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The Time Travel Journals of Sahara Aldridge #2
A Time to Weep
Sometimes the only way forward is back.
Sahara Aldridge, a young Egyptologist in 1922, is chasing down the trail of her parents through the unknown corridors of time.
But when all clues point to Ancient Rome as the next place to search, Sahara retreats into the safety of her archaeological work, cataloguing treasures from the newly-discovered tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
As the discovery of the intact tomb propels the world into a frenzy of “Tut-mania,” the ever-present Jack Moretti is there to help, but what is his agenda?
And it appears Tempus Vigilia isn’t going to leave her alone. The secret society has sent others, tracking her movements and asking too many questions.
Now it seems her family is in danger.
Sahara must once again put her career on hold, to find what she has lost.
But will Ancient Rome hold the answers, or only one more reason to grieve?
Sahara Aldridge, a young Egyptologist in 1922, is chasing down the trail of her parents through the unknown corridors of time.
But when all clues point to Ancient Rome as the next place to search, Sahara retreats into the safety of her archaeological work, cataloguing treasures from the newly-discovered tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
As the discovery of the intact tomb propels the world into a frenzy of “Tut-mania,” the ever-present Jack Moretti is there to help, but what is his agenda?
And it appears Tempus Vigilia isn’t going to leave her alone. The secret society has sent others, tracking her movements and asking too many questions.
Now it seems her family is in danger.
Sahara must once again put her career on hold, to find what she has lost.
But will Ancient Rome hold the answers, or only one more reason to grieve?
292 pages, ebook
First published July 1, 2021
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About the author
Tracy L. Higley
46 books777 followersTracy Higley has been attempting to time travel through the pages of books since she was a child. She started her first story at the age of eight, and has since authored nearly twenty books, including the acclaimed Seven Wonders Series, and the Time Travel Journals of Sahara Aldridge. She earned a Master’s Degree in Ancient and Classical History, and has traveled to Egypt, Greece, Jordan, Israel, Italy, and Turkey, researching her books and falling into adventures. Peruse her travel journals and learn more fascinating history at www.tracyhigley.com.
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October 11, 2021
This is a series that is best read in order.
A Time to Weep is the second book. We’ve met the main characters, and learned how time travel works. Now Higley begins to layer in the backstory so readers (but not Sahara) can understand how everyone got to this point and what their goals are.
As the title suggests, Sahara’s goals will not be realized yet, but she now has hope.
A very cleverly designed story filled with interesting historical events.
A Time to Weep is the second book. We’ve met the main characters, and learned how time travel works. Now Higley begins to layer in the backstory so readers (but not Sahara) can understand how everyone got to this point and what their goals are.
As the title suggests, Sahara’s goals will not be realized yet, but she now has hope.
A very cleverly designed story filled with interesting historical events.
February 24, 2024
This time travel book is very exciting with something always happening.
September 27, 2021
A solid second installment
Tense in all the right places and a great unexpected twist at the end to keep things moving. I still have questions. Expecting book 3 to hold the answers.
Tense in all the right places and a great unexpected twist at the end to keep things moving. I still have questions. Expecting book 3 to hold the answers.
August 27, 2023
The amazing voyage of Sahara Aldridge the young archaeologist who is on an excavation site trying to make a name in the field for herself yet is still hell bent on finding her parents. To do this she has to leave her career on hold once again and travel back to the past, this time she discovers clues left by her parents, making an appointment with her to meet up in Rome by the statue of Emperor Nero. Sahara is amazed because she had never believed that time travellers had the possibility of leaving personal things behind. She left immediately for Rome but the 'society' was still hounding her footsteps, and Jack Moretti refused to let her travel alone. She was falling in love with him yet still did not know whether he could be trusted. Once in Rome they get embroiled in an assassination attempt on Nero's life, Rome is in an uproar and all hell breaks loose as she is accused of being an accomplice to the Emperor, who the senate had voted to be killed. This is yet another thrilling journal entry, poor Sahara does her best to be in the appointed meeting place by sunset, but misses seeing her long lost family by seconds. This really is for her a time to weep, however she also makes a great discovery, a feature she shares with her sister Persia. Could this be a breakthrough for time travellers? Can she trust Jack with the new knowledge? Onward to book 3, as I just cannot wait to discover whether Sahara will succeed in her attempt to change the past in order to redeem herself if only in her own eyes!
September 30, 2025
Those that KNOW me, know that historical fiction is a guilty pleasure of mine with being a history buff so this series is right up my alley.
Book 2 is a continued journey of Sahara to find her parents through the black hole that is time travel.
She is headed to Ancient Rome this time but it won’t be as simple as that. I absolutely love all of the historical references within this series. From King TuT to Ceasar and everything in between. My social studies brain is loving every single bit of it.
This one had twists that had me locked in through the whole story.
Sahara is trying to navigate the perils of finding her parents but also protecting her family from Tempus Vigilla. She is being tacked down through time and she seemingly has to put her life on hold.
