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Picture This
Hardcover
Publisher Price: $34.99
Publisher: Radiance
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 356
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Sometimes the real story begins in life's second half.
Ani Stevenson haS spent her life lifting others-always steady, always kind-but quietly wondering if she also deserves a hand to hold.
Jesse Peterson has known loss and struggle too. Years of addiction and a broken engagement left him wary of life and love, but now, clean and determined, he's ready to discover what the world might have to offer.A decades-old photograph, captured in a fleeting moment neither remembers, suggests a connection they can't explain. One that refuses to fade. When their paths cross again, past meets present, and old questions rise alongside new possibilities.
But history has a way of shaping the heart. Ani has built a life defined by independence and service. Jesse guards his hard-won stability with care, knowing how easily it can unravel. Friendship feels safe. Risk does not.
As neighbors, confidants, and reluctant dreamers, they must decide whether coincidence is enough-or whether love requires something braver. Ani and Jesse are about to discover love can arrive later than expected, asking more of them than they imagined, yet offering more than they ever believed possible.
From Lee Barber, critically-acclaimed author of Peace of Pie, comes a tender, uplifting story about love that waits, second chances, and the quiet courage it takes to let someone truly see you. Because sometimes the real story begins in life's second half.
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