
This book grips your imagination from the first page. Definitely one of the best books I have read in a long time. Couldn't put it down. Time travel from 2017 back to the 1940's. Definitely a must read. Time travel and romance
April 13, 2018
“Spinning Time” combines past and present in a time travel romance that crosses parallel universes and alternate realities and opens in 1948 when Julia Boatwright, oldest daughter in a wealthy and influential family falls in love with Professor Phillip Clayborn and unknowingly becomes a pawn in Alien Time Travel and Research Agency (ATTRA) Commander Monica Adam’s conspiracy to overthrow the Lord Supreme and Prince Aelius in Lunar City.
Engaged and looking forward to a bright future with Phillip, on a swimming excursion Julia accidently falls into a deep pool under Burkett Falls, spinning through a natural time portal and pulled from the water seventy years later by Phillip's grandson Andy. Stricken by a turn of events that’s left her far from home, after meeting Dr. Ruben Calloway she has new hope that he might help her find a way back before she loses a broken Phillip to the comforting arms of her friend Amelia.
In present day Lunar City where Time Spinners negotiate with alien interlopers and deflect space debris that could devastate Earth, the Commander of ATTRA has commissioned Charlie to track down and kill Ruben Calloway, one of their best trackers who’s been sent by the Lord Supreme to protect Julia Boatwright, the future grandmother of a human physicist who will break the space-time continuum hindering time travel into the distant past. But what the Commander doesn’t expect is that Charlie is going to hunt Ruben down, inform him of the plot and work with him to guard Julia until he can find her a way to go home.
Set in a world where a Spinner can fall through a natural time portal, the person has been known to die on re-entry or if still alive is recruited by the ATTRA, never to see their family or friends again. Twenty-one- year- old Julia alive when she emerges from the time portal is determined to return to Phillip while Commander Monica in a ploy to take over Lunar City’s ruling body has other plans for the Spinner and will do anything to capture her. The imagination of D.F. Jones excels in a riveting story that blends sci-fi and romance. Slow at first the story heats up when Julia meets Ruben and has surprising news that includes a connection to Andy Clayborn and an avenue back to 1948 while staying hidden from the ruthless Commander and her henchmen.
Technically the writer’s style of writing is very straightforward and the plot lacks a buildup in intensity and suspense but does include distractions that often hinder its flow. Although there were a few twists and I liked Klock the alien dog who communicates with Ruben, there seemed to be additions that added nothing to the story including Julia/Phillip’s dream meeting, the Commander’s nymphomaniac behaviour, Charlie’s sexual romp with Andy and even lunar warriors with wings.
Yet, although I thought the plot weak in places many of the characters were strong and appealing like smart and sheltered Julia Boatwright who’s unpretentious, honest and determined to return to hardworking and broken-hearted Phillip; direct, compassionate and supportive Ruben; and Charlie the tough and feisty warrior in love with him but unwilling to pursue her feelings.
I did enjoy reading “Spinning Time” but can only rate it a 3.5 which equates to a 3.0 because of the scale.
Engaged and looking forward to a bright future with Phillip, on a swimming excursion Julia accidently falls into a deep pool under Burkett Falls, spinning through a natural time portal and pulled from the water seventy years later by Phillip's grandson Andy. Stricken by a turn of events that’s left her far from home, after meeting Dr. Ruben Calloway she has new hope that he might help her find a way back before she loses a broken Phillip to the comforting arms of her friend Amelia.
In present day Lunar City where Time Spinners negotiate with alien interlopers and deflect space debris that could devastate Earth, the Commander of ATTRA has commissioned Charlie to track down and kill Ruben Calloway, one of their best trackers who’s been sent by the Lord Supreme to protect Julia Boatwright, the future grandmother of a human physicist who will break the space-time continuum hindering time travel into the distant past. But what the Commander doesn’t expect is that Charlie is going to hunt Ruben down, inform him of the plot and work with him to guard Julia until he can find her a way to go home.
Set in a world where a Spinner can fall through a natural time portal, the person has been known to die on re-entry or if still alive is recruited by the ATTRA, never to see their family or friends again. Twenty-one- year- old Julia alive when she emerges from the time portal is determined to return to Phillip while Commander Monica in a ploy to take over Lunar City’s ruling body has other plans for the Spinner and will do anything to capture her. The imagination of D.F. Jones excels in a riveting story that blends sci-fi and romance. Slow at first the story heats up when Julia meets Ruben and has surprising news that includes a connection to Andy Clayborn and an avenue back to 1948 while staying hidden from the ruthless Commander and her henchmen.
