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Susan B. James

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Susan writes second chance romances with a touch of magic as Susan B. James and children's books as Susan J. Berger. She writes older heroines because she is chronologically gifted and enjoys creating characters who remember that change is only on the outside. Inside our older shells is a much younger psyche.
In her debut romance, Time and Forever, two women in their sixties inadvertently travel back to London in 1969.
Maybe This Time, the companion book, won UnCaged Books’ 2019 Raven Award for contemporary romance, the 2019 Reader's Favorite Gold Medal for Time Travel, and was runner-up in the Audiobook –General category.
The third book in the trilogy is Irish Magic. No time travel involved but there is a leprechaun.
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	Time and Forever 4.40 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Maybe This Time won the 2019 Raven Award for Best Contemporary Romance, The 2019 Reader's Favorite Gold Medal for Time Travel, and was runner up for the RONE Best Audiobook General Award.

When writing time travel, it’s important to know what existed when. My characters in Maybe This Time jump forward to 2006 hoping to mend a glitch in time. I choose 2006 because computer technology leapt forw

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“You can't edit a blank page”
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“The apple tree in the background, just barely visible, was stretching a single limb out to her, as if wanting to be in the photo with her.”
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“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”
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Kris wrote: "Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author, Susan. It's always great to connect with other authors.

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Thanks for friending this mystery & paranormal author, Susan. It's always great to connect with other authors.

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Jan 21, 2014 08:52PM

Wow, so funny to see you reviewing one favorite author after another -- Dianna Wynne Jones, Edward Eager, E Nesbit, yes, yes, yes.

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