You would think that with the different back and forth time jumps you would get lost with what the heck is going on and when but the author does a really a good job at helping you to understand and keep the story straight.
The gasp I gasped was unmatched when Sahara said her parents were there but all is not what it seems in this one.
I immediately jumped into book 3 because I have to know how this ends and if she overcomes and is finally reunited with her parents.
Book 2 is a continued journey of Sahara to find her parents through the black hole that is time travel.
She is headed to Ancient Rome this time but it won’t be as simple as that. I absolutely love all of the historical references within this series. From King TuT to Ceasar and everything in between. My social studies brain is loving every single bit of it.
This one had twists that had me locked in through the whole story.
Sahara is trying to navigate the perils of finding her parents but also protecting her family from Tempus Vigilla. She is being tacked down through time and she seemingly has to put her life on hold.
You would think that with the different back and forth time jumps you would get lost with what the heck is going on and when but the author does a really a good job at helping you to understand and keep the story straight.
The gasp I gasped was unmatched when Sahara said her parents were there but all is not what it seems in this one.
I immediately jumped into book 3 because I have to know how this ends and if she overcomes and is finally reunited with her parents.
October 5, 2025
mystery, intrigue and adventure
A time to weep is the second book in a trilogy. Tracy Higley takes you to ancient Egypt, and you experience it with all your senses. I love her complete and realistic descriptions of historic places.
I have been disappointed by time travel stories before, but Tracy‘s “rules” make it easy to believe. There is danger in the past, but not a danger of messing up history. I am very pleased that she found a way around that.
Sahara is impulsive, curious, and determined to go anywhere and any when to find answers to the mystery of why her parents abandoned her as a young child.
Will she finally lose her suspicions about fellow traveler Jack? Will she trust him, and is there more to their relationship? I can’t wait to read book 3!
A time to weep is the second book in a trilogy. Tracy Higley takes you to ancient Egypt, and you experience it with all your senses. I love her complete and realistic descriptions of historic places.
I have been disappointed by time travel stories before, but Tracy‘s “rules” make it easy to believe. There is danger in the past, but not a danger of messing up history. I am very pleased that she found a way around that.
Sahara is impulsive, curious, and determined to go anywhere and any when to find answers to the mystery of why her parents abandoned her as a young child.
Will she finally lose her suspicions about fellow traveler Jack? Will she trust him, and is there more to their relationship? I can’t wait to read book 3!
November 15, 2023
Wow! What a thrilling roller coaster ride of a book! with multiple subplots, multiple travels, back-and-forth in time, and many of the subplots crossing paths, I thought I would find myself lost for sure. But nope! Tracy Higley manages to weave it all together in a page-turner of a book and still make it possible for me to follow it all, breathlessly, as I hurdled to the end. I loved the time travel, to ancient Egypt and Rome. How cool!
Start this series at the beginning, and you will not want to stop. I have already ordered the next book and no, I have no connection to the author. I just feel like I found a real treasure trove.
Start this series at the beginning, and you will not want to stop. I have already ordered the next book and no, I have no connection to the author. I just feel like I found a real treasure trove.
August 15, 2025
Excellent character development that carried over from the first book. The plot moves quickly and includes historical tidbits I did not know. Did you know that Julius Caesar was not murdered at the Roman Senate? Read the book to find out where he was actually killed.
The author's 'rules for time travel' keep getting more convoluted. At times it feels like the author has painted herself into a corner with these rules, and keeps having to change the rules or find ways around them.
An enjoyable read for lovers of time travel and historical mystery novels. Looking forward to book 3.
The author's 'rules for time travel' keep getting more convoluted. At times it feels like the author has painted herself into a corner with these rules, and keeps having to change the rules or find ways around them.
An enjoyable read for lovers of time travel and historical mystery novels. Looking forward to book 3.
June 2, 2024
Satisfying:
Seeing Sahara and Jack figure it out. He's hiding way too much, but Jack definitely grows on the reader as these books go on.
Dissatisfying:
Sahara comes sooo close to what she most desperately wants.
There are so many rules about time travel; it's confusing.
Everyone who knows Sahara seems to ignore or dismiss her (except Jack) the SECOND that she makes any choice that isn't exactly what they want from her. This poor girl needs her own voice/life.
Seeing Sahara and Jack figure it out. He's hiding way too much, but Jack definitely grows on the reader as these books go on.
Dissatisfying:
Sahara comes sooo close to what she most desperately wants.
There are so many rules about time travel; it's confusing.
Everyone who knows Sahara seems to ignore or dismiss her (except Jack) the SECOND that she makes any choice that isn't exactly what they want from her. This poor girl needs her own voice/life.
August 23, 2025
Oh, Sahara
I liked this book better than the first. Like Sahara, I'm adjusting to jumping back and forth in time. I just visited Rome last year. And though the ruins are magnificent, they are only a shadow of what they must have been in their glory.
