The Jolt: A Time-Slip Romance
By Alex Woolf
Publisher: AW Publishing
Published: January 12, 2026
ISBN: 9798267997614
Genre: Time Travel Romance
Time fractures. Two lives collide.
On a train journey, two strangers, Susie and Ryan, strike up a conversation. Soon afterwards, a mysterious jolt shakes the carriage and both of them black out. When they wake up, it’s still the same train—but somehow, twelve months have passed.
When Susie returns home, she finds evidence of a man sharing her flat and her bed. Ryan, just as bewildered, turns up at her door to discover he’s now her live-in lover. Susie’s friends and family have welcomed Ryan into their lives. The problem is, neither of them remembers falling in love.
As Susie and Ryan grow closer, they must ask themselves: what exactly happened to them on the train? Where have they been for the last twelve months? And if the Jolt brought them together, could it just as easily take everything away again?
Join Susie and Ryan on a journey through time, where every decision reveals a deeper mystery, and every moment challenges what they thought they knew—about their past, their future, and each other.
About the Author
Alex Woolf is an award-winning author of fiction and non-fiction for both children and adults. In his non-fiction he has written on subjects as diverse as sharks, robots, asteroids, flying reptiles and chocolate. His novels span the genres of mystery, romance, science fiction and horror. In 2024, he won a Reader’s Favorite book award for his time-loop mystery, The Year I Lived Twice. In 2021, he won the prestigious ASE award for his non-fiction book Think Like a Scientist. He also writes interactive stories for Fiction Express, three of which have won reader-voted awards. In his spare time, when not on a tennis court, Alex enjoys spending time with his wife, two grown-up children and their cats Juno and Minerva.
