In this entertaining and thought-provoking novel, a thirty-something woman wakes up one day to discover her long-lost love has come back to lifeтАФbut is this new reality truly the answer to her heartтАЩs desires?
Despite her great life in New York City as a prestigious book editor, Meade Peterson canтАЩt shake the heartache of losing her high school sweetheart. Fifteen years after his death, she still thinks about all the thingsтАФlove, family, happinessтАФsheтАЩll never have, now that DanielтАЩs gone. That is, until a new man, Tanner, enters MeadeтАЩs life and brings her the kind of joy she hasnтАЩt experienced in years. SheтАЩs torn, though, over whether she can bear giving her heart away again. Taking time to reflect, Meade returns to her hometown of Austin for what should be a relaxing visitтАФbut instead, she becomes the victim of a violent crime.
Upon waking from her real-life Texas nightmare, Meade finds herself in another world where she doesnтАЩt recognize anything, until she realizes the man in bed beside her isnтАЩt a strangerтАФitтАЩs Daniel. Meade has awakened into an alternate existence where Daniel is very much alive and has been part of her life for the past fifteen years.
Meade canтАЩt believe her good fortuneтАФsheтАЩs finally experiencing the life sheтАЩs always wanted! Or is she? As Meade quickly learns, if one thing in your life changes, nothing else may stay the same. And now sheтАЩs forced to face the question: Is what sheтАЩs gained worth what sheтАЩs destined to lose?