When the Day Comes

How will she choose, knowing all she must sacrifice? 

Libby has been given a powerful gift: to live one life in 1774 Colonial Williamsburg and the other in 1914 Gilded Age New York City. When she falls asleep in one life, she wakes up in the other. While she’s the same person at her core in both times, she’s leading two vastly different lives. 

In Colonial Williamsburg, Libby is a public printer for the House of Burgesses and the Royal Governor, trying to provide for her family and support the Patriot cause. The man she loves, Henry Montgomery, has his own secrets. As the revolution draws near, both their lives–and any hope of love–are put in jeopardy. 

Libby’s life in 1914 New York is filled with wealth, drawing room conversations, and bachelors. But the only work she cares about–women’s suffrage–is discouraged, and her mother is intent on marrying her off to an English marquess. The growing talk of war in Europe only complicates matters. 

But Libby knows she’s not destined to live two lives forever. On her twenty-first birthday, she must choose one path and forfeit the other–but how can she choose when she has so much to lose in each life?

My Review:

I feel like I’m the last person on the planet to start this innovative series but better late than never, I guess. 🙂 Brilliantly clever time travel theme and the author even manages to include a faith thread! I’m beyond impressed. Especially at the way she developed the time travel elements and still fit the story into the Christian Fiction genre.

I think one of the reasons I hesitated to read ‘When the Day Comes’ is that I hate love triangles and I figured this one would be a doozy but — phew — it really isn’t. However it’s all kinds of complicated and heart wrenching with enough gasp-out-loud moments to give me unsettled nights for a while (I tend to carry my fiction over into my dreams.)

And that’s about all I can say because the things I want to comment on are major spoiler-y so I’ll sum up by saying this novel is unlike anything I’ve read before. Unique and compelling and so, so emotional! Now I’m eyeing book two but there are…yikes, three timelines (!) and I’m not sure my heart can handle that!

22 thoughts on “When the Day Comes”

  2. Well, I haven’t read this series either. Guess we aren’t alone either. Thank you for the heads up because WHEN THE DAY COMES sounds absolutely amazing. Then you you said THREE timelines my mind was at full attention and had me putting this book on my TBR list as a must read.

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  3. Love, Love this series! Excited to read about the next adventure and you are right three time lines! Oh, My! Thanks for your review. No need to put my name in the hat. I just had to say how much I’ve loved these novels.

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  4. Loved your “Now I’m eyeing book two but there are…yikes, three timelines (!) and I’m not sure my heart can handle that!” LOL! Laughing with you not at you bc I don’t think my heart could take it either! Haven’t even started this one yet & it’s been sitting on my shelf ever since it 1st came out. Shame on me! but not a fan of time travel. Love dual-timelines tho! I’ve heard really great things about this series & especially about her latest. Oh well, maybe when I grow up I’ll be brave like you & try it. Sigh…

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    1. 🙂 You’re brave — you read Jessica R. Patch and Nancy Mehl!!!! Funny how we can get something in our head about a book before we’ve even tried it. I’m back to my comfort reads now…on a Courtney Walsh binge and loving it!! Woohoo!!!

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      1. Ha! Real brave. You want to spy on me some time & count how many times I look over my shoulder when I’m reading those books?? And turn patio lights on bright at night!!! 😳 Ooh, love Courtney Walsh! Enjoy!

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  5. I’m glad you finally took the plunge! I just finished book three in the series last week. It’s amazing how the author can take the same concept and make it so different in each book.

    And just a heads-up, I pretty sure I read recently that they’re actually up to 6 books in the series.

    Don’t enter me=)

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    1. Oh wow! 6 books! It’s definitely a unique concept. And I agree, amazing that the author can make the time travel aspect of the book work differently for each story. Hooray for the brave publisher who decided to take a chance with this ‘novel’ novel. Happy Reading, Patty!

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  7. You are not the only one who hasn’t read this series let alone dipped their toes into the first book…..I haven’t been brave enough to read these yet. Maybe someday?

    Though I really, really adore Gabrielle’s writing (I used to review for her when she wrote LI Historical) and have heard this is an absolutely amazing series. So it’s something I will tackle at some point or another because I know her writing is brilliant! 💖

    P.S. I echo Diane in the bravery department 😂

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  8. You’re not alone. We are even book twinning on not reading. I’ve wanted to read this series but haven’t. Thank you for sharing. leliamae54(at)aol(dot)com

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  9. Yes, changing timelines can be challenging, especially remembering what happened previously. I like to read this author, so I’m in. Same person having to choose a “where do I stay?” would be daunting. Kathleen ~ Lane Hill House kathleen[dot]e[dot]belongia[at]gmail[dot]com

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