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Time After Time
Two strangers. Two secrets. One reckless night that could rewrite time. Nerve meets Doctor Who in this sexy, star-crossed romantic novella by best selling author Livy Hart.
A time traveler who wakes up in a new decade every day, Bellamy Gale learned the hard way that attachment is a liability. She doesn’t stay. She doesn’t explain. And she never tells anyone what she is. One reckless confession could fracture a timeline—or strand her in the wrong year forever.
Seattle, 2026 is supposed to be a blink-and-you-miss-it assignment.
Then she meets Nathaniel Blythe.
He’s all sharp smiles and midnight bravado, the kind of man built for bad decisions. When he pulls her into Dare Night—an underground competition where strangers chase escalating challenges for free drinks and clout—Bellamy can’t resist. Each completed dare is filmed. The game thrives on risk. So does Nathaniel.
So does the version of Bellamy she becomes around him.
With every reckless stunt, every breathless laugh, every secret she almost tells, she breaks the rule that matters don’t get close enough to risk missing someone when you leave. Nathaniel notices too much. And the more he sees, the harder it is to keep her truth buried—because if she tells him what she is, his future won’t survive the knowledge.
When Dare Night spirals from thrill-seeking into something lethal, Bellamy faces an impossible protect the timeline she was trained to serve, or trust the man who makes her want a future she was never meant to have.
One who may just have secrets of his own.
Fast, romantic, and aching with tension, Time After Time is a novella about love colliding with destiny—and what it means to love someone you were never meant to keep.
A time traveler who wakes up in a new decade every day, Bellamy Gale learned the hard way that attachment is a liability. She doesn’t stay. She doesn’t explain. And she never tells anyone what she is. One reckless confession could fracture a timeline—or strand her in the wrong year forever.
Seattle, 2026 is supposed to be a blink-and-you-miss-it assignment.
Then she meets Nathaniel Blythe.
He’s all sharp smiles and midnight bravado, the kind of man built for bad decisions. When he pulls her into Dare Night—an underground competition where strangers chase escalating challenges for free drinks and clout—Bellamy can’t resist. Each completed dare is filmed. The game thrives on risk. So does Nathaniel.
So does the version of Bellamy she becomes around him.
With every reckless stunt, every breathless laugh, every secret she almost tells, she breaks the rule that matters don’t get close enough to risk missing someone when you leave. Nathaniel notices too much. And the more he sees, the harder it is to keep her truth buried—because if she tells him what she is, his future won’t survive the knowledge.
When Dare Night spirals from thrill-seeking into something lethal, Bellamy faces an impossible protect the timeline she was trained to serve, or trust the man who makes her want a future she was never meant to have.
One who may just have secrets of his own.
Fast, romantic, and aching with tension, Time After Time is a novella about love colliding with destiny—and what it means to love someone you were never meant to keep.
90 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 30, 2026
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February 2, 2026
Livy never misses!
February 16, 2026
Gah! I hate to do this but this wasn’t for me. There was just too much happening in the span of 90 pages.
Bellamy time travels, against her control and basically wakes up in a new place, in a new year every single day for the last decade, so she doesn’t seek out to interact of make connections with anyone because what’s the point? Good choice. Save yourself some grief, girl.
But! When the bar she forces herself to go to end ups doing a Dare theme night though! I was in! Locked in, let’s see the list, grab a partner (preferably a hot one with dimples and let’s do this!) which lucky me.. she does (Nathaniel) and I wish that’s how it stayed. Unlucky me though.. I instantly saw what was going to happen and that was.. that it quickly pivoted from 2 strangers playing a funny stupid bar game and getting horny with each other to a story about time travel with both of them figuring out that they’re not alone with this curse of walking through era after era lonely. Which I’m sorry.. I don’t care. Just get it on with some wicked banter and sexual tension without diving into whatever emotions and shit. I also didn’t care for the epilogue. I don’t think it added anything to the story.. the last words should have just been “Good morning, Bells.”
It also lacked a lot of Livy’s signature humour which is what I live for! So I’m contributing that as a factor to my overall thoughts.
Maybe novellas aren’t my thing. But I know Livy’s writing is so I’ll always give whatever she writes my best effort.
Bellamy time travels, against her control and basically wakes up in a new place, in a new year every single day for the last decade, so she doesn’t seek out to interact of make connections with anyone because what’s the point? Good choice. Save yourself some grief, girl.
But! When the bar she forces herself to go to end ups doing a Dare theme night though! I was in! Locked in, let’s see the list, grab a partner (preferably a hot one with dimples and let’s do this!) which lucky me.. she does (Nathaniel) and I wish that’s how it stayed. Unlucky me though.. I instantly saw what was going to happen and that was.. that it quickly pivoted from 2 strangers playing a funny stupid bar game and getting horny with each other to a story about time travel with both of them figuring out that they’re not alone with this curse of walking through era after era lonely. Which I’m sorry.. I don’t care. Just get it on with some wicked banter and sexual tension without diving into whatever emotions and shit. I also didn’t care for the epilogue. I don’t think it added anything to the story.. the last words should have just been “Good morning, Bells.”
It also lacked a lot of Livy’s signature humour which is what I live for! So I’m contributing that as a factor to my overall thoughts.
Maybe novellas aren’t my thing. But I know Livy’s writing is so I’ll always give whatever she writes my best effort.
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February 11, 2026
I don’t know how Livy managed to capture so much in such a small novella. It has all the wit and charm just like in all her other books. It’s a unique story where Bellamy wakes up in a new place and new year every day. She never gets close to anyone because she knows they won’t stay. Then she meets Nathaniel. She instantly has this connection with him and as they get to know each other, she realizes she doesn’t want to let him go. Their chemistry and tension is crazy good, and their story makes you root for them even more. I feel like you don’t get any real answers , but also you realize you just don’t care either. You just love them and the story.
February 1, 2026
I really loved Bellamy and Nathaniel <3 I will be re-reading this when I need a quick Hart fix!
February 10, 2026
This was really fun! I loved the main characters.
I love this author so definitely check out the rest of her stuff if you haven’t!
But also what the hell does Bells do for her period?!
I love this author so definitely check out the rest of her stuff if you haven’t!
But also what the hell does Bells do for her period?!
February 19, 2026
Cute short story about a time traveler. Fun and fast paced.
February 20, 2026
THIS is how you write a novella!! This was fun, sweet, steamy, and I loved the speculative elements. A huge 5 stars from me!
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