The Green Jell-O Book Club: A Goodreads Group about Fiction Written by LDS Authors discussion

What are your favorite time-travel books by LDS authors?

When I was younger I enjoyed the Tennis Shoes series by Chris Heimerdinger, but it's been a while since I read those.

Kathi Oram Peterson has written a few time-travel books too.

New Release:

Gladly Beyond by Nichole Van

An ancient curse, fractured at the birth of three brothers.
Two strangers helplessly drawn to each other.
A love story two hundred years in the making.

Claire Raythorn arrives in Florence, Italy, shattered, alone, and anxious to rebuild her life—preferably one without men. But she soon finds herself hunted and haunted— literally—when a mysterious stalker dressed like Mr. Darcy from BBC central casting appears in her photos. And only her photos. Who is this man? And what does his ghostly presence mean?

Dante D’Angelo simply wants to safeguard his brothers, despite the family curse that hounds his vision. But then Claire Raythorn walks into his life, untouched somehow by his curse. Soon, everything Dante thought he knew about himself starts to unravel, dragging Claire down with him.

Set against the lush backdrop of Florence, Italy—both past and present—Claire and Dante fight for a future together. But, first, they must uncover their shared past…

It's not a new book, but one of my favorite time travel books (and a great one for teens) is Ben Franklin and the Chamber of Time by Chris Heimerdinger.



(And, of course, Heimerdinger is most famous for the Tennis Shoes series.)

https://www.goodreads.com/series/4122... (link for the series)

New Release:

Past the Ages by RaShelle Workman

Their love was so strong it reached across the ages. Now it just might kill them.

Lucy Channing is back in her time of 1815 where she’s engaged to her childhood friend, the handsome Dashel Rothchild, 7th Earl of Westington. He’s incredibly sweet, a complete gentleman, and not the man Lucy loves.

But that’s the least of her problems.

The Egyptian God of Chaos and the irritating Moon Goddess have taken a special interest in Lucy and Will, the man she’s actually in love with (and incidentally is from the twenty-first century). One god appears to be trying to help while the other wants them dead. It seems Will and Lucy’s love is destined to end in blood or at least eternal separation.

There is a sliver of hope.

Will and Lucy must find the other half of Lucy’s time travel amulet and put the pieces together. It shouldn’t be too difficult, especially with the help of her betrothed, her lady’s maid, and the strange Duke of Vladimir.

Part of a series:

Paul wrote: "It's not a new book, but one of my favorite time travel books (and a great one for teens) is Ben Franklin and the Chamber of Time by Chris Heimerdinger.

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I loved Chris Heimerdinger growing up! I really loved Ben Franklin, and it opened my eyes to the time travel genre.

Melanie wrote: "Paul wrote: "It's not a new book, but one of my favorite time travel books (and a great one for teens) is Ben Franklin and the Chamber of Time by Chris Heimerdinger.

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I'm glad I'm not the only one - I think that's one of the more overlooked Heimerdinger books (mainly because the Tennis Shoes series overshadows it).

New Release:

The Time Key by Melanie Bateman

As Stanley got closer, he saw two figures beating on a lone man, while four others stood back to watch. “Hey!” Stanley’s voice sounded hoarse in his ears. “Leave him be!”

Shadows that move on their own, a mysterious device that looks like a pocket watch, a man on the run from monsters that exist in dreams—all are connected to Stanley because he interrupted a mugging.

Now Stanley holds the Time Key, an object that allows him to travel through time. With the extraordinary gift of being able to see both the past and the future, he may be the only one who can save his family.

But he soon learns that changing his past doesn’t necessary lead to a better future. Traveling over 100 years into the future may be the only way Stanley can change his fate and save his family.

New Release:

Existence by Carolyn Twede Frank

What if a book really could take you into another world?

A strange girl…
A creepy teacher…
A cool invention…
And the hardest question anyone has ever been asked.