Technically the writer’s style of writing is very straightforward and the plot lacks a buildup in intensity and suspense but does include distractions that often hinder its flow. Although there were a few twists and I liked Klock the alien dog who communicates with Ruben, there seemed to be additions that added nothing to the story including Julia/Phillip’s dream meeting, the Commander’s nymphomaniac behaviour, Charlie’s sexual romp with Andy and even lunar warriors with wings.
Yet, although I thought the plot weak in places many of the characters were strong and appealing like smart and sheltered Julia Boatwright who’s unpretentious, honest and determined to return to hardworking and broken-hearted Phillip; direct, compassionate and supportive Ruben; and Charlie the tough and feisty warrior in love with him but unwilling to pursue her feelings.
I did enjoy reading “Spinning Time” but can only rate it a 3.5 which equates to a 3.0 because of the scale.
June 17, 2022
Julia Boatright's birthday is today and her Mom is planning a huge party. Julia and her sister Sloane aren't really into getting ready for one of her Mom's parties because she invites a lot of the rich boys trying to hook her girls up with the kind of boy she thinks they should date.
However, Julia decides at the party to run off with Phillip who took a job serving at the party so he could meet Julia. Her Mom is livid when she sneaks in the house in the middle of the night after being out with Phillip all night.
Normally I am not in to Time travel and fantasy type books but this one held my interest and I have to say I am really glad that I read it.
However, Julia decides at the party to run off with Phillip who took a job serving at the party so he could meet Julia. Her Mom is livid when she sneaks in the house in the middle of the night after being out with Phillip all night.
Normally I am not in to Time travel and fantasy type books but this one held my interest and I have to say I am really glad that I read it.
May 5, 2017
Spinning Time is paranormal romance at its finest. I've read her other series and it seems almost juvenile in comparison. I don't mean that in a bad way. The complexity of this story she wove would have made my brain hurt. I'd never be able to think up some of the things she did. It's brilliant. Her imagination is a force to be reckoned with. It was like a remake of The Notebook meets Age of Adeline mixed with sexy "Aliens" and time travel. Even time and evil forces couldn't stop Julia and Phillip from finding each other. Their love was an unending one. A beautiful and unique tale.
May 12, 2017
Where in the universe should I start? I got romance, sci-fi (aliens), paranormal, plots, deceit, suspense, and yes, true love. Julia was the young woman with it all. She even found that one. That was until she was found by someone that did not want her to have it all, Monica. Julia and Phillip were lovers that were meant to be together. But through interference for others that love gets tested time and time again. Through a portal in time Julia finds herself far away from the Phillip that she fell in love with.
This was one read that you will be happy you completed. The characters were well written and had depth to their development. The plot has flow and substance. The supporting cast gives more layers to the read. The was a beautiful flowing romantic suspense with time-travel. It wasn’t all hearts and flowers. There was action and an adventure. Julia finds that life had so much more in store for her than wealth, friends, and love.
This was one read that you will be happy you completed. The characters were well written and had depth to their development. The plot has flow and substance. The supporting cast gives more layers to the read. The was a beautiful flowing romantic suspense with time-travel. It wasn’t all hearts and flowers. There was action and an adventure. Julia finds that life had so much more in store for her than wealth, friends, and love.
May 9, 2017
A love story of Julia and Phillip that spans time and distance. A time from 1948 Burkett Falls to the present day. There are many things and people that get in their way, including a maniacally devious Monica, who is the Commander of ATTRA in Lunar City. And there are people and beings who are trying to protect Julia and Phillip from Monica, one of which is an alien-bred dog named Klock.
D.F. Jones has written this exciting adventure that you will not want to put down. That you won’t be ABLE to put down! What a delightful story. It was extremely well done going back and forth through time, giving you bits of information each time and building to a fantastic crescendo. The humans and aliens are highly developed and actually give you the feeling that you know them, that you have met them before, and you either really like them, or you really hate them. The action was fast-paced and didn’t end.
I highly recommend this book and this author to you. I found it to be really an enjoyable story, and I would love to hear more adventures of ATTRA in future books.
D.F. Jones has written this exciting adventure that you will not want to put down. That you won’t be ABLE to put down! What a delightful story. It was extremely well done going back and forth through time, giving you bits of information each time and building to a fantastic crescendo. The humans and aliens are highly developed and actually give you the feeling that you know them, that you have met them before, and you either really like them, or you really hate them. The action was fast-paced and didn’t end.
