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Echoes of Tomorrow
In the small Colorado mountain town of Pine Ridge, Julia Brooks is in Stella’s Diner when two men walk inside and stop time. Julia is the only person that notices the time glitch, and seconds later, life reanimates. Everyone goes about their business as usual, but not Julia. She soon learns an awful Evan Mitchell will die before day’s end. His last breath will tear them apart and reset time.
When Evan wakes, it’s as if nothing happened. He doesn’t remember that he died or that he’s doomed to repeat the same year again and again. Evan feels like he’s missed something and is overcome by headaches and bursts of blinding light. Flashes of a realistic death experience and audible voices only he can hear lead to a mysterious woman that keeps surfacing in his dreams.
Meanwhile, the time reset skips Julia a year into the future, where for her, time passes backwards leading her right back to Evan. Unlucky in all matters of the heart, Julia is certain she’s cursed to love Evan as payment for the sins of her past. But Julia wants a future, one with Evan beside her, his memories of her intact. She woos him again and again hoping for a spark of recognition.
The reset is not the second chance Julia once begged for, but it’s the only chance she’s got to break through time and twist the hand of fate.
When Evan wakes, it’s as if nothing happened. He doesn’t remember that he died or that he’s doomed to repeat the same year again and again. Evan feels like he’s missed something and is overcome by headaches and bursts of blinding light. Flashes of a realistic death experience and audible voices only he can hear lead to a mysterious woman that keeps surfacing in his dreams.
Meanwhile, the time reset skips Julia a year into the future, where for her, time passes backwards leading her right back to Evan. Unlucky in all matters of the heart, Julia is certain she’s cursed to love Evan as payment for the sins of her past. But Julia wants a future, one with Evan beside her, his memories of her intact. She woos him again and again hoping for a spark of recognition.
The reset is not the second chance Julia once begged for, but it’s the only chance she’s got to break through time and twist the hand of fate.
338 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 21, 2025
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About the author
J.A. Burton
2 books6 followersJ.A. Burton graduated from Methodist University as an english major. She lives in Colorado and is a lover of animals, the arts, and travel.
Firstborn: A Novel of Leonardo da Vinci is her debut novel, which is a Semi-Finalist in the category of Literary Fiction from The Kindle Book Review for 2019.
The story is a culmination of fondness for and study of art history, amore for Italy, learning the Italian language, and fangirl research. If any place can be magical, Florence holds an undeniable allure. The city has amazing light (yes, the light in this place is incredible), is an art lover's dream, and possesses an intoxicating mix of past and present--all things that would have influenced Leonardo's life and work in his own time.
Leonardo is an endlessly fascinating and complicated character. Inspiration for this story came from the most likely of places: one of Leonardo's drawings. See the drawing at www.jaburton.com
Firstborn: A Novel of Leonardo da Vinci is her debut novel, which is a Semi-Finalist in the category of Literary Fiction from The Kindle Book Review for 2019.
The story is a culmination of fondness for and study of art history, amore for Italy, learning the Italian language, and fangirl research. If any place can be magical, Florence holds an undeniable allure. The city has amazing light (yes, the light in this place is incredible), is an art lover's dream, and possesses an intoxicating mix of past and present--all things that would have influenced Leonardo's life and work in his own time.
Leonardo is an endlessly fascinating and complicated character. Inspiration for this story came from the most likely of places: one of Leonardo's drawings. See the drawing at www.jaburton.com
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December 3, 2025
I can’t remember the last time a book grabbed me like Echoes of Tomorrow did. I could not put it down; I picked it up intending to read a few chapters and ended up reading the entire thing in less than 24 hours!
The time loop storyline was an immersive element to this book, every loop added a new layer of depth and urgency that kept me glued to the pages. The ending lands perfectly, it resolves the central conflict while leaving enough unsaid to keep you thinking about the characters long after you close the book.
If you need a fast-paced read that will hook you immediately, pick this up!
The time loop storyline was an immersive element to this book, every loop added a new layer of depth and urgency that kept me glued to the pages. The ending lands perfectly, it resolves the central conflict while leaving enough unsaid to keep you thinking about the characters long after you close the book.
If you need a fast-paced read that will hook you immediately, pick this up!
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