Josh Sawyer’s big mouth usually gets him in trouble, but when his high school debate coach challenges him to prove the existence of God, Josh uses the things he learns at the feet of such amazing people as Joan of Arc, William Tyndale, and George Washington to prove his point… and ultimately to solve a murder.

Originally published as: The Big Debate

New Release:

Reclamation by Adrienne Quintana

When Jace Vega wakes up three years after the eruption of Mount Hood, her life is in turmoil. The future seems to match the images on the tablet, but Corey is missing, and nothing about her relationship with Damien feels right.

As Victor Trent continues to amass power, using information terrorism to make the world dependent on Omnibus technology and his private military force, Omnibus Global Security, Jace knows she doesn’t have much time if she’s going to stop him.

Jace’s reawakening begins a race to the place where it all began: the Point of Origin. If she can only remember where it is.

Part of a series:

New Release:

Rift by Elana Johnson

In this dangerous game with time, someone’s bound to lose.

Seventeen-year-old Saige Phillips can’t help holding on to the hope that she’ll find Chloe, her twin who went missing five years ago. After all, Saige sees echoes of Chloe sitting in the window and skipping down the stairs. Though there’s never been any sound associated with Saige’s “hallucinations,” she’s freaked out by the breathing she hears in her bedroom.

The breathing is definitely real, and it’s definitely not coming from Saige. It’s echoing through a time rift that originates in Saige’s bedroom. Then a grayed-out guy shows up, saying his name is Price and he’s from the future. He has the same blue film clinging to him that Saige has seen on Chloe, and she seizes onto the idea that her twin went through the rift.

As Saige searches for answers in her time, she’s met with secret after secret, all coming back to one source: her physicist mother.

Price lives in the year 2073 with his Time Keeper father and a whole slew of global initiatives that regulate time travel. He knows time shouldn’t be played with. What he doesn’t know is why the rift opened now, or how he can stop it.

The deeper Price digs, the harder the truth is to swallow. His father willfully violating the global time travel initiative is one thing. Stealing the rift site from Saige’s mother is quite another. And kidnapping—or worse—to cover everything up takes things too far.

When the rift begins to show signs of overuse and instability, Price is desperate to close it before it explodes while Saige will do anything to keep it open long enough to find Chloe.

New Release:

Mend: A YA Time Travel Thriller by Elana Johnson

With Cascade gone through the rift, Price is determined to fix everything and find her. It doesn’t matter if there’s somebody that could become him—steal his life—on the other side of the rift. What does matter is that he figure out how to mend it.

But he doesn’t even have access to it anymore. When he wakes up to a new, different existence than what he’s used to, he realizes that everything about time is fluid. And anyone with the power to walk through time can change his entire future.

Cascade knows this all too well, having lived in dozens of realities over the years. And the one she lives in now, she doesn’t want. Because it still harbors secrets about her father, who her sister Saige is determined to find.

Find him they do, but no one—not Price, not Saige, not Cascade—is prepared for what they’ll find on the other side of the rift…

Part of a series:

New Release:

Remembrance by Carolyn Twede Frank

When the “Hallelujah Chorus” is banned from his school's Holiday Gala, Josh doesn't want to get involved and fight the injustice like he usually does. But after book traveling through the life of George Frideric Handel in the Literary Loom, Josh has second thoughts. Those second thoughts grow into a passion as Josh discovers the mystery behind the quirky new kid at Claremont High, and learns the value of remembering Christ as he travels through parts of the New Testament. Everywhere he looks, Christmas seems to be about everything but Christ. He can't change the world, but he can at least bring back the “Hallelujah Chorus” and help people remember what Christmas is all about.

Part of a series:

New Release:

Love's Shadow by Nichole Van

Branwell D’Angelo loved Lucy Snow for six years, watching from the sidelines because she was his brother’s girlfriend. When Lucy broke his brother’s heart, Branwell cleaned up the shattered pieces of him she left behind. She is the one woman he can’t have, but the only one his soul wants. Now she’s back in their lives, needing the unique help that only the D’Angelos brothers can give.