I highly recommend this book and this author to you. I found it to be really an enjoyable story, and I would love to hear more adventures of ATTRA in future books.
July 21, 2020
Time can break a heart. Who can fix it? Worth the time on the edge of your seat to find out.
Time can take away your hopes and dreams. When Julia falls through time, she leaves her life and love behind. Who can help her get back to where she belongs? Or is she lost forever? And what secret makes her the target of strangers as lost in time as she is?
D.F. Jones spins a time-twisting tale of romantic disaster and intrigue that keeps you guessing. And the romantic entanglements spin out of control. As if time wasn’t enough, Jones even brings a few aliens to the drama to spice things up.
A wild cast of characters, good, bad and ugly, each fighting for their own future as the action unfolds. Each with a past, long lost and nothing to look forward to. Is there hope for anyone? Time will tell.
November 20, 2017
Below is an interview I did with Dawn Jones on Spinning Time:
Dawn Jones, a Murfreesboro marketing agency owner, is the author of several books, including the “Ditch Lane Diaries” romance series.
Now, she has a time travel romance book, “Spinning Time.” Jones, whose pen name is D.F. Jones, talks about the book in this Q&A.
Reynolds: Tell me briefly about your story.
Jones: Natural time portals open and close every day and all around the world.
Spinning Time rips Julia decades apart from Phillip, but their love inextricably binds them together as they fight for a way to reunite.
In 1948, Southern debutante, Julia Boatwright has everything a 21-year-old desires, a wealthy family, close friends, and Phillip, her handsome fiancé. Until one day, Julia plunges into the deep pools of Burkett Falls trapped in a natural time portal that propels her 70 years into the future.
ATTRA (Alien Time Travel Research Agency) Commander Adams runs a secret agency controlling time events, and she wants Julia. Julia holds the key that may break the time space barrier into the distant past shaping the future outcome for the inhabitants of Earth.
With the help of time tracker Ruben Callaway and his team, a window of time approaches which may allow Julia to spin through a loop of time between the parallel universes back home.
Will Julia find a way back to Phillip before time runs out?
Reynolds: Talk about your decision to set a romance in time travel. Are you a fan of the genre?
Jones: I am a true fan of time travel fiction from the greats like H.G. Wells to Diana Gabaldon.
I began the book in the spring of 2015 under the title, Burkett Falls. I set the manuscript aside to complete the “Ditch Lane Diaries” but kept researching and making notes.
While my editor had the “Ditch Lane Diaries,” I wrote scenes for Spinning Time. I truly enjoyed developing the narrative.
Reynolds: How difficult was it to write about the science aspect?
Jones: I am not a scientist or physicist but I did research numerous documents and articles including Einstein’s and Tesla’s theories.
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity made us aware for the first time that space wasn’t nothingness but bends with time. I use an analogy of spandex in the book.
Tesla develops a tower that creates wireless electricity for seven miles. We can’t do that today. I could do an article on Tesla’s genius which he is now getting the recognition he deserves.
I briefly write about Einstein and Tesla working on the Philadelphia experiment together.
Scientists negated Tesla theories because he believed in other civilizations we refer to as alien.
Scientists and engineers are using Tesla’s coils to create energy today.
I do not write about scientific methods but touch on the amount of speed it would take to time travel using a positron reactor.
In “Spinning Time,” I develop an idea using the velocity of a tornado with the propulsion of a raging waterfall to create time travel into the future.
The fact is we prove time travel happens every day because time marches on.
Reynolds: In the book, you write that your husband helped somewhat.
Jones: My husband and I enjoy reading and watching documentaries regarding space and the possibility of other worlds with advanced civilizations. The idea is intriguing and thought provoking.
I was trying to come up with the agency name that oversees the time travelers in the book, and my husband came up with ATTRA, Alien Time Travel and Research Agency.
He also came home one evening and said, “I think you need to include an alien dog. I don’t think anyone has used an alien dog before.”
Thus, the idea of Klock, my talking alien dog from Jarulean, was born. Klock is my comic relief. He’s like a mix between a Jack Russell and English Bulldog with a blue spot over his eye.
Oh, my aliens look human with varying skin tones. Their language requires a gold translation chip inserted into the wrist of the Time Tracker or they’d lose their hearing.
Reynolds: Talk about the setting in Burkett Falls, circa 1948. Why there and then?
Jones: I wanted Julia to go forward in time, not back, and I didn’t want her going into the far future but a time relatable to my readers.
