Love, time, and specters collide in a storm.
A grieving scientist, an interdimensional agent from the future, and a storm that bends time collide in a race to save reality. When Dr. Ernest Warren steers his airship into the past to find answers, Prudence Pinkerton arrives with a warning: the tempest will remake everything. Together they must outwit spectral forces, mend a broken heart, and stop a catastrophe that threatens multiple worlds.
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Storm-borne Secrets and Second Chances
In the wake of the Great Storm of 1901, Dr. Ernest Warren has sworn off love and devoted his genius to science and interstellar ambition. But when eerily similar storms begin to brew across time, Ernest pilots his steampunk airship back to the scene of his greatest loss. From the future, inter-dimensional operative Prudence Pinkerton intercepts his mission, and an uneasy alliance becomes a desperate hunt as clocks begin to tick faster and grief manifests as spectral danger at the storm’s eye.
Specters in the Storm blends time-twisting science fiction, paranormal detective beats, and a slow-burning romantic redemption into a single, standalone novel. Fans of quirky, character-driven stories, cinematic Gulf Coast atmospherics, and witty heroines will find a haunted, brilliant hero and an interdimensional heroine whose chemistry is equal parts humor and heat. It is a genre-bending escape for readers who crave mystery, emotional stakes, and inventive world-building.
Can two very different travelers heal a broken heart and stop a storm that could unravel time itself?
When Time Itself Becomes the Enemy, Love Must Learn to Bend
A time-twisting, paranormal romantic science thriller from USA Today Bestselling Author Pauline Baird Jones
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Step into a time-twisting, paranormal whirlwind with Specters in the Storm, a standalone novel that blends science, romance, and eerie detective mystery into one unforgettable ride. Dr. Ernest Warren, a brilliant scientist shaped by grief after the Great Storm of 1901, has shut his heart to love and devoted his life to understanding the mechanics of storms, time, and interstellar travel. When familiar, ominous tempests begin to resurface, Ernest charts a dangerous course through his airship toward the past in search of the answers he has been denying himself.
From the future, inter-dimensional traveler Prudence Pinkerton has been watching Ernest’s life unfold with a mix of curiosity and urgency. She knows something the present does not: the storms are not just weather, and the clocks are beginning to run faster. Forced together by fate and necessity, Ernest and Prudence must race through collapsing timelines, confront specters both literal and emotional, and face down a threat that seeks to rewrite more than just history. Specters in the Storm is for readers who love smart, quirky, and humorous fiction that refuses to stay in any single genre—perfect for fans of paranormal romance, time-bending science fiction, and mysteries that keep you guessing until the last gust.
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Pauline Baird Jones is a USA Today Bestselling Author known for her witty, emotionally rich storytelling and genre-blending tales. Her books combine sharp humor, heartfelt characters, and imaginative worldbuilding that lingers long after the final page.