Books by Katherine Benfante
Cozy Science Fiction Author
Scattered, a science fiction time travel romance
We too often realize what we want only after it’s gone.
In 1906 Montreal, Elie Rutherford dreams not of marriage, but of science. She longs to join the groundbreaking physics lab led by her father, the legendary Ernest Rutherford, at McGill University. But in an era confines women to domestic roles and separate classrooms, Elie finds herself trapped by societal expectations. Determined to follow her passion, she refuses to accept a marriage proposal that could shackle her ambition forever.
A century later, in 2006, William Hertz, a brilliant graduate physics student at McGill, lives an introverted life immersed in the world of astrophysics with his fellow misfit physicists. Wounded by past experiences, he keeps love at arm’s length—until a mysterious woman, lost in time, crashes into his life.
When Elie concludes a lab mishap has catapulted her into the future, she must hide her identity to survive. But as her path crosses with William’s, their shared love for physics kindles an undeniable connection. Together, they set out to recreate the experiment that could send Elie back to her time. Torn between her past and a future she never imagined, Elie faces a heart-wrenching choice. Will she find her way back to 1906 or embrace a new destiny?
Available in ebook and audiobook formats
Preview the audiobook (narrated by Natalie Beran):
Silent Y, a dystopian science fiction romance
In 2142, women control human reproduction—and they’re about to weaponize it.
Dart Maylord is a brilliant but isolated endocrinology researcher working for the Department of Reproduction in the female-ruled half of a divided America. She’s never met a man, never questioned the wall that splits Washington, D.C., or the lies told about what stretches beyond it.
Until one day, a male researcher crosses that wall.
Alex Smern isn’t the violent Neanderthal Dart was led to expect—he’s sharp, disarmingly funny, and curious about the world she’s never dared to question. Their collaboration begins with science but quickly becomes something more dangerous: connection. Trust. Desire.
Then Dart stumbles on a classified document she shouldn’t see. The reproductive system isn’t just being managed—it’s being manipulated. And men are being systematically erased.
Worse still, Dart’s own family may be orchestrating the scheme.
As she digs deeper, Dart must choose between protecting the people she loves and exposing a truth that could unravel the fragile balance of power. With Alex by her side and everything she thought she knew crumbling around her, Dart has to decide: is losing family worth rebellion?
Because if she doesn’t act soon, there may be nothing left to save.
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The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Volume 2
containing “Convergence,” a time travel short story
Time and Time Again.
Time-traveling tourists and multiverse-hopping aliens. Ancient arts with a futuristic twist. Romantic risks lovers get to try more than once – if they’re not afraid to pay the price. Temporal technologies that send travelers spinning into the realm of their wildest dreams, or the landscape of their worst nightmare.
These and other stories await you in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Volume 2. Like its companion volume, this anthology features twelve works by an international group of speculative fiction authors who share a common love of time travel.
My short story “Convergence” is one these dozen works. One man, happy in marriage, happy in life, is given a chance to use his time travel ability – but at a cost. How much of your life and happiness would you risk to save the ones you love?
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The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Volume 3
containing “First, Do No Harm,” a time travel short story
Third Time’s the Charm.
Mysterious timepieces and yet-to-be-written masterpieces. Second chances and experiments with the fabric of time. Fortune-tellers and temporal tour companies whose services might not be all they are advertised to be. Travelers with the power to save the future, if they can avoid the mistakes of the past.
These and other adventures await in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Volume 3. As with the first two volumes in the series, this anthology features twelve works by an international group of speculative fiction authors who share a love of time travel.
My short story “First, Do No Harm” is one of these dozen works. A quartet of time travelers from different eras are selected for a grand experiment in a future where the human race needs medical help – but will they lose their humanity in the process?
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