The idea for the fictitious Burkett Falls came one evening a couple of years ago at Christmas watching, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The small town where everyone knows each other. Bedford Falls, I thought, hm-hmm, Burkett Falls. I made up Burkett.
My mom graduated from high school in 1948: A true beauty and my muse for Julia Boatwright. My dad graduated in 1949. I pulled out their old year books and photos, and I talked with them about what they did for fun. I love listening to them reminisce of a bygone era.
Reynolds: What have I not asked that is relevant?
Jones: I use alternating point of views when I write with the main narrative and secondary plots.
The Lord Supreme and Prince Aelius come from an advanced civilization that lived on Earth one million years before humans and fled before a giant meteor strikes.
The Lord Supreme and the prince are left in charge of the Milky Way Galaxy. They live in the Empyreal Palace located in the Universe with coordinates that change frequently.
The narrative intertwines multiple storylines and characters to help Julia find her way home but Commander Adams has other plans for Julia which could change past and future world events.
Dawn Jones, a Murfreesboro marketing agency owner, is the author of several books, including the “Ditch Lane Diaries” romance series.
Now, she has a time travel romance book, “Spinning Time.” Jones, whose pen name is D.F. Jones, talks about the book in this Q&A.
Reynolds: Tell me briefly about your story.
Jones: Natural time portals open and close every day and all around the world.
Spinning Time rips Julia decades apart from Phillip, but their love inextricably binds them together as they fight for a way to reunite.
In 1948, Southern debutante, Julia Boatwright has everything a 21-year-old desires, a wealthy family, close friends, and Phillip, her handsome fiancé. Until one day, Julia plunges into the deep pools of Burkett Falls trapped in a natural time portal that propels her 70 years into the future.
ATTRA (Alien Time Travel Research Agency) Commander Adams runs a secret agency controlling time events, and she wants Julia. Julia holds the key that may break the time space barrier into the distant past shaping the future outcome for the inhabitants of Earth.
With the help of time tracker Ruben Callaway and his team, a window of time approaches which may allow Julia to spin through a loop of time between the parallel universes back home.
Will Julia find a way back to Phillip before time runs out?
Reynolds: Talk about your decision to set a romance in time travel. Are you a fan of the genre?
Jones: I am a true fan of time travel fiction from the greats like H.G. Wells to Diana Gabaldon.
I began the book in the spring of 2015 under the title, Burkett Falls. I set the manuscript aside to complete the “Ditch Lane Diaries” but kept researching and making notes.
While my editor had the “Ditch Lane Diaries,” I wrote scenes for Spinning Time. I truly enjoyed developing the narrative.
Reynolds: How difficult was it to write about the science aspect?
Jones: I am not a scientist or physicist but I did research numerous documents and articles including Einstein’s and Tesla’s theories.
Einstein’s Theory of Relativity made us aware for the first time that space wasn’t nothingness but bends with time. I use an analogy of spandex in the book.
Tesla develops a tower that creates wireless electricity for seven miles. We can’t do that today. I could do an article on Tesla’s genius which he is now getting the recognition he deserves.
I briefly write about Einstein and Tesla working on the Philadelphia experiment together.
Scientists negated Tesla theories because he believed in other civilizations we refer to as alien.
Scientists and engineers are using Tesla’s coils to create energy today.
I do not write about scientific methods but touch on the amount of speed it would take to time travel using a positron reactor.
In “Spinning Time,” I develop an idea using the velocity of a tornado with the propulsion of a raging waterfall to create time travel into the future.
The fact is we prove time travel happens every day because time marches on.
Reynolds: In the book, you write that your husband helped somewhat.
Jones: My husband and I enjoy reading and watching documentaries regarding space and the possibility of other worlds with advanced civilizations. The idea is intriguing and thought provoking.
I was trying to come up with the agency name that oversees the time travelers in the book, and my husband came up with ATTRA, Alien Time Travel and Research Agency.
He also came home one evening and said, “I think you need to include an alien dog. I don’t think anyone has used an alien dog before.”
Thus, the idea of Klock, my talking alien dog from Jarulean, was born. Klock is my comic relief. He’s like a mix between a Jack Russell and English Bulldog with a blue spot over his eye.
Oh, my aliens look human with varying skin tones. Their language requires a gold translation chip inserted into the wrist of the Time Tracker or they’d lose their hearing.
Reynolds: Talk about the setting in Burkett Falls, circa 1948. Why there and then?
