This Time

When Lauren steps onto her old Atlanta college campus to move her son into the dorms, she expects nostalgia. She doesn't expect the impossible. In the span of one perfect hour, she is inexplicably transported back in time-to her senior year, to her twenty-two-year-old self, and to Will.

Will. The guy who was always there. The one who knew her better than anyone. The one she pushed away-just weeks before a tragic accident took his life and left her with nearly two decades of regret.

Now, something beyond explanation has given Lauren a glimpse of the past. A second chance. And if it happened once, could it happen again?

As memories of their laughter-filled evenings, ridiculous stories, outdoor adventures, and flirtatious cooking sessions rush back, Lauren becomes desperate to return-to the time when he was still within reach. As she unravels the truth behind her time-slipping experience, one thing becomes clear: this was never just a memory. Time is bending for her. But can she rewrite fate before it's too late?

This Time is a genre-blending novel that combines magical realism, emotional women's fiction, and slow-burn second chance romance. Set on the campus of Georgia Tech, it's a story of love, grief, and rediscovery-where memory collides with fate and the future you're meant for may begin in the past.

Perfect for fans of The Midnight Library, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Maybe in Another Life, this novel offers a poignant, page-turning experience for anyone who's ever wished they could go back-not just to relive the past, but to finally get it right.

C. M. Burdell is a Georgia native and Georgia Tech graduate who writes emotional, slow-burn novels where love, memory, and a touch of magic quietly overlap. Her stories explore second chances and the courage it takes to rewrite a life.