How exciting it would be to have Sahara's ability. But also, how dangerous as she discovered in her short time there.
What a ride, can't wait for the next stop.
I liked this book better than the first. Like Sahara, I'm adjusting to jumping back and forth in time. I just visited Rome last year. And though the ruins are magnificent, they are only a shadow of what they must have been in their glory.
How exciting it would be to have Sahara's ability. But also, how dangerous as she discovered in her short time there.
What a ride, can't wait for the next stop.
July 21, 2023
More adventures in time travel as Sahara searches for her family. Lots of action in ancient Rome. She even meets some Christians although their political intrigues around Nero were confusing to me. Lots of research brought wonderfully to life. This is the middle book of the trilogy, so nothing really gets resolved.
October 14, 2023
Sahara and Jack's adventures in Ancient Egypt were exciting but their adventures in Ancient Rome had me on the edge of my seat.... and then Jack dropped a bombshell!!! I probably should have seen it coming but this is the first time travel story I've read so my jaw dropped, LOL! I can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy.
December 18, 2023
This second book in the Sahara Aldridge time travel series was as good as the first one yet the story is not yet over. So, obviously, I must move on to the last to see what happens with Sahara, Jack, and Giada. Most importantly does Sahara ever get to reunite with her parents and meet the sister she has never met before.
September 12, 2025
Another adventure?
Sahara continues her adventures into the past with Jack, in search of her parents and sister, to correct and change the future.
(Is it still an adventure when you are being abused and threatened to be murdered?)
Travel back with Sahara and see a glimpse of the past. Far and Nero.
Sahara continues her adventures into the past with Jack, in search of her parents and sister, to correct and change the future.
(Is it still an adventure when you are being abused and threatened to be murdered?)
Travel back with Sahara and see a glimpse of the past. Far and Nero.
June 18, 2023
Very intriguing, lots of history
Sahara and Jack travel to Rome and we learn interesting history in this exciting, intriguing time travel story. A little more romance in a clean novel lead to a very enjoyable read. On to the next one!
Sahara and Jack travel to Rome and we learn interesting history in this exciting, intriguing time travel story. A little more romance in a clean novel lead to a very enjoyable read. On to the next one!
September 18, 2023
I could not put this down
Book 2 of Sahara and Jack’s adventures is even more spell-binding than Book 1 and believe me that’s saying a lot, because I loved Book 1! The constant danger and thrills kept me glued to the pages. I can’t wIt for the next instalment.
Book 2 of Sahara and Jack’s adventures is even more spell-binding than Book 1 and believe me that’s saying a lot, because I loved Book 1! The constant danger and thrills kept me glued to the pages. I can’t wIt for the next instalment.
December 14, 2023
A very good continuation of The Time Travel Journals of Sahara Aldridge. Definitely a few unexpected twists along the way, and still more questions to be answered (hopefully) in the third and final book.
What can I say? It’s the middle book of a trilogy and the final volume is calling…
What can I say? It’s the middle book of a trilogy and the final volume is calling…
July 6, 2025
I enjoyed this so much. Higley manages to immerse you entirely in Ancient Rome as well as Egypt of the 1920's. Add to that her clever idea of time travel, a villain, the search for a missing family and a budding romance and you have, what I believe, is fantastic story.
November 4, 2022
wow
This book was action packed from beginning to end. I couldn’t put it down! Can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next.
This book was action packed from beginning to end. I couldn’t put it down! Can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next.
December 14, 2022
fascinating
Each of these installments plunges you into the pages of history. I’m looking forward to the next book in the trilogy.
Each of these installments plunges you into the pages of history. I’m looking forward to the next book in the trilogy.
April 2, 2023
Not as great as the first book of the series, but I hope it is laying groundwork to make the last one really good! I did enjoy the descriptions of ancient Rome.
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August 31, 2023excellent
September 4, 2023
The adventures continue. Sahara finds more trouble when trying to find her parents and sister. And her feelings for Jack.
Loved this book!
Loved this book!
September 17, 2023
Another great read, hard to put it down. Full of action and suspense in Ancient Rome.
September 24, 2023
Takes you to Egypt, 20th century and ancient as archaeologist Saharah Aldridge delves into the tombs from long ago. Fascinating story, and there is a lot of historical knowledge in the tale.
November 24, 2023
I really enjoyed this one! I love books that surprise me and this one did…a few times!
December 14, 2023
Another enjoyable read. Fascinating to learn interesting facts about Egypt woven into a fictional story.
December 30, 2023
This series is such a fresh take on time traveling. The story line is unexpected and will surprise at every turn ofa page. Well written and vivid.
March 19, 2024
This book kept me on the edge of my seat. Can't wait to read Book 3.
March 25, 2024
Wonderful read
I absolutely love time travel books. This series was exquisitely written with time travel to ancient and exotic places. I felt as if I was in ancient Egypt.
I absolutely love time travel books. This series was exquisitely written with time travel to ancient and exotic places. I felt as if I was in ancient Egypt.
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