Jones: I wanted Julia to go forward in time, not back, and I didn’t want her going into the far future but a time relatable to my readers.
The idea for the fictitious Burkett Falls came one evening a couple of years ago at Christmas watching, “It’s a Wonderful Life.” The small town where everyone knows each other. Bedford Falls, I thought, hm-hmm, Burkett Falls. I made up Burkett.
My mom graduated from high school in 1948: A true beauty and my muse for Julia Boatwright. My dad graduated in 1949. I pulled out their old year books and photos, and I talked with them about what they did for fun. I love listening to them reminisce of a bygone era.
Reynolds: What have I not asked that is relevant?
Jones: I use alternating point of views when I write with the main narrative and secondary plots.
The Lord Supreme and Prince Aelius come from an advanced civilization that lived on Earth one million years before humans and fled before a giant meteor strikes.
The Lord Supreme and the prince are left in charge of the Milky Way Galaxy. They live in the Empyreal Palace located in the Universe with coordinates that change frequently.
The narrative intertwines multiple storylines and characters to help Julia find her way home but Commander Adams has other plans for Julia which could change past and future world events.
November 17, 2019
Julia Boatwright has just turned 21 years old. Her parents are throwing her a very elaborate birthday party. They hope that she will fall for one of the proper young men that were invited, but Julia finds them all pretty much the same as each other. In other words, rather boring. But the handsome young man who had arranged to be hired as extra waitstaff in the hopes of meeting her, him she finds fascinating. She knows her mother will definitely not approve of the thought of Julia dating him, but she doesn’t care. And when he eventually proposes to her, she immediately says yes.
But then things take an unfortunate turn when Julia falls through a random hole in time and finds herself suddenly quite a bit in the future. She doesn’t understand how she got there nor does she know how, or even if she can find a way to return to the past that was her home. Everything she knew seems to be gone or changed, and all she wants is to return to her beloved Phillip. But can she return? Or will that wind up changing history?
I enjoyed this story. At first when I started reading it, I kept thinking about far too many “but what if…” thoughts that seemed as if they might cause plot holes. However the author had already seemingly thought of each of those same problems and they were dealt with pretty much as soon as I came across them. She did a very good job of explaining and dealing with such questions well before they actually became an issue. I was very impressed with how she handled the problems that often seem inherent in many time travel stories.
But then things take an unfortunate turn when Julia falls through a random hole in time and finds herself suddenly quite a bit in the future. She doesn’t understand how she got there nor does she know how, or even if she can find a way to return to the past that was her home. Everything she knew seems to be gone or changed, and all she wants is to return to her beloved Phillip. But can she return? Or will that wind up changing history?
I enjoyed this story. At first when I started reading it, I kept thinking about far too many “but what if…” thoughts that seemed as if they might cause plot holes. However the author had already seemingly thought of each of those same problems and they were dealt with pretty much as soon as I came across them. She did a very good job of explaining and dealing with such questions well before they actually became an issue. I was very impressed with how she handled the problems that often seem inherent in many time travel stories.
June 22, 2017
original review posted @ http://sandrathebookworm.blogspot.com...
I was sent an ARC by the author in exchange for an honest review.
D.F. Jones has become one of my favorite authors her novels are always so different and enjoyable. I’m not a big fan of sci-fi, but I’m a sucker for romance so I thought I would give it a shot and I found myself not being able to put it down. Spinning time takes place in 1948 Burkett Falls and it follows Julia Boatwright! I found Julia to be a very likable character her bubbly attitude always made me smile and the fact that she was a feisty little thing when need be (she would probably have my head for calling her little) was just a plus! I always love a character that’s a sweetheart but has an attitude when needed. Julia’s love interest Phillip is so swoon worthy! The way he treats her and looks for her when she disappears is the kind of man I would want to be by my side.
Julia disappeared in the falls of Burkett after she accidentally slipped and a current took her. She ends up in some sort of time portal that takes her to present time Burkett Falls, to her luck she is found by Andy, Phillips grandson. While all this is occurring, we are also introduced to Ruben who is a time traveler that lives in Lunar City; his mission is to protect Julia! I really Liked Ruben, he was such a strong character and despite his feelings he always did what was in Julia’s best interested without thinking about himself. I think Jones did an amazing job writing this book the characters were complex and the way she described the time traveling machines and portals was phenomenal. It also showed how much research and time was put into the novel, but with that said I did feel a little lost once in a while when it involved teach talk. The way both of Julia’s worlds intertwine and come together was so well done! Jones wrote the perfect amount of romance mixed with sci-fi elements and a bit of action, she also threw some surprises my way that had me at the edge of my seat. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and absolutely loved the ending! I can’t wait to read more from Jones. If you have yet to pick up her novels what are you waiting for.
