This is written as a romantic story! Rachel is a 42 year old widow who's daughter is in college and her son has just finished Marine Corps boot camp and is on his way home. When Rachel pickes him up at the airport he has brought a friend, a Marine who went to boot camp with him, Rick and sparks fly between Rick and Rachel.
Leigh starts a new job working in a warehouse. But in the process she finds that the man that she has been dating isn't the one for her. Is Jason,one of her new co-workers, the right one? He seemed to think so, but is Leigh willing to take the chance again?
Fergus visits an artist colony - The Retreat- to decompress after selling the business he founded in student lodgings 25 years earlier. He becomes involved, finding that his Midas touch is limited. Lost and despairing, he is forced to act when his daughter and his new protege are kidnapped. Can Fergus rise to the challenge?
Calvin Michael Johnson, a nearly sixty year old man is killed in a car accident. He is given the opportunity to come back as an 18 year old and start over, he is faced with some rather large surprises and and obstacles to overcome as he discovers he is now a young black man in Detroit in the 1970's.