First Love, Delayed

When her birthday gift turned out to be a mouse he'd thrown away. When he spent her birthday organizing a lavish party for someone else. When the caregiver meant to look after her elderly grandfather had been reassigned — without her knowledge — to a woman who had loved Derek for ten years.

Joanna thought she understood what went wrong. She did not yet know that everything wrong in her life — every missed call, every misread message, every year of loneliness — could be traced back to one person and two deliberate lies.

Because ten years ago, there was another Cane brother. One who had asked her a question and received a message that wasn't from her.

A story about the wrong turn that led to the right destination — eventually.

Bittersweet, satisfying, and deeply human.