Undoing Time
(The Timegathering Series)
by Rachel Dacus
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GENRE: Sci-fi – Time Travel Romance
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BLURB:
Liv Pomeroy’s high hopes and lavish lifestyle come horribly undone when her
fiancé runs off with her maid of honor. Swearing off love forever, she goes on
a summer escape to Florence, Italy. Agreeing to help her cousin May raise
funds for an art restoration project, Liv is astonished to find they share a
genetic gift for undoing time. Soon she’s joining a team of time travelers who
rescue history from those who would change it. And fighting her attraction to
a sexy time traveling colleague, who just might turn out to be working for the
wrong side in the American Revolution. A thrilling tale of time travel,
romance, and espionage.
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EXCERPT
The announcement of another flight jolted her back into the present. It wasn’t
her flight. She relaxed again into her seat and put her feet up on her
carry-on.
In her pocket, her phone buzzed and Liv pulled it out. Seeing the name, she
hesitated, but with a sigh swiped it open. The familiar voice that was
synonymous with nagging trilled in her ear.
Her mom’s insistent soprano told her, “You don’t have to do this, Olivia.“
“But I do, Mother. You know Dad agrees with my going to Italy. He even set it
up.”
“Flying off to another country isn’t going to bring Joel back to you.“
She tried not to shout at her phone. “Why would I want that asshole back!”
“Language, Olivia.”
But Liv was beyond parsing words. “If Joel comes back, they’ll arrest me for
murder. Because I’ll kill him.”
“It’s a good thing you work in an art museum, around all those temperamental
artists, where no one will notice your emotionalism.”
“I’m emotional because my almost-husband treated me like a piece of furniture.
And my best friend helped him.”
“Olivia, you’re being impulsive.”
Liv realized she was again in danger of murder. Double or triple murder. First
Joel, then her mother. Maybe Rita too. Good thing they were on the phone.
“Mom, I need to do something that matters.”
“Your life matters to us.”
It was Liv’s turn to pause. Because it echoed what Joel had said after she
threw the ring. “You’ll never have the guts to make your life matter, Liv.”
She was done. “OK, Mom. They’re boarding. Gotta go.“ They weren’t, but this
conversation had to end.
“Just remember Liv. Family is everything.”
Liv pretended to have already hung up before hearing that. She sank back into
her chair and closed her eyes, letting the airport noise wash over her.
A few minutes later, an amplified voice rose over the hubbub. ”Flight 564 for
Florence, Italy, boarding in fifteen minutes through Gate 17.”
Liv had just enough time to pop into the future and see this flight land
safely. Florence Airport, 2:30 pm, she whispered. A familiar feeling tingled
in her cells as time’s curtains parted. Heat rose from the concrete as Liv
stood on the runway watching the plane—the plane she would soon board—as it
bounced down and skidded to a stop, then taxied to its gate in the Florence
airport.
Reassured, she jumped back, ready to board. Liv called her little trick
undoing time.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
RACHEL DACUS writes about history, love, romance, and art – usually with a
touch of the supernatural. If time travel were possible, she’d hop over to
Renaissance Rome, and then check out how the American Revolutionary War is
going, and maybe visit an 18th century London artist’s studio. A poet and
novelist, Dacus has published four novels and four poetry collections. When
not writing, she listens to music, new and old, from indie and progressive
rock to classical and jazz. Once a dancer, she’s now an avid walker, often
twice a day -- once for the Muse and once for the world’s liveliest Silky
Terrier. She blogs about the writing life and has collected a wealth of
writing and publishing resources.
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