Of Risk and Ruin (A Time Walkers Tale) Born in seventeenth century Virginia, Nicholas is a Time Walker with a penchant for disobeying the rules. When a tragedy takes the life of a loved one, he is consumed by guilt and grief and embarks on a mission to change his own history. He believes his best chance lies in the power of an ancient Bloodstone dagger, but there is one problem—the dagger is locked up in a museum in the twenty-first century, and the obnoxiously stubborn curator, Dr. Sophia Wyndham, has no intention of letting him get his hands on it. Sophia notices Nicholas when he pays unusual attention to a collection of ancient artifacts in the museum. Although she sees through his attempts to woo her to gain access to the dagger, she plays along with his scheme, hiding her own secrets along the way. However, she soon discovers that he is entangled in a dangerous game—and she is torn between everything she was raised to believe and her growing feelings for the incorrigible man. When the web of deception between Sophia and Nicholas unravels, they each must make a choice to go their own way—or find the courage to take control of their own timeline in history. Praise for the Time Walkers series: The Legend of the Bloodstone - 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Quarterfinalist A Tale of Oak and Mistletoe - 2013 RWA/NYC We Need a Hero Contest, Finalist "Time travel and romance converge in this tale of star-crossed love" - Publishers Weekly on The Legend of the Bloodstone "This was beautiful! Time Travel at its best!"- Romance Novels in Color "Absolutely consuming" - Amazon reviewer "I love this series. I didn't want it to end!" - Amazon Reviewer "I can easily see where this story could be a fantastic movie." - Amazon Reviewer "My complaint with this book is I couldn't stop reading this one and the next one in the series which resulted in late nights and tired mornings!!" - Amazon Reviewer "An epic historical saga in brilliant cinematic technicolor" - Amazon reviewer Recommended reading order The Legend of the Bloodstone (Time Walkers World) - Return of the Pale Feather (Time Walkers World) - Of Vice and Virtue (Time Walkers World) - A Tale of Oak and Mistletoe (Time Walkers World) - Time Song (Time Walkers Tales) - The Pretenders (Time Walkers Tales) - Ghost Dance (Time Dance) - Season of Exile (Time Dance) - Through the Valley (Time Dance) - Song of Sunrise (Time Dance) - Of Risk and Ruin (Time Walkers Tales) - Of Scars and Secrets (Time Walkers Tales) - Of Vows and Vengeance (Time Walkers Tales) - The Thorne (Time Walkers Tales)