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 lifeābut is this new reality truly the answer to her heartās desires?
Despite her great life in New York City as a prestigious book editor, Meade Peterson canāt shake the heartache of losing her high school sweetheart. Fifteen years after his death, she still thinks about all the thingsālove, family, happinessāsheāll never have, now that Danielās gone. That is, until a new man, Tanner, enters Meadeās life and brings her the kind of joy she hasnāt experienced in years. Sheās 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 visitābut 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 doesnāt recognize anything, until she realizes the man in bed beside her isnāt a strangerāitās 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 canāt believe her good fortuneāsheās finally experiencing the life sheās always wanted! Or is she? As Meade quickly learns, if one thing in your life changes, nothing else may stay the same. And now sheās forced to face the question: Is what sheās gained worth what sheās destined to lose?