For her part, when tragedy strikes Lucy Snow on a visit to Italy, she can’t bring herself to call any of the D’Angelo brothers for help. There are consequences for falling in love with your ex-boyfriend’s brother. But Lucy desperately needs Branwell’s paranormal skills and his gift of Sight. And if seeing him will negate at least three years of therapy? Well, it’s a price she is willing to pay.

Thrown together in a desperate bid to save an innocent life, Branwell and Lucy struggle against their shared past, only to realize that something even more dangerous is reaching through the weight of time to stalk their every move.

(I'm not sure that it's time travel, but it's part of a series, and the first book was).

New Release:

Return to Salem by Theresa Sneed

Through a series of ill-fated events, Bess Martin finds herself thrust back to Salem in the middle of the Salem witch trials.

Last time, her sharp tongue earned her ‘high suspicion of sundry acts of Witchcraft’, and she barely escaped with her life.

Will Hezekiah, the brave young man who came through the rift to the future with her three years ago, follow Bess back to Salem and rescue her before her quick temper decides her fate?

Part of a series:

New Release:

Twists in Time by Angie Taylor

Seventeen year old Ava Tanner doesn’t want to move to a new state and high school for her senior year. But when her dad gets a new job in Las Cruces, New Mexico, she doesn’t have a choice.

She barely has time to take in her new surroundings before she’s swept up in the confusion of hearing voices in her head, dreaming visions, and uncovering the truth behind alien abductions of young women just like her. To make her more confused, she learns that the only way she’ll uncover the mysteries surrounding her, is to join a family history club at her school called FH.

Grant Jackson, a member of FH and a time traveler from the future, has the answers to Ava’s mysteries. But if Ava wants to learn the truth, she’ll have to help Grant and his siblings discover who their parents are.

Together Grant and Ava begin a mysterious journey of love and risk that extend beyond their past and present and possibly into a future that transcends time.

New Release:

Chasing the Star by Kathi Oram Peterson

Nineteen-year-old Rachel Kristoffersen has always been fascinated by the Star of Bethlehem. However, while attending college her faith is severely shaken and she doubts such a star ever existed. On the day she returns home for Christmas, she learns her parents were killed in a car accident and her little brother, Joshua, is severely injured and in the hospital. When he awakens, he is unable to speak. Rachel is called away from his room and when she returns she finds Josh is missing. A mysterious nurse gives her a stone that glows in her hand. As radiant light overtakes her, the nurse says the “time stone” will send her to Josh, except it doesn’t. When the light recedes, she finds she is in the belly of a pirate’s slave ship.

Summoned to Rome by Caesar Augustus, Marcus Alexander Favonius—a Roman soldier—is captured by a pirate, who hands him a letter from his father. His father’s life is in danger, and Marcus must go with the pirate to Ephesus. Below deck he meets a very beautiful slave girl, except she’s dressed in strange raiment and claims she isn’t a slave. She demands to know where her brother is. When the pirate threatens to kill her, Marcus buys her. Now, saddled with a deranged woman who claims she is from the future, he must do whatever he can to find his father—even if he has to drag her along with him.

Follow Rachel and Marcus as they search for their loved ones and along the way learn the true meaning of Christmas, chasing the star.

A.L. wrote: "New Release:

Chasing the Star by Kathi Oram Peterson"

I read this one before it went to press, and I enjoyed it. It reminded me a lot of the Tennis Shoes series, but better (imo).

New Release:

Once Upon a Time Travel by Sariah Wilson

Once upon a time…

Recent college grad Emma Damon knows the Rose Room in Hartley Hall is off limits, which is exactly why she can’t wait to get inside. Once she enters the forbidden room, Emma learns more about the history of the museum than she ever intended to know.

