Second Chance to Love: A Paranormal Healing Novelette

She has one season to save him. The only catch? She has to do it on four legs.

Clara wakes up to the smell of bleach, wet fur, and concrete. The last thing she remembers is a hospital room; now, she is looking through the bars of a shelter cage. She isn't in heaven. She is a Golden Retriever named Sunny. And the man walking down the aisle to adopt her is the husband she left behind.

Alex Carter is a man living in a museum of his own grief. His apartment is exactly as Clara left it, his guitar case is gathered in dust, and his world has shrunk to the size of his silent living room. He is looking for a companion to help him survive the quiet. He doesn't know he’s bringing home the one soul who loves him most.

Guided by a mysterious figure who watches from the reflections in windows and mirrors, Clara is given a strict set of No writing messages. No human tricks. No revealing her true identity. She has only one season to help Alex break free from his mourning.

From the river paths of their small town to the dusty stage of a community arts center, Clara must use the simple power of presence to nudge Alex back toward the light. She must help him pick up his guitar again, reconnect with friends, and—hardest of all—open his heart to a new future that doesn't include her.

Second Chance to Love is a heartbreaking and hopeful story about the things we leave behind, the music that brings us back, and the extraordinary courage it takes to let go.