Some of my books are made up. Some of them are true. All of them start with the same question: how did THAT become THIS?
The Five Minutes Series
A clean, coming-of-age time travel trilogy set in small-town Alabama. It all starts with one question: what would you do with five minutes you didn’t get the first time?
About the new names: This series was first published as the Oak Tree Series. Same stories, new titles. The original editions are still on Amazon under their old names, but only for a limited time. Here’s why I renamed them.
Book 1: Five Minutes Sooner: One Call Before Goodbye
Originally published as Under the Oak Tree.
Five Minutes Sooner is a coming-of-age novel that blends small-town life with the quiet mystery of time travel. Set against familiar places and ordinary moments, the story explores friendship, first love, regret, and the feeling that certain moments in life carry more weight than others.
At its core, the novel asks what we would do if given the chance to change a single moment, and whether doing so would truly bring the peace we expect.
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Book 2: Five Minutes Later: The Future We Broke
Originally published as Leaving the Oak Tree.
Five Minutes Later continues the story by expanding the scope of time travel and its consequences. As the characters wrestle with the outcomes of their choices, the novel explores responsibility, unintended consequences, and the cost of trying to protect the people we love.
The story shifts from asking whether the past can be changed to asking what happens when we succeed, and whether winning at time travel creates more clarity or more confusion.
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Book 3: Five Minutes Forever: The Cost of Never Dying
Originally published as Beyond the Oak Tree.
Five Minutes Forever moves beyond the original story’s boundaries, focusing less on altering the past and more on understanding the forces behind it. The novel explores identity, power, and the idea that some truths exist outside of time altogether.
As the characters confront realities larger than themselves, the story asks whether meaning is something we discover, create, or are entrusted with.
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Nonfiction
Cornered (in progress)
Cornered is a humorous memoir about growing up in Corner, Alabama, and finding out that the little moments of a life have a habit of stacking up. It’s going slower than I’d like. Here’s why.
Creation Without Conflict (forthcoming)
Creation Without Conflict examines why faith and science so often appear to be at odds, and how much of that tension comes from misunderstanding what ancient texts were written to do in the first place.
Rather than arguing for conclusions, the book explores categories, context, and purpose, showing how many modern conflicts exist because we expect ancient writings to answer modern questions.
More information will be shared as the publication date approaches.