Waking up confused and shocked in 1816, all Emma wants is to return to her cozy home with flushing toilets and disposable razors. But when she’s mistaken for someone else, Emma must pretend to be everything she’s not. About to be engaged to the Earl of Hartley’s brother, Emma fails miserably at playing the role of a sophisticated lady.

Hartley is determined to ensure that the quirky and adorable woman marries his brother – despite his ever-growing attraction to her. After loving and losing, he refuses to fall prey to the shackles of love. But as his desire for Emma increases, he knows he must forfeit his happiness for his brother’s future. After all, there’s no such thing as happily ever after.

Or is there?

New Release:

Love's Past by Laura D. Bastian

Kaitlyn loves all things Regency and jumps at the chance to take a trip to England for a full immersion experience. But when the ancient fae magic causes a disruption in reality, she’s unexpectedly pulled back in time to 1850. Kaitlyn is thrilled to spend time in the past and eager to try it all, including the harmless flirting with the wealthy men who visit Twickenham Manor. Though her mind belongs in the twenty-first century, as she spends time with a handsome Baronet she wonders if finding love in the past is really a possibility.

Cyrus told himself the real reason he came to England was to help keep Kaitlyn safe as a promise to her mother, but he soon discovers that there’s more to his best friend’s younger sister than he remembers. When he finally gets a chance to explore where a relationship might lead, he finds himself in the past where there are others willing to sweep Kaitlyn off her feet. Will Kaitlyn give him a chance to prove his love, or will he lose out to a genuine Victorian gentleman?

New Release:

P.S. I Love You by Jo Noelle

Cora Rey wanted a fresh start in life, but being thrown back in time to 1850 isn’t how she expected to do that. She discovers that Victorian England isn't the pleasant social whirl Jane Austen led her to believe, but when in Rome—or in this case Twickenham . . . She’s determined to have the vacation of a lifetime, especially in the company of a certain duke.

 
Simon Tuttle never expected to become the duke of Hertfordshire, never wanted it, but now he is, and eligible women seeking a title consider him the next trophy to be taken in the marriage mart. A union of convenience is the most he hopes for due to the shame-filled secret he bears—until he meets Cora. Now, he imagines that a love match could be possible after all. Hiding his secret from society has been easy—hiding it from Cora proves impossible. Can Cora love a man like him despite learning the truth?

New Release:

Against the Magic by Donna K. Weaver

Reese Hamilton has big plans to help make the world a better place and a new job lined up to help her do it. Before starting work, she heads to England for a Regency immersive experience. She doesn’t expect her best friend to invite her heart-destroying brother to join them, and two years hasn't been long enough for Reese to forget him. Then fae magic rips them back to 1850. It’s a time when women have few rights. It’s also a time when a determined woman could make a difference, with the right man at her side. Reese finds she must make a choice between two men and two times.

Jem Taylor messed up big when he walked away from Reese to pursue his dream job. He hasn’t been able to forget her and jumps at his sister’s invitation. Suddenly hurtled into Victorian England, he has the chance to woo Reese again. But to do it, he’ll have to fight the magic that brought her to that time—and an Earl with the means to keep her there.

New Release:

Mistletoe Mayhem by Jo Noelle

Two couples. One love potion. And a whole lot of mayhem.

Henry Stoepel, Earl of Saalfeld has loved Lady May Cottrell since they were children. He’s proposed three times. She hasn’t said no, but she hasn’t said yes. He decides to give it one more try at his friend’s Christmas ball, knowing this time he might get the answer he dreads.
 
Mr. Everett Hawley and Lady Lucy Radnor have been engaged for several months. The banns have been read, but her parents invent flimsy excuses postponing the wedding date. Everett is determined to force her parents to fulfill the marriage contract at the Christmas ball.
 
When a little faerie magic gets mixed with mistletoe, both couples are plunged into mischief and mayhem. Will either get a happily ever after?

New Release:

Love Match by Jo Noelle

Can two people learn to trust again, to make their marriage of convenience into a love match?

