Five years ago, Britt Keane's husband was gunned down in an apparently motiveless act. She's hired a displaced Russian physicist to build a time machine. Then she hires Jesse Branson to go back in time with her to save her husband. Unbeknownst to Britt, Jesse's a private investigator who was investigating Adam Keane's finances just before his death. Britt's quest gives him an opportunity to close the case. When he hears about Britt's time machine, he's convinced he's in the presence of a madwoman. But the machine works, and Jesse and Britt must face the ultimate question--can the past really be changed? And if it can, should it be?
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February 26, 2001: Brett Keane loved her husband Adam more than life itself. When someone killed him just outside the hospital where he practiced medicine, Brett collapsed unable to move on with her own life. Hope comes to Brett when she learns that Dr. Romenov used a time machine he invented to escape Russia. Brett funded the remaining experimental design work that now allows the time machine to travel through time and space. Brett intends to save the life of her beloved spouse.
Brett advertises for a man with no family ties and can use a gun. Jess Branson answers the ad. Brett immediately hires Jess unaware he has his own agenda. As Brett and Jess work closely together, a strong emotional bond forms between them that leaves the latter worrying about the sanity of the former if she ever finds out why her perfect Adam was shot.
Without over burdening the audience, Katrienna Knights addresses the method of time travel by cleverly turning a complex string theoretical concept into a believable event. Thus, time travel romance fans need not make any Grand Canyonesque leap of faith, but instead can concentrate on a wonderful story line. The lead characters of TIME AND TIME AGAIN touch the readers? hearts as the audience understands and empathizes with the character?s respective plights. Time after time, Ms. Knights always seems to provide an emotionally moving novel.
Harriet Klausner