Kasey Michaels, Sarah Mayberry and Theresa Southwick have collaborated extraordinarily well in meshing three stories into one unique book where each story flows effortlessly into the next -- starting from yesterday -- moving into today -- and culminating in tomorrow. The message is clear no matter how daunting your past it is possible to have a sunny future.

The central characters are the survivors of the Haswick family. Three young orphaned children, Margaret Mary (aka Peggy, 8 years old), Victoria (aka Tory, 3 years old) and Stephen (an infant) were thrown into the child welfare system, at a time when keeping families together wasn't a priority, and each life took a very different path. After being separated for over fifty years it looks like there will be a long awaited reunion.

We begin with Tory and Sam. two people who should be excellent candidates for a second chance at love and maybe a much delayed life together. Brought together by their adult daughter, Allie, this impromptu reunion is sure to change all their lives -- hopefully for the better. Once Allie started her internet research she was able to piece together parts of her mother's life which opened many doors and provide some answers for Sam concerning where Tory has been all these years and what made her flee from him. Did she doubt his love or was she convinced she was doing what was best for them all when she ran alone and pregnant with a really uncertain future ahead of her and her unborn child? But Sam wasn't about to stay in the background and lose any more time with his only child -- if a person gets a second chance he better take it and run with it.

Second chances don't just mean going back over old territory, you can also explore new ones. The next steps to the reunion are meeting Peggy's family and learning where her life has taken her. Through Allie's search we now learn more about the baby through his best friend Adam. Adam was skeptical and weary about the reason why Stephens's siblings were so interested in meeting him and finding out about their brother's life. So he was understandably guarded even though he was undeniably attracted to Laurie -- Peggy's daughter. Laurie had her hands full planning the family reunion which had taken on a new meaning with not only the discovery of family but also with the Peggy's declining health. Her life was already pretty complicated and she was reluctant to admit to feelings for Adam. Imagine living your entire life believing your parents abandoned you -- that you were less then worthy of being loved and then picture your surprise at discovering all you believed was a lie.

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