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Books in Jess In Time series

  • Jess Be Yourself: Jess In Time: Book One

    Blake Lamar

    Paperback (South Valley Press, April 7, 2016)
    Jessica's life begins to unravel on her thirteenth birthday. First, she learns of her parents' separation. Then she's forced to spend the rest of the summer living in her grandparents' camper trailer by the lake. When she finally gets to come home for the first day of school, she discovers that her friends have abandoned her and nothing she remembers seems to be true anymore. Why does everyone insist on calling her Jessica when they know she prefers Jess!Does she have amnesia, or is everyone at school in on some elaborate joke? The truth is crazier and scarier than she could have ever imagined. Please note: This book was previously published under the title Jessica's Story. Significant changes have been made to the final two chapters.
  • Jess Like Me: Jess In Time: Book Two

    Blake Lamar

    Paperback (South Valley Press, May 29, 2020)
    How do you go on living when you’re not supposed to exist?Life hasn’t been easy since Jess got back from the so-called “True” timeline. She spends her days going through the motions, dreading the moment when her reality will vanish from existence.What’s worse, she’s in love with her boyfriend Jason. That doesn’t seem so bad, except he’s the wrong version of the boy she fell in love with. While he may look and act just like the Jason from the “True” timeline, something isn’t right.Then she comes home one day to discover she has a new foster sister.Herself.Going by Jess’s middle name and pretending to be her cousin, Marie has been kicked out of several foster homes in the “True” timeline. Who better to take care of her than her own parents from another timeline, right?Despite having been the exact same person at one point in their lives, Jess and Marie couldn’t be more different. After kicking Jess out of her own bedroom and hacking her Instagram account, it’s clear Marie isn’t going to make Jess’s life any easier.Jess tries to take comfort in the fact that so long as Marie is living in her timeline, she gets to continue living, which means she has things to look forward to. Like the Homecoming Dance!But when Jess’s friends notice their similarities, they suggest giving Marie a makeover and having them switch places at school for a day. What seems like a harmless prank ends up turning Jess’s world upside down.For Marie, that’s all just fun and games. The daughter of a corrupt time-cop has much more sinister plans.