Time Travel / Science Fiction / Romance
Publisher : Blondie Books
Publication date : September 26, 2025
Pages: 390 pages
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ABOUT THE BOOK: A hurricane is brewing, a deadly plague is spreading, and time isn’t what we think it is.
Ronnie Andrews knows he’s here. Jeffrey Brennan, the ex-boyfriend who has haunted her past, is lurking somewhere in the Puerto Rican hospital, waiting for his moment to strike. As bubonic plague fears sweep the island, the hospital descends into chaos—staff flee, Homeland Security locks down the facility, and a bioterror threat escalates. But Ronnie fears something even worse: that Jeffrey will use this moment of turmoil to send her hurtling through time once again.
The damage to her brain from previous time-travel events is already severe—one more jump could destroy her. But Jeffrey needs Ronnie and Mike gone before they expose his time travel device to the government.
Meanwhile, Mike—barely clinging to consciousness after a devastating mudslide crash—is about to be put into a medically induced coma. But he knows one thing: if he falls asleep, he may never wake up again. With time slipping through their fingers, can Ronnie and Mike stop Jeffrey before it's too late?
Fracturing Time is the adrenaline-pumping fourth book in the Stealing Time series, packed with high-stakes suspense, time travel twists, and heart-pounding action.
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BOOK REVIEW
I don't spend time on plot summary, so please read the book synopsis above.
HALL WAYS REVIEW: Reading Fracturing Time is like watching a juggling
act, where author KJ Waters keeps multiple characters, multiple timelines, and multiple
settings orbiting around her main character, Ronnie, in this action-packed fourth
book in the Stealing Time series.
Having not read any of the prior books in the series, I
struggled a bit to understand the relationships and events that led up to Fracturing
Time. Also, I imagine having been alongside the characters, living the
moments with them from the get-go, would make a reader feel more connected and invested,
and even repelled. Waters provides readers with a few good bring-to-dates and
insights along the way, which helps. But, I won't recommend it as a stand-alone
book. Instead, I recommend the series because you'll want to know all the delicious
details, start to finish.
“Stephanie McKay studied the threatening sky, bracing
herself for Orlando’s daily summer ritual, those few hours when Mother Nature
threw her tantrum.”
Waters’s own experiences living in Florida surely aided her
in creating such accurate and realistic situations for readers to experience (vicariously,
thank goodness). However, it’s clear the author has done copious amounts of
research into historical events, law enforcement procedures, medical conditions,
and of course, weather events. Sometimes
scenes went on a bit long and one seemed intentionally ghoulish to me, but they
definitely illustrated the deep research.
The characters in Fracturing Time are fleshed out and are written so that we hear the lilt in Steph's and Ian's voices, the seething in Jeffery's, and the time stamp of 1752 in Appleton's, to name a few. This lends an extra level of authenticity to the characters and the intriguing, even outrageous subplots in which they are involved.
I read an ARC of Fracturing Time and found some editing issues, but I assume
those have been cleaned up in the final version available for sale. For this
new-to-the-series reader, some re-reading of passages was required to try to
grasp what was happening, which is pretty mind blowing and imaginative; but it
works. Plus, having scenes told from multiple viewpoints (including one from a
highly-medicated character) gives us a better understanding of the bigger
picture. BONUS: if like me you love when a cover and book title tie-in to the story, you'll be pleased.
In the “A Letter to My Readers” section at the end of the
book, author KJ Waters says, “I’ve wrapped up the storyline in the fourth book
in the series, but I have at least two others in the works. I’m also going to
write some spin-offs.” Hooray! In Fracturing Time, there are definitely
some set-ups for more books. While Waters is writing, I’ll backtrack to book
one and read current to be ready for more adventures. Standing by!
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GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY! GIVEAWAY!
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Once you sign up, check your inbox for secret codes, bonus content, extra chances to win $5 Amazon cards, and probably a hurricane warning or two. Every code means more entries. The more you play, the better your odds—unless, of course, time fractures again. In that case… good luck.
(Giveaway runs through 10/10/25)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
KJ WATERS is the author of the four book, thrilling Stealing Time Series, the short story, Blow, and Blondie in the Water: True Tales of a Water Loving Mom. Currently, she's working on a new magical realism series set in Twisted Oaks, a small town in coastal Virginia.
In addition to her writing, she runs KJ Waters Consultancy and is the co-host of the podcast Blondie and the Brit (now making a comeback on TikTok). She also provides author consulting services covering branding, social media, and publishing.
She holds a Master of Business Administration degree and has over twenty-two years of experience in the marketing field. Before quitting her job to raise a family and work on writing, she was the director of marketing and communications for a national behavioral healthcare company.
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