THE CONTEST IS CLOSED AND THE WINNER IS... DENISE HOLCOMB! CONGRATULATIONS!
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Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 and is the day of romantic gestures. People hand out cards and buy chocolates and flowers for the people they love. It's all about the romance, but what if you and your one and only love kept missing each other, or perhaps he or she wasn't even from this century? If given the chance, would you travel back in time to find him or her?
For this Valentine's Day post, I'm focusing on what we would do for love as we explore the possibilities of 'what if'?
From finding a portal to using a time machine or any other method that manipulates time and space, time travel romances have been an appealing notion to many. Who doesn't want to visit medieval Ireland or Scotland or even the wild, wild west? What if you could stop someone from making a life-shaping mistake? The possibilities are endless.
In my time travel tale, Two Worlds Collided, Evie travels back in time from 2007 to 1997 to save Rock Star, Bellamy Lovel from ending his life. A ritual is involved and her essence, not her body, travels along the timeline to a point where she merges with her younger self. Changing the past is not an easy attempt, and changing someone's destiny proves even more of a challenge.
There are rules to time travel. You can't travel back in time to the same event line twice. It's a one-time shot. Everyone has choices, a fork in the road that can lead to two totally different outcomes. Doesn't mean one path will be what you hoped for, but it's an option if you know the other path totally sucks.
To travel back in time to change someone's past, the correct variable must be present to make the time travel a success. Evie had those variables. She had crossed paths with Bellamy when she was young and would have crossed paths with him again, but she'd taken another path. She was supposed to be with him on the final tour where he ended his life. Last, she possesses an item that belonged to Bellamy. She had the anchor to the past and she had an anchor to come back to the present because of her friends that would be waiting for her return.
Sounds easy, right? Well, bad-boy Bellamy doesn't always cooperate with her plans to nudge him in the right direction. Every move she makes doesn't give her a clear picture to what he'll decide in the end.
About Two Worlds Collided:
Evie Reid on a whim agrees to travel back in time to 1997 to change bad boy Bellamy Lovel's path of destruction. She's smart with a college degree, but she is still fan-girl crazy for the rock band, Civilized Heathens. Evie knows despite all Bellamy's smiles and enthusiasm on the stage, he's destined to end it all on one lonely night in a hotel room unless she can change his path.
Bellamy isn't keen on having Evie as his personal assistant, hired by his band mates to watch over him, and keep him on schedule. However, there is something about the woman that sparks his interest, despite his best to ignore her. When darkness threatens to consume him, he realizes she may be the only light that will chase the shadows away.
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****For my giveaway**** One lucky winner will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card, and an eBook copy of Two Worlds Collided gifted through Amazon. (PDF is available upon request.) If you've already purchased Two Worlds Collided, feel free to choose another one of my books to be gifted to you if you should be the lucky winner.
What do you need to do to win the prize?
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Leave your email in the comments
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Answer the question? If you time traveled, where would go and why? (The old west? The 50s? Medieval Scotland? Old west? Choose a place. Or would you just go far enough back so not to make that mistake again!)
Good Luck! I'll announce the winner on Feb. 15th.
Free to all: A recipe for Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles
Ingredients
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Roll of refrigerated peanut butter cookie dough (I prefer Pillsbury)
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A bag of semisweet chocolate chips (2 cups) ( I prefer Nestle)
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Optional (Chopped Peanuts)
Heat oven to 350°F.
Shape cookie dough into 1 1/4-inch balls and place 2 inches apart on a cookie sheets.
Bake until light golden brown (Usually 8-9 minutes). Cool on cookie sheets 5 minutes. Refrigerate 10 to 15 minutes or until completely cooled. Meanwhile, line the cookie sheet with waxed paper and them set aside.
In medium bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered on High 60 to 90 seconds, stirring until smooth.
Dip cooled cookie balls, one at a time, into the melted chocolate and place them on the cookie sheet. (You may have to reheat chocolate)
(Optional- If you like, also add chopped peanuts on top of the cookie before the chocolate sets.)
Refrigerate truffles about 10 minutes or until coating is set.
Enjoy!
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I’d love to travel back to the roaring 20’s, for the clothes and the glamour and the dancing!
Jenna,
Oh, the dancing… Definitely fun.
I loved this post. I’ve just started research on time travel for my next book, so your take on it was really interesting. I’d love to travel back to Victorian England, by the way.
Birdie,
Isn’t time travel fascinating? Good luck on your research and your story. 🙂
regency england
dholcomb1 (at) aol (dot) com
Interesting choice, Denise. Thanks for stopping by.
I would go back to 1950’s to spend more time with my grandmother.
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Love the header at the top of your blog! If I could time travel, I would visit the wild, wild west. I love western movies…watched my first one with my father…The Good Bad and The Ugly starring Clint Eastwood. I would have to stay hidden during those shoot-outs, lol. The chocolate peanut butter truffles sounds delicious!
So glad you like the header. Thank you.
I would want to hide when there were those shoot-outs too. Loved westerns growing up. My favorite TV show was Alias Smith and Jones. I was about nine and had a huge crush on Pete Duel. 🙂
Great post. Love the idea of time travel. There are so many places and times I’d want to visit, but all things considered, I think I’d choose England during the Regency period…if I were wealthy. Those chocolate peanut butter truffles sound divine!
Judith,
Well if you’re going to join the Ton when you time travel, of course, you must have money. 🙂 It’s the only way to travel. lol
OMG, those truffles look amazing! And I never knew that one could only travel once to the same location in time travel. Who knew? Just stopping by from my blog in the hop to say hi!
They are. Enjoy the recipe. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by. 🙂