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Ruby Killingsworth #2
Time & Again
As far as Ruby Killingsworth is concerned, life could not possibly get any better. She is the wealthiest and most influential she’s ever been. Her entertainment empire continues to grow and thrive, her personal life is uncomplicated and fulfilling, and she continues to explore the unequaled magic she’s been granted access to.
In Ruby’s world, magic and money can solve just about any problem.
But when an email from the future arrives in her inbox—one that threatens her entire business and especially the career of one up-and-coming rock star—she finds neither of her usual solutions adequate to the task. She’ll need help getting to the bottom of this, and there’s only one person she knows who’s qualified to take on an adversary as esoteric as a possible time traveler.
The problem? That person is Jaccob “Stardust” Stevens, Cobalt City’s pre-eminent superhero, world-leading tech genius, and professional Good Guy, who also happens to be Ruby’s next-door neighbor and former flame.
With the help of a team of young heroes led by the legendary Kara Sparx, Jaccob and Ruby must find a way to work together to find the time travelers and stop them before they destroy everything Ruby has worked so hard to build.
And maybe, in time, they might just find each other again.
In Ruby’s world, magic and money can solve just about any problem.
But when an email from the future arrives in her inbox—one that threatens her entire business and especially the career of one up-and-coming rock star—she finds neither of her usual solutions adequate to the task. She’ll need help getting to the bottom of this, and there’s only one person she knows who’s qualified to take on an adversary as esoteric as a possible time traveler.
The problem? That person is Jaccob “Stardust” Stevens, Cobalt City’s pre-eminent superhero, world-leading tech genius, and professional Good Guy, who also happens to be Ruby’s next-door neighbor and former flame.
With the help of a team of young heroes led by the legendary Kara Sparx, Jaccob and Ruby must find a way to work together to find the time travelers and stop them before they destroy everything Ruby has worked so hard to build.
And maybe, in time, they might just find each other again.
414 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 13, 2024
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About the author
Amanda Cherry
16 books93 followers Amanda Cherry is a native of Pensacola, FL and an alumnus of UNLV who hasn’t been thoroughly warm since moving to the Seattle area in 2003. Amanda’s first love was performing, and she has had a successful career as a theatre, television, and film actress.
Amanda’s first book was penned in her family’s den and published by her father in time for Christmas in 1985, she was six years old. After the limited success of that first outing, Amanda turned to writing stories for fun. She spent the next twenty-odd years doing just that.
A lifelong nerd, Amanda joined the staff at her favorite Star Wars site, Tosche Station, as a contributing writer in 2016 and discovered that letting other people read what she’d written was actually pretty fun. Thanks to the encouragement of a friend, she was invited to submit to Cobalt City Christmas: Christmas Harder in 2016 while living overseas in Berlin, Germany. When she learned that her story was bought, she cried.
Capitalizing on the success of that publication, Amanda’s pitch for a follow-up novel was accepted. The rest is, as they say, history.
Amanda once again lives in the Seattle area with her husband of ten years and three-and-a-half year-old son. In her free time, she enjoys driving her little blue convertible and officiating flat track roller derby.
Amanda’s first book was penned in her family’s den and published by her father in time for Christmas in 1985, she was six years old. After the limited success of that first outing, Amanda turned to writing stories for fun. She spent the next twenty-odd years doing just that.
A lifelong nerd, Amanda joined the staff at her favorite Star Wars site, Tosche Station, as a contributing writer in 2016 and discovered that letting other people read what she’d written was actually pretty fun. Thanks to the encouragement of a friend, she was invited to submit to Cobalt City Christmas: Christmas Harder in 2016 while living overseas in Berlin, Germany. When she learned that her story was bought, she cried.
Capitalizing on the success of that publication, Amanda’s pitch for a follow-up novel was accepted. The rest is, as they say, history.
Amanda once again lives in the Seattle area with her husband of ten years and three-and-a-half year-old son. In her free time, she enjoys driving her little blue convertible and officiating flat track roller derby.
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August 14, 2024
If you’re in the mood for a witty second-chance romance with magic and superheroes, I can happily recommend this sequel to Rites & Desires.
Two years after her affair with and breakup from Jaccob Stevens, AKA Stardust, Ruby Killingsworth is at the top of her business and magical games, and has a satisfying non-exclusive relationship. When a mysterious email with an attached recording apparently from the future threatens her business, she swallows her pride and asks her tech genius superhero ex-lover for help. Old feelings reawaken as they work together to catch the time traveler.
Ruby is so much fun to follow through a story. She’s rich and powerful, living a life of luxury and glamor unavailable to most of us. She’s amoral but ethical, taking lavishly good care of anyone working for her while also prioritizing to her own needs. She has strong opinions and doesn’t like feelings, yet she seems to have a heart under all the magic and high fashion. And Jaccob, the squarest of Good Guys, is funny, capable, and sweet. The team of young female capes was a lively addition to the cast. I liked that the time travel element did not (yet) involve the main characters time traveling. The answer to the mystery was startling and clever, no doubt setting up future adventures.
Two years after her affair with and breakup from Jaccob Stevens, AKA Stardust, Ruby Killingsworth is at the top of her business and magical games, and has a satisfying non-exclusive relationship. When a mysterious email with an attached recording apparently from the future threatens her business, she swallows her pride and asks her tech genius superhero ex-lover for help. Old feelings reawaken as they work together to catch the time traveler.
Ruby is so much fun to follow through a story. She’s rich and powerful, living a life of luxury and glamor unavailable to most of us. She’s amoral but ethical, taking lavishly good care of anyone working for her while also prioritizing to her own needs. She has strong opinions and doesn’t like feelings, yet she seems to have a heart under all the magic and high fashion. And Jaccob, the squarest of Good Guys, is funny, capable, and sweet. The team of young female capes was a lively addition to the cast. I liked that the time travel element did not (yet) involve the main characters time traveling. The answer to the mystery was startling and clever, no doubt setting up future adventures.
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