With university behind him, Lord Gerard Morrow, the Earl of Norham, is preparing for a grand tour to the future with a fellow time traveler. His first night home, he receives a summons from his father the Duke of Kyloe to come to Scotland or their family will be ruined.

Lady Layla Colvin is roused from her sleep to marry the duke’s son as part of settling a gambling debt. Everything she has looked forward to vanishes with the words “I will.” She will never have a come-out, or a suitor, or a wedding dress—and apparently not a husband either.

When Gerard walks back into her life, she runs the other way. Can she trust a man who abandoned her immediately after the vows were said or will they lead separate lives?

New Release:

What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon

In an unforgettable love story, a woman’s impossible journey through the ages could change everything…

Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time.

The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. Thomas Smith, guardian to a young boy who is oddly familiar. Mistaken for the boy’s long-missing mother, Anne adopts her identity, convinced the woman’s disappearance is connected to her own.

As tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Ireland’s independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him. Caught between history and her heart, she must decide whether she’s willing to let go of the life she knew for a love she never thought she’d find. But in the end, is the choice actually hers to make?

New Release:

An Unexpected Gentleman by Laura Beers

An American doctor and an entitled earl… should they risk it all for love?

Amelia Wright is a Harvard-trained doctor and is on the cusp of obtaining everything she’s worked so hard to achieve. But her ailing mother convinces her to leave work behind and travel to Twickenham Manor for the Full Moon Ball. While there, she inadvertently travels back to the year 1813.

Adam, Earl of Harrington, is struggling to cope with the death of his wife. He mistakenly believes Miss Wright is a cheeky American spinster applying for a position as his daughter’s governess. He dismisses her for lack of qualifications but finds himself baffled by the instant connection that this woman shares with his eight-year-old daughter.

As fate intervenes, Adam’s heart begins to soften towards the headstrong woman, but can he overlook her outlandish ways? Amelia does not intend to stay in the nineteenth century, but when she begins to lose her heart to the boorish Earl, will she change her mind?

New Release:

Dating The Duke by Jen Geigle Johnson

She betrays his trust.
He acts as though she is beneath him.
But it could work if only they didn’t live over two centuries apart.

Jane Sullivan, expert researcher on the Georgian Era, is granted a two week trip for singles to a Jane Austen re-enactment house party, 2019. She plans to thoroughly enjoy herself, including perhaps find a man who shares her interests, all in the name of research.

Algernon, Duke of Ramsbury, 1817, escapes to Twickenham Manor for a house party and a two week break from his Duke-ly pressures. He has no idea that his agreement to try something new would give him a splitting headache and a journey through time to the year 2019.

Hearts connect; Fate might have been kind, but at what cost?

New Release:

With the Magic by Donna K. Weaver

When Gareth Hildebrand travels from the year 1850 to a future time, he’s not expecting to fall in love.

As the eighth Earl of Kellworth, Gareth is accustomed to getting what he wants. Then he encounters a woman he suspects is from the future—a utopian future that he feels compelled to see. He intends to get what he wants, but it will involve dealing with fae magic. And that could lead to disaster–for his heart.

Dr. Catherine Ryan is drawn to the handsome guest at Twickenham Manor, with his odd combination of childish excitement and old eyes that have seen too much pain. She loses her heart to him before she discovers the truth of when he’s from. Now she faces the biggest decision of her life!

New Release:

There's Always Tomorrow by Laura D. Bastian

Melanie wishes there were real gentlemen still in the world. Her dating life is a joke so when she hears about a week-long Regency immersion experience at Twickenham Manor in England she happily books a trip. After an almost perfect week, and wishing she could prolong her stay, Melanie is surprised to find herself transported back in time to Victorian England in the year 1851.

Sir Jack Hughes has had enough of the flirtatious young ladies and their meddling mothers. When he meets Melanie, another one of Aunt Nellie’s visitors from the Americas, he’s happy to make her acquaintance, yet cautious. He can’t lose his heart again to another visiting American.

