Turning Points Series
By Jodie Lane and Joanne Alexander
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About this series
After escaping the torturous clutches of Vlad the Impaler, Meric and his lover Mikhail escape to the west, seeking their fortunes. But with winter closing in, the two soldiers risk starvation as they struggle to find employment with a company of mercenaries. A chance encounter with a prostitute threatens to bring about an even swifter end, as they are discovered as two men in love, but it just might be the only thing that saves them.
Titles in the series (10)
- Transylvanian Knight: Turning Points, #2
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Doctor Who meets Outlander in this fast-faced time-travel adventure! Gwyn is back in time again but this time she's on a mission to influence the actions of Vlad the Impaler. Convincing a charismatic yet violent prince to go to war against the Ottomans is one thing, but things get complicated when Gwyn falls in love with Vlad's wife. She risks getting stuck back in time again, but gets help from an unexpected quarter - an Ottoman soldier who hates Prince Dracula and will do anything to destroy him. Vlad isn't so easy to destroy, and he won't let go of Gwyn without a fight.
- Turning Points: It Started With the Dog
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Two women who are at turning points in their lives are brought together by Jumbo, a small black dog. In the interaction between the teenager fleeing a bad relationship and the grieving detective novel fan they discover new directions for their lives. By the end of the story they have become close enough friends that they can argue about religion. And Tina - the fashionista - makes her appearance. There are four more stories - all involve denial. And food. And dogs. Oh, and men too.
- Turning Points: The Roommate Dilemma
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The Roommate Dilemma is a continuation of the story It Started with the Dog. Now Jennie and Tina, as roommates, have to deal with a man who resembles a sociopath and Sara has her own challenges. This story involves setting boundaries,gullibility and denial, testing friendships, guardian angels and a secret garden. A new dog - Heidi - enters the picture.
- Turning Points: Stepping Out
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Stepping Out follows the Turning Points story The Roommate Dilemma. In this story Sara and Jennie are conflicted about trying to help Tina deal with her mooch of a boyfriend but how do you help someone who is in denial?. When will Tina face reality? Since Sara's part-time job is ending she seeks new ways to express herself. Jenny is in a living situation where she is dealing with new people plus dealing with her past. But they are all "stepping out".
- Turning Points: Mothers and Daughters
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Mothers and Daughters is the fourth story in the Turning Points series. The main characters all deal with mother/daughter relationships in different forms - the joys,sorrows and insights. Relates how the other characters are affected when Tina goes on a date that turns into a disaster. Question: how do you deal with a situation that involves someone else's mother/daughter relationship?
- To Kill An Emperor: Turning Points, #4
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Once again, Gwyn must save history. To do so, she must kill a man. Not just any man – Emperor Domitian of the Roman Empire is a feared tyrant, paranoid of plots and assassins. Can Gwyn find the plotters and help them succeed? Or will she be betrayed herself? Time-Space Agent Michelle journeys back in time to rescue a kidnapped friend. Her travels take her to World War II Britain and nineteenth century Argentina, where the west is still wild and bandits roam the plain. Kidnapped herself, will she succeed in fulfilling her mission, or will she die trying? The Shift is coming. Time travel will change forever and the future depends on these two women, and the people they help live and die.
- Turning Points: The Guitar
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In the first story in the series is It Started With The Dog Jennie and dog meet Sara and the interaction between them changes both their lives. New characters enter in the following stories but all of them deal with relationships, denial, cooking, grief, dogs, religious belief or not, becoming independent the soothing properties of plants - or at least somewhat with all those topics - the last one is a little iffy. This final story in the Turning Point series has Tina maturing - somewhat- and trying to get her act together- at least musically, Sara and Jennie still cooking and Jennie deciding whether to risk sharing her past to help someone in the present. Sara appears to be at a new turning point in her life. By the end of the last story The Guitar all the characters have been through and resolved many problem/situations and their lives go on but without this writer to document them. Think of it as the end of season one of a television drama.
- Heart and Stomach of a Queen: Turning Points, #8
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It's their last chance to save the future. Gwyn and Michelle face their biggest challenge yet. At the turn of the sixteenth century, Spain is poised to launch a worldwide empire. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand have united their lands, but if the succession is not ensured it will all fall apart, and there will be civil war. Gwyn and Michelle must correct multiple turning points, each more difficult than the last, and it will test their ingenuity, their courage, and their tenuous friendship. With the Shift in play, they will have no chance to go back and correct their mistakes… With new lovers and old foes, our heroes must sacrifice everything to make history turn true, and ensure the survival of their worlds.
- Renaissance Woman: Turning Points, #6
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Doctor Who meets Outlander in this queer time-travel adventure in Renaissance Italy. Gwyn is just getting the hang of her time-travelling skills when her confidence takes her too far. She saves the wrong person and now the whole timeline is off track. Now she has to manipulate one of the most dangerous people in all of Europe, Cesare Borgia, son of the corrupt Pope Alexander VI, as the French threaten to invade Italy. With Machiavelli as a bail lawyer, and Da Vinci hanging out in Milan's gay bars, Gwyn is just trying to fix the history she messed up without getting herself, or her friends, killed.
- The Siege of Masada
An ancient fortress ... A desperate last stand ... Trapped in a time she doesn't belong ... Will Gwyn change the course of history just to survive? On holiday from university with her family in Israel, Gwyn stumbles across a strange device while exploring the ruins of Masada. She is unwittingly thrown back two thousand years in time to the bloody siege between the Roman invaders and fiercely nationalistic Jewish defenders. Blending in is her only option to stay alive; but can she escape before the siege comes to a head? Meanwhile, Michelle is the Time Space Agent from the year 2623 AD trying to escape her enemies and recover her lost time machine, all while inadvertently stumbling on a dangerous political plot. The clock is ticking as Gwyn and Michelle's timelines hurtle towards each other in this historical adventure based on the real events of Roman conquest in Ancient Judea. The actions of these two time travellers, born centuries apart, will impact not just each other's survival, but the fates of past and future worlds alike.
Jodie Lane
Jodie Lane is an avid historian, combining her love of travel and adventure with fascinating stories from the past. Brisbane based, she studied a variety of modern history at the University of Queensland, and loves to read a wide range of historical and science fiction. Her travels have taken her all over the world: she has lived and taught English in China and Romania, backpacked through Europe and South America, and holidayed in the Middle East, Central America, South East Asia, New Zealand and South Africa. She speaks basic Spanish as a second language. The Siege of Masada is the first novel in the "Turning Points" series—a time travel adventures series visiting pivotal historical events and exploring an exciting new future for humanity. Transylvanian Knight,To Kill An Emperor and Renaissance Woman follow with Heart and Stomach of a Queen finishing up the series. There are various Turning Points short stories including "Siege of the Heart", "A Soldier's Love" and "A Soldier's Honour" also available online. "The Job" and "Naughty Zombies" are additional works, found in the Australian Pen anthology Obliquity: Stories of a Tilted Perspective, with "The Time-Traveller's Date" (A Turning Points Short Story) in Australian Pen 2: Futurevision, and "The Voice" in Australian Pen 3: The Evil Inside Us.
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