Waters of Time Books in Order

Waters of Time is Jody Hedlund's time-crossing romance series, and it blends modern suspense with medieval adventure in a way that feels faster and more high-concept than much of her historical work. The central idea is a dangerous one: holy water with healing properties can also send people back in time.

The series starts with Come Back to Me, where a modern research scientist is pulled into her father's strange work and a trip to the fourteenth century. From there, Never Leave Me, Stay with Me, and Wait for Me expand the world through connected characters who keep discovering that the holy water can heal, transport, and ruin lives all at once.

These books move fast.

There are villains in the present, looming threats in the past, and a constant sense that time itself is unstable. Hedlund keeps the romance front and center, but she gives it a thriller edge. Characters are kidnapped, chased, blackmailed, forced into impossible choices, and asked to trust people from entirely different centuries.

The medieval setting is not just window dressing either. Once the crossings happen, the books dig into feudal loyalties, arranged marriages, disease, danger, and the limits placed on women and outsiders. That contrast between modern assumptions and medieval reality gives the series a lot of its spark.

At the same time, the emotional pattern will feel familiar to Hedlund readers. Wounded families, sacrificial love, faith under pressure, and men and women learning to choose courage over fear all remain important. The time-slip premise simply raises the stakes.

If you want to see Hedlund stretch into something more suspenseful while keeping her gift for clean, emotionally intense romance, Waters of Time is a strong pick. Read in order, because the characters and the mystery surrounding the holy water build from book to book.