Casey Donovan has issues: hair, height and uncontrollable trips to the 19th century! And now this-she's accidentally taken Nate Mackenzie, the cutest boy in the school, back in time. Awkward.
It's the eve of the American Civil war and protocol pressures Casey to tell their hosts that Nate is her brother. No one more surprised than she is when they are forced to share a one room worker's cabin. Super awkward.
Nate's slow to accept their new reality but when he does, he realizes he needs Casey to get back. His nearness is intoxicating to Casey, but she keeps her cool by hanging a privacy blanket and staying aloof. Knowing Nate has an evil girlfriend waiting for him at home helps.
Casey Donovan has issues: hair, height and uncontrollable trips to the 19th century! And now this-she's accidentally taken Nate Mackenzie, the cutest boy in the school, back in time. Awkward.
It's the eve of the American Civil war and protocol pressures Casey to tell their hosts that Nate is her brother. No one more surprised than she is when they are forced to share a one room worker's cabin. Super awkward.
Nate's slow to accept their new reality but when he does, he realizes he needs Casey to get back. His nearness is intoxicating to Casey, but she keeps her cool by hanging a privacy blanket and staying aloof. Knowing Nate has an evil girlfriend waiting for him at home helps.
Over time Casey gains the attention of a handsome, wealthy (and unwanted) suitor, and something changes in Nate. Are those romantic sparks or is it just "brotherly" protectiveness?
When they return to the present, things go back to the way they were before: Casey parked on the bottom rung of their school's social ladder and Nate perched high on the very top. Except this time her heart is broken. Plus, her best friend is mad, her parents are split up, and her younger brother gets escorted home by the police. The only thing that could make life worse is if, by some strange twist of fate, she took Nate back to the past again.
Which of course, she does.
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The Clockwise Collection is light science fiction (historical) time travel with a nice splash of young adult romance!
Author Interview:
What inspired you to write time travel?
I've always had a fascination with mind-bending alternate realities ideas combined with history, tackling the questions while knowing what we know now, "What we do if we were there?" and "Would we change it if we could?"
What shows or books influenced you growing up?
I lean toward the lighter science fiction adventures like Star Wars and Star Trek. I absolutely adored the Back to the Future films. I'm a big fan of Madeline L'Engel and her A Wrinkle in Time series.
What recent time travel books and authors do you find inspiring?**
Some of the more recent time travel tales I enjoyed are the Out of Time series by Monique Martin, the Waterfall series by Lisa T. Bergen, Slow Dance in Purgatory by Amy Harmon, Unhappening by Edward Aubry, and the Timebound series by Rysa Walker.
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