As the two spend time together, they agree to pretend to go along with Aunt Nellie’s matchmaking schemes in order to avoid the other eligible guests at the manor. But when they come to enjoy each other’s company more than they expected, how can they ever find common ground if they aren’t even from the same century?

New Release:

Enchanted Heart by Jaclyn Hardy

Amy has finally graduated, and she’s excited to move on to her internship with a law firm in London. What she doesn’t expect is to be invited to a ball by an eccentric old woman—or that she actually decides to go. Spontaneity is not her thing. When she’s pulled back in time, Amy is thrown into a world of balls, picnics, and suitors.

William has spent most of his life helping his aunt Nellie with the time traveling groups who come through Twickenham Manor. But this time it’s different. The feisty, beautiful Amy captures William’s heart from the moment he sees her, and the magic she calls modern technology captivates him even more.

While the others who have traveled back seem to fit in, Amy is just looking forward until the day she can go home. William knows he should help her, but he’s too busy enjoying the taste of the special magic she brought with her. Will Amy finally let go and enjoy her experience at Twickenham Manor, or will she leave William—and her heart—to go back to her own time?

New Release:

The Reluctant Royal: A Royal Romance by Laura D. Bastian

She’s a nobody from the future. He’s a prince in the past.

Lily is fascinated by the idea that a matchmaker has just been given the ability to grant wish fulfillment. When the purple haired matchmaker actually manages to send Lily into the past taking the place of Princess Liliana, betrothed to the Prince of Aragonia, Lily is excited to play along.

Eduardo, Prince of Aragonia, has only had his parents’ horrid marriage to compare to and is less than eager to make a similar match. When Liliana arrives, she’s different than expected, and he finds himself less bothered at his parents forcing him to marry. Can the two of them find happily ever after, or will the dangers of the past and Lily’s strange ways keep them apart?

New Release:

The Blacksmith's Bride: A Brides of Golden Valley Story by Laura D. Bastian

Susan Hanson’s life is normal, but she wants more. Finding excitement in her novels, she eagerly joined a book club, but when a new woman joins the group, strange things start happening. This purple-haired woman can actually grant wish fulfillment. Deciding to give it a try, she agrees to let Dr. Lachele work her magic and Susan discovers herself on her same street in New York, but more than one hundred years in the past.

Michael Clark has always wanted someone to call his own. His parents, then his uncle die, leaving him without a place to call his own. He’s welcomed by the good people of Birch Creek in the Idaho Territory, but he wants a family. Since women are hard to come by, he does the most logical thing he can. He orders a bride from New York.

When Susan decides to answer Michael’s advertisement, she’s sure it will be for the best, after all, Dr. Lachele’s got a gift. The first moment they meet, Michael and Susan know marriage is the next step but with her oddities, and his old fashioned views, can the two of them actually build a life together?

New Release:

The Pretend Princess: A Lindzee's Royal Secrets Romance by Lindzee Armstrong

She’s lost her memory. He’s lost his heart. Can they find their happily ever after in the past?

Lexi has wasted her entire college career researching a dead-end. Her thesis on the sixteenth-century Durham queen, Alexandra, is going nowhere. How can she defend her doctoral dissertation if she can’t even figure out where the queen was born? When she meets Dr. Lachele, Lexi doesn’t think much of it—until she wakes up in the past without her memory.

King Richard’s only goal is to keep Durham from war with Galia, even if it means marrying their princess whom he’s never met. When his advisers bring news that the princess’s ship was attacked, Richard is devastated—until he finds a beautiful girl washed up on shore and assumes she’s the missing royal. Lexi has no memory of her past, but Richard’s advisers urge him to press forward with wedding plans.

As Lexi grows more and more enamored with the kind-hearted king, memories of her past have her questioning her present—until another Galian princess arrives in Durham to take her deceased sister’s place as queen. Will Lexi fight to stay in the past with Richard, or will she be forced to return to the future without him?