The Travels of Dr. Rebecca Harper: A Time to Part

A reunion across centuries. A disappearance. A farewell neither woman is ready to face. Rebecca Harper-Buchanan has finally made peace with her impossible life. Once a modern veterinarian, she now lives as a frontier physician and ranch wife in nineteenth-century Nevada. She chose the past—and the man she loves—knowing she would never again return to her own time. But time is not finished with her. When the mountain portal opens once more, her daughter Lauren and new son-in-law Jim step into the 1800s for a visit. For the first time since Rebecca vanished from her own century, mother and daughter stand together not as memory and longing, but as family. The ranch is filled with laughter, awkward adjustments to frontier life, and the joy of a reunion Rebecca once believed impossible. Then everything goes wrong. Jim disappears. What begins as a delayed return becomes a desperate search as hours stretch into days. Rebecca and her husband, Sam, are forced into a dangerous rescue mission across harsh and unfamiliar country—territory filled with violence, secrets, and men willing to kill to protect them. During the search, they uncover long-buried truths about Sam's past and the fate of his deceased son, revelations that threaten the fragile peace they have built. Meanwhile, Lauren faces a different battle. The portal home still exists—but using it means leaving her mother behind again. She must decide whether love means holding on or letting go. Back in her own time, the consequences of her journey linger. Lauren struggles to establish herself as a young veterinarian while coping with grief, uncertainty, and the unsettling realization that the past may not be done with her. Even in the modern world she is not safe, as a persistent threat follows her life. Set against the vivid backdrop of the American frontier and the modern world alike, A Time to Part is a story of courage, sacrifice, and the enduring bond between parent and child. Adventure, mystery, and romance intertwine as Rebecca and Lauren learn that love does not always mean staying together. Sometimes love means choosing a different life … and living with the cost. For readers who enjoy emotional time-travel fiction, Western family sagas, and relationships tested by impossible choices, the journeys of Rebecca Harper continue in this gripping fifth installment of The Travels of Dr. Rebecca Harper series. Because even when time separates them, family endures.