Second Chance

Divorced Barrett Schaeffer is raising a daughter, arguing with her ex-husband over how to do that, while busy with a successful counseling practice. The last thing she needs is a younger man who attracts her way too much. She's too old and way too smart to let that happen until she meets with the brother of the woman she's been seeing as a patient. To add to the many ways Judd Shipman is the wrong man for her, he seems to take on everybody else's problems. As a youth, Judd Shipman had made a horrendous mistake becoming entangled in a militia group that nearly led to murder and where he barely escaped being imprisoned over his actions. He's worked hard to put that behind him and built a life based on contributing and helping others. When he sees again the woman around whom he had built up so dreams, he knows he's in trouble. Someone is out to hurt Judd and sabotage his business. There are multiple possibilities and one he hasn't imagined but that is the most dangerous of all. Are there really second chances in life or will Judd find his early mistakes preclude a happy ending? At 90,660 words, this story carries forth characters from Moon Dust into a new story and romance.