Time-travel romance with steam, danger, and heart
When a machine could hand the universe to evil, Robert Clementyne and Emily Babcock must race through steampunk museums, Roswell detours, and impossible pasts to stop it. High stakes, pulpy set pieces, and a love that might be the only thing worth saving collide in a time-bending adventure.
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Time, Love & Steam-Powered Chaos
Robert Clementyne is a brilliant, wounded time-traveler on the run from the mysterious Dr. Smith; his search for a machine capable of placing evil in charge of the universe leads him to a quirky steampunk bowling-alley museum run by Emily Babcock, a skeptical curator and descendant of the machine’s inventor. Their uneasy partnership becomes urgent as time itself starts to splinter—pulling them into the past, the future, a Roswell side trip, and a face-to-face clash with an aspiring evil-genius overlord.
Steamrolled fuses cinematic, pulpy thrills—steam airships, clockwork contraptions, neon-lit lanes—with a tender romance between a damaged genius and a spirited curator, delivering emotional healing amid cosmic peril. This is for readers who love genre mash-ups: time-travel science fiction with steampunk mischief, quirky ensemble flair, and a romantic payoff that earns every beat.
Can two unlikely allies heal each other—and stop time from unraveling?
Love, Time, and a Steampunk Machine That Could End the Universe
With the fate of all time on the line, Robert Clementyne is racing a mysterious Dr. Smith to recover a machine that could hand the universe to evil. His search leads to a steam-powered bowling alley and a museum run by a descendant of the machine’s creator — and to Emily Babcock, a skeptical museum curator who collects gears, goggles, and an appreciation for the impossible.
Steamrolled: Project Enterprise 4 blends steampunk oddities with sharp science fiction and an irresistible romance. Emily is more interested in proving her ancestors’ inventions legitimate than in believing a stranger’s claims — until Robert makes her believe in something harder to pin down: happy-ever-after. Together they’re steamrolled through time, from the past and future to a detour through Roswell, racing an evil-genius-overlord-wannabe and fighting for the chance to love.
This book is for readers who crave quirky, high-stakes sci-fi with heart: fans of clever worldbuilding, romantic tension, and a touch of humor in even the deadliest of situations. If you like airships, nanites with personality, and a story that’s been called “weird and wonderful,” grab your copy and dive in.
Join Robert and Emily now—time won’t wait, and neither should you.
Pauline Baird Jones writes adventurous, character-driven science fiction and romance with a quirky, steampunk-tinged twist. Her novels combine humor, heart, and high stakes — and her fans keep coming back for the imaginative worlds and fast-paced plots.
More Praise for Steamrolled:
“Pauline is the Queen of Steam! Steamrolled is a wild adventure full of wit, intrigue, and an evil overlord to boot. Every page was better than the next!” FirePages
“Pauline B Jones has designed a rollicking time traveling tale set in a deteriorating steam punk world that will blow your mind. Crossing time, space and worlds with technology from steam-run automatons and flying airships to nanites that exist inside the body to help thought processes and healing, STEAMROLLED is a must read for science fiction lovers.” Single Titles
“I never knew time could be so much fun or hold so much peril. Steamrolled is packed with adventure, romance, and danger. I loved the nanites. They were full of personality and added a real touch of humor to even the most deadly situation. In Steamrolled Pauline has produced the perfect blend of Science Fiction Romance and Steampunk making fans of both happy.” Mixed Book Bag
“I think this will be a hit with steampunk fans in general, and if you haven’t already tested out the genre, any work by Pauline Baird Jones would be a fine place to start. She’s just a talented, entertaining author.” Long and Short Reviews
“Ms. Jones has a remarkable imagination and a descriptive ability with words that always draw me into her locales and time periods as if I were really there. Her characters, particularly her heroines, are always colorful, alive with personality, and thoroughly entertaining.” Two Lips Reviews, Four lips