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WARNING: This is the regular print edition of Once in a Lifetime. For the Deluxe Edition, choose the Hardcover format.


True love deserves a second chance.


Leigh Sterling and Jodie Whitehouse share a passionate connection. Unfortunately, their differing visions of the future force them apart. Life goes on, but their…

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1 author picked Once in a Lifetime as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book inspired me to see that second chances at love might not simply be an opportunity to reconnect with an old flame, but instead, the Universe’s way of guiding us to our destiny.

I have always believed soulmate romance to be one in which you cross paths with a stranger, and a magnetism emerges. But the idea of finding your way back to someone you already know affirmed for me that trusting my intuition, leaning into divine timing, and taking chances might lead me back to a great love that somehow got away. 

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