SandraTheBookWorm
I was sent an ARC by the author in exchange for an honest review.
D.F. Jones has become one of my favorite authors her novels are always so different and enjoyable. I’m not a big fan of sci-fi, but I’m a sucker for romance so I thought I would give it a shot and I found myself not being able to put it down. Spinning time takes place in 1948 Burkett Falls and it follows Julia Boatwright! I found Julia to be a very likable character her bubbly attitude always made me smile and the fact that she was a feisty little thing when need be (she would probably have my head for calling her little) was just a plus! I always love a character that’s a sweetheart but has an attitude when needed. Julia’s love interest Phillip is so swoon worthy! The way he treats her and looks for her when she disappears is the kind of man I would want to be by my side.
Julia disappeared in the falls of Burkett after she accidentally slipped and a current took her. She ends up in some sort of time portal that takes her to present time Burkett Falls, to her luck she is found by Andy, Phillips grandson. While all this is occurring, we are also introduced to Ruben who is a time traveler that lives in Lunar City; his mission is to protect Julia! I really Liked Ruben, he was such a strong character and despite his feelings he always did what was in Julia’s best interested without thinking about himself. I think Jones did an amazing job writing this book the characters were complex and the way she described the time traveling machines and portals was phenomenal. It also showed how much research and time was put into the novel, but with that said I did feel a little lost once in a while when it involved teach talk. The way both of Julia’s worlds intertwine and come together was so well done! Jones wrote the perfect amount of romance mixed with sci-fi elements and a bit of action, she also threw some surprises my way that had me at the edge of my seat. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and absolutely loved the ending! I can’t wait to read more from Jones. If you have yet to pick up her novels what are you waiting for.
SandraTheBookWorm
February 1, 2020
Spinning Time
When Julia decided to swim under the falls she spun from 1048 to 2017. After many trials of believing she could get back home it finally happened. Only the memories of things that had happened in the future were unknown until after children and a grandson. Never telling anyone else.
When Julia decided to swim under the falls she spun from 1048 to 2017. After many trials of believing she could get back home it finally happened. Only the memories of things that had happened in the future were unknown until after children and a grandson. Never telling anyone else.
September 4, 2020
“People like you and me are known as Spinners.
An unusual tale. It was a little hard to get absorbed in the story at first. It did end up being quite engrossing. I liked the story overall, but felt there was a lot missing. Maybe it was just me and reading a different genre. Quite enjoyable after all and had a HEA!
An unusual tale. It was a little hard to get absorbed in the story at first. It did end up being quite engrossing. I liked the story overall, but felt there was a lot missing. Maybe it was just me and reading a different genre. Quite enjoyable after all and had a HEA!
August 27, 2017
Great Book!
I really enjoy time travel stories. This book is well written. I was a little confused at times, but with time travel that is to be expected. I truly enjoyed the story and the happy ending.
I really enjoy time travel stories. This book is well written. I was a little confused at times, but with time travel that is to be expected. I truly enjoyed the story and the happy ending.
January 28, 2019
This was a good read with great characters and several sweet romances. It is a standalone novel, which was very refreshing. This was different from what I normally read , not usually able to get into time travel stories(only the second one that I have liked) but glad I gave it a try.
April 30, 2021
I really enjoyed this one, although that is not how it was when I started reading it. I have only given up on two books and that was after giving them a good chance, this one I nearly gave up after only a couple of chapters, but I am glad I kept reading as I would have missed out on a great read.
April 29, 2024
What a special story. Time travel to please everyone. Southern Debutant, Julia, has everything she could want. When she time travels into the future, her life possibly will change. Loved every minute of the book
July 16, 2018
Spinning
This was an easy read that captured my imagination. My emotions were engaged and I help hope that somehow time would be kind.
This was an easy read that captured my imagination. My emotions were engaged and I help hope that somehow time would be kind.
December 24, 2018
D.F. Jones is an AMAZING Author, I Love her books. Spinning Time Is a Great book, I will be reading all of her Books.
February 18, 2019
Great book! It drew me in early, and kept my interest throughout. I loved it!
August 15, 2020
Great
This is a great fantasy about time travel with action and twists and turns. A must read for all fantasy readers.
This is a great fantasy about time travel with action and twists and turns. A must read for all fantasy readers.
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