John A. Heldt is one of my favorite authors when it comes to time travel novels. The details are meticulously researched, and when reading, you really feel like you're right there alongside the characters. Annie's Apple (Second Chance Series, Book 2) is the second book in this series, and it primarily focuses on Annie's life. Paul features prominently, but this is really Annie's time to shine. She's 20, but quite the firecracker. This isn't surprising, given that she's actually much older and r...

I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. John A. Heldt's *Annie's Apple (Second Chance Series, Book 2)* needs a warning label: it *will* make you emotional. Mr. Heldt has done it again with these characters. Will Paul and Annie find people to love them? Like Bill has with Cassie? The Carpenters and Lees Bill and Cassie After the horrific San Francisco fire, Bill and Cassie Carpenter moved to New York with Annie. Th...

Time travel without the sci-fi baggage, John A. Heldt's Annie's Apple is like a magical stroll through a bygone era, filled with characters who feel like friends you could actually have.Imagine stepping back in time, getting a second shot at youth, adventure, and love, all while having to guard a monumental secret from almost everyone you meet. That's the tangled web these three siblings find themselves in as they journey through time and physically revert to their younger selves. Will their hea...

Annie’s Apple opens six years after The Fountain, the first installment in John A. Heldt’s Second Chance Series, which saw elderly siblings Bill, Paul, and Annie Carpenter materialize in early 1900s San Francisco as much younger versions of themselves.Annie’s Apple sees Bill, Cassie, and Annie in New York, 1911, while Paul and Andy, Cassie’s brother, are in Arizona embroiled in the military campaign against the Mexican Revolution. While Bill and Cassie put their career plans on hold to focus on ...

One Sentence Summary: A few years after the events of *The Fountain* finds the growing Carpenter family in NYC. Annie takes a job as a society writer after surviving one of the city’s devastating disasters in 1911, Bill retires from teaching with his wife to start a family, and Paul finishes his time in the military, dreaming of the future. *Annie's Apple* by John A. Heldt is set a few years after the events of the first book, *The Fountain*. Bill, Paul, and Annie have acclimated to living seve...

Imagine having the chance to live your life all over again. Would you risk it, knowing you might end up in a time when the world was drastically different from our tech-obsessed present? That's exactly what the Carpenters did. They took a leap of faith, jumping through the fountain of youth and landing in 1905 in *The Fountain*. Now, we catch up with the Carpenter siblings in New York City in 1911! It's the height of the industrial revolution, the Titanic's about to set sail, and World War I is ...

In the second installment of John Heldt's Second Chance Series, the journey of the Carpenter siblings—Bill, Paul, and Annie—continues. All three dove into a fountain of youth in the first novel and emerged as much younger versions of themselves, their memories and older personalities still intact, arriving in the early twentieth century. Six years have passed since they restarted their lives, but will their second chances prove more fulfilling than the first time around? The stakes are higher f...

4.5 stars--*Annie's Apple* is the second installment in John A. Heldt’s adult SECOND CHANCE historical, time travel series focusing on the Carpenter siblings—Paul, Bill, and Annie. NOTE: Due to the nature of the storyline premise, including attempted suicide, there may be triggers for more sensitive readers. SOME BACKGROUND: The Second Chance series focuses on the search for the Fountain of Youth. In May of 2022, 81-year-old William Carpenter, a retired professor of folklore, learns that the m...

Author John A. (the "A" is important) Heldt provided an e-copy of *Annie's Apple* for review. *Annie's Apple* is the second entry in the Second Chance series. I've read and reviewed all of Mr. Heldt's books to date. I'm starting to run out of ways to describe his writing without sounding repetitive. Fortunately for his readers, his work *isn't* repetitive; he's maintained the ability to keep his work fresh and engaging. I've read other authors whose work is so predictable that you can practical...

John Heldt – Second Chance Bk 2 – Annie's AppleTime keeps ticking, and we jump into the story in 1911!Bill and Annie have moved to New York City. Bill, if you remember, is married to Cassie, and they've both decided to retire and try for a family, something they really want. Of course, they don't have the advantages of 2022, so it's natural birth or adoption for them. They take their time figuring things out.Meanwhile, Paul's in the Army, stationed with Cassie's brother Andy in Arizona. As we sa...