Lost in Time (Abbie Zanders) Books in Order

The Lost in Time books lean into the sweep and disorientation of time-slip romance. These stories ask what happens when love refuses to stay inside one century, and they get a lot of mileage out of the answer. The result is part fish-out-of-water story, part historical romance, and part emotional adventure.

Maiden in Manhattan throws a young woman from fifteenth-century Scotland into the middle of modern city life, which gives the series its clearest hook. The culture shock is real, but so is the emotional pull. The books are not just using time travel as a gimmick. The jump between eras changes how the characters understand family, safety, faith, and what it even means to choose a future.

Time is the obstacle and the bridge.

That remains true as the series continues. The McKenna thread keeps the books connected, and the later story deepens the sense that the past is not finished just because centuries have passed. There is danger in these books, but also a strong romantic pull toward home, identity, and the one person who makes an impossible situation feel survivable.

If you want something that sits between historical and contemporary romance, this is where to look. The tone is earnest, emotional, and just adventurous enough to keep the pages moving. Expect big adjustments, strong heroines, and love stories that have to fight across much more than the usual distance.