On a cold winter's evening in Raleigh, North Carolina, Alex Charles left 1989 and traveled into the darkness of 1942. Her mission simple: to save two boys from drowning just days before Christmas. But how could she have known the danger that awaited her in the past. Joseph Graham, her fun-loving uncle, tried to give her all the essentials necessary for time travel and changing destiny. However, he couldn't live without his own true love, Laura Chestnut, a woman he met during the last days of the Civil War. Sometimes forever is too long to wait. Returning to 1870, Joe knew the risk, but wasn't...

Alex Charles isn't afraid of her future. It's her past that has been holding her back; her parents were unexpectedly killed while she was still in high school. Alone in the world, she turns to her friendships to keep her life fulfilled. And then one day, the unimaginable happens. An unknown uncle, Joe Graham, comes into her life and takes her into a world of mystery and discovery; a place where the past can be rewritten. Joe is a willing instructor, ready to share his experiences. He's a time traveler, taking his first jump back in time to the end of the Civil War in 1865. Where something...