Appointed Time is the first book in the Sands of Time Trilogy by C.J. Peterson. In a top-secret clinic in Maine, nurses Grace Matthews and Ben Scott rescue two genetically modified infants named Blake and Holly from being tested upon by an evil scientist named Professor Noah Roth. Fleeing from the professor's clutches, Ben and Grace seek sanctuary in the remote East Texas town of Willow Bend. Assuming new identities as a married couple, Ben and Hope raise the kids as their own. Helping them…