SHIFT
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  • Parts 4
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Ongoing, First published Feb 23, 2015
Hi! Karen Akins here. I'm the author of LOOP (out now with St. Martin's Press) and its sequel TWIST (3/31/15). When I was revising LOOP, as a character exercise, I wrote a scene that took place between the two stories from Finn's point-of-view. I put it in a drawer and forgot about it until Future Karen (or Past Karen?) discovered it a few weeks ago.

SHIFT takes place between LOOP and TWIST, so it does contain some information from LOOP, but no major spoilers! I'll be posting the first few chapters of LOOP so check back soon (and often)--you don't want to miss a thing.  :)

Finn Masterson has been dating time traveler Bree Bennis for three years...or three days, depending on who you ask and when you ask. But there's one thing he knows without a doubt. His life is never going to be the same--or dull--with Bree in it. In the past, present, or future.

Don't forget, you can pre-order TWIST now . . .
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[Note: The cover pictures are from NASA and the pocketwatch from the very talented EveyD on deviantart http://eveyd.deviantart.com/art/Antique-Vintage-Pocket-Watch-with-Map-Background-268108993]
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