In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer (Austenprose PR Book Tour)

 

What is your favorite book or movie featuring time travel?  I first started to love time travel as a kid watching the 1980’s TV series Voyagers! This show featured Phineas Bogg, a time traveler who used a device to travel through time and try to fix mistakes.  He was joined by a young kid named Jeffrey.  This show only ran for a year as the actor who played Phineas, Jon Erik Hexum, died from an accident involving a firearm on set.  I also loved all of the time travel in Star Trek.  “The City on the Edge of Forever” in the original series is one of the best television episodes ever. The Back to the Future series are my favorite time travel movies, and Outlander has been my favorite time travel book series as an adult.

I was excited to have an opportunity to review In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer.  This is a unique novel involving time travel.  Maggie inherited the ability to cross time.  She lives on day in 1861, the next day in 1941, and the third day in 2001.   She doesn’t age beyond her normal age, but she does retain the memories from all three time periods.  She has different sets of parents and friends in each time period.  When she turns twenty-one, she will need to choose which time period she wants to stay in permanently and she will die in the other time periods.  How will she choose?  She doesn’t want to complicate matters with romance, but there is a special someone in each time period.  She works in the medical field in Washington DC in all three time periods.  In 2001 she is a medical student working towards her goal of becoming a surgeon, in 1941 she is a navy nurse, and in 1861 she is trying to help wounded soldiers against her father’s wishes. 

I greatly enjoyed this book. The alternating chapters kept the story moving.  The time periods selected were all three equally riveting.  I really liked that.  I loved that Maggie was able to use her medical expertise in different ways in the different time periods, but that she had to take care to not alter time by sharing information from the future.  I also liked the romance.

This is the second book in the Timeless series but worked well as a stand alone novel.  I really want to go back now and read the first book!

Book Source: Review Copy from Bethany House.   Thank-you! I received a complimentary copy of this book as part of the Austenprose PR Book Tour. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

QUICK FACTS

·       Title: In This Moment

·       Series: Timeless (Book 2)  

·       Author: Gabrielle Meyer

·       Genre: Time Travel Romance, Historical Romance, Inspirational Fiction

·       Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (May 2, 2023)

·       Length: (400) pages

·       Format: Hardcover, Trade Paperback, eBook, & Audiobook 

·       ISBN: ‎ 978-0764239755

·       Tour Dates: May 1 – 15, 2023

 

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Maggie inherited a gift from her time-crossing parents that allows her to live three separate lives in 1861, 1941, and 2001. Each night, she goes to sleep in one time period and wakes up in another. Until she turns twenty-one, when she will have to forfeit two of those lives--and everyone she knows in them--forever.

In 1861, Maggie is the daughter of a senator at the outbreak of the Civil War, navigating a capital full of Southern spies and wounded soldiers. In 1941, she is a navy nurse, grappling with her knowledge of the future when she joins a hospital ship going to Pearl Harbor. And in 2001, she's a brilliant young medical student, fulfilling her dream of becoming a surgeon.

While Maggie has sworn off romance until she makes her final choice, an intriguing man tugs at her heart in each era, only complicating the impossible decision she must make, which looms ever closer. With so much on the line, how can Maggie choose just one life to keep and the rest to lose?

 

PRAISE FOR IN THIS MOMENT

·       "A unique thought-provoking read."— Mimi Matthews, USA Today bestselling author

·       "A breathtaking journey through time and history!”— Sarah Sundin, bestselling, and Christy Award-winning author

·       “I loved this novel and heartily recommend it.”— Elizabeth Camden, Christy and RITA Award-winning author of When the Day Comes

 

PURCHASE LINKS

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AUTHOR BIO

Gabrielle Meyer has worked for state and local historical societies and loves writing fiction inspired by real people, places, and events. She currently resides along the banks of the Mississippi River in central Minnesota with her husband and four children. By day, she's a busy homeschool mom, and by night she pens fiction and nonfiction filled with hope.

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