Once in a Lifetime: Deluxe Edition

Preface February 2021 Dear Reader, Who doesn’t love a second chance at love? All the characters in this ‘deluxe edition’ of Once in a Lifetime took their shot when the opportunity presented itself again. It’s up to you to find out if they succeeded. Leigh and Jodie’s journey in Once in a Lifetime started in a short story I wrote a very long time ago called As Years Go By. I was so smitten with the passion between them that, at my wife’s urging, I decided to give them a full-length novel to tell their love story in much greater detail. Even though I’ve written more than thirty novels by now, some of you still consider Once in a Lifetime your favorite. And I get it. Leigh and Jodie simply belong together and their bond (amongst other things) is so strong that it transcends all the obstacles they face. I don’t write second-chance romance that often, despite having a soft spot for it. I’m usually too busy writing age-gap romance (my first love) but, as I write this introduction to this deluxe edition, I’m actually working on a second-chance age-gap romance (called At Your Most Beautiful) and the second chance element is absolutely crucial to the book. This made me think of other second-chance stories I’d written and gave me the idea to collect them. What better way than to include them as bonus material alongside my ultimate second-chance novel, Once in a Lifetime? In this edition you will find the very first second-chance story I ever wrote, I Still Remember. It’s full of nostalgia and also features a massage that may leave you a touch (or a lot) hot under the collar. No Greater Love Than Mine is a story I wrote more recently featuring two fifty-something ladies between whom there isn’t a lot of love lost any longer, until they unexpectedly cross each other’s path again (and sparks start flying.) One of the things I love most about second-chance romance is all the emotions it evokes and No Greater Love Than Mine might only be novella-length, but I guarantee you a novel-length dose of emotion. The final bonus story, Lovely Rita, I originally wrote for an erotica anthology and for that reason it’s more second-chance hotness than second-chance romance, but with a bit of a twist. Do go forth and find out what I mean by that. Enjoy all the goodness that makes second-chance romance so great: nostalgia, emotion and, of course, scorching hot scenes when the love is, at last, rekindled! Thank you, Harper Bliss Once in a Lifetime