Marguerite Nardone Gruen

Paul Tanner and Nicky Newman were two of the most highly recruited Point Guards in the country for Basketball. New Coach at the U Bob Barrows built his whole program around them. Everything was going fine and the team was on track to become one of the greatest ever until Paul let fame and attention go right to his head. He partied hardy, drinking and doing drugs, never remembering what happened once he went down that dark path. He and Nicky became brothers that first year and even lectures and pleas from Nicky didn't help. Paul knew Nicky was hurting too - watching him destroy his life just like his brother and feared the same would happen to Paul. Until - Paul met Maggie Sardo. He didn't want to fall in love with her and knew she would hate his habits but he couldn't help himself. He knew the only way he could be with her was if he changed his life around and was Nicky ever so happy he had someone to help him save Paul.This story is about life itself with Paul's past always haunting him. It's about tragedy, hope, kindness, friendships and most of all love.

Paul Tanner and Nicky Newman were two of the most highly recruited Point Guards in the country for Basketball. New Coach at the U Bob Barrows built his whole program around them. Everything was going fine and the team was on track to become one of the greatest ever until Paul let fame and attention go right to his head. He partied hardy, drinking and doing drugs, never remembering what happened once he went down that dark path. He and Nicky became brothers that first year and even lectures and pleas from Nicky didn't help. Paul knew Nicky was hurting too - watching him destroy his life just like his brother and feared the same would happen to Paul. Until - Paul met Maggie Sardo. He didn't want to fall in love with her and knew she would hate his habits but he couldn't help himself. He knew the only way he could be with her was if he changed his life around and was Nicky ever so happy he had someone to help him save Paul.This story is about life itself with Paul's past always haunting him. It's about tragedy, hope, kindness, friendships and most of all love.

Paul Tanner and Nicky Newman were two of the most highly recruited Point Guards in the country for Division II Basketball. New Coach at the 'U' Bob Barrows built his whole program around them. Everything was going fine and the team was on track to become one of the greatest ever in the region until Paul let fame and the attention go right to his head. He partied hardy, drank, did drugs and had many women but mostly didn't remember what happened once he started down that dark path.He and Nicky became brothers that first year and even lectures and pleas from Nicky didn't help straighten him out. Paul knew Nicky was hurting too--watching him destroy his life like that. Nicky lost his only brother the same way and feared the same would happen to Paul. Nicky felt he just couldn't bury another brother. Until....Paul met Maggie Sardo. He didn't want to fall in love with her and knew she would hate his friends and bad habits but he just couldn't help himself. He knew the only way he could be with her was if he changed his life around and was Nicky ever so happy he had someone to help him save Paul. Somehow your past always finds you as in this story. Paul tried to live a good life but it always seemed to haunt him--even years later. This story is about tragedy, hope, kindness, friendships and most of all love.

For decades, Ed Meehan was the most popular singer/songwriter on the planet. Every woman thought his songs were written for them alone. But it wasn't just women who were drawn to his music. His words reached everyone in one way or another. There was something special about him that people picked up on and no one knew what it was. With one exception: Chase Martin, of the Band 4. More like a brother than a friend, Chase alone knew that when Ed was just a young man, he had fallen in love with an older woman, who survived a terminal illness just long enough for them to find each other, fall in love, and be married.Chase Martin and his bandmates, as well as their wives and children, had adopted Ed as one of their own. With them, he knew the joys and comforts of family, but his heart would always belong to his late wife. With her on the other side―waiting for him―Ed and Chase were the only ones who knew about the pact the couple had made, to meet again in their next lives.His adopted family knew love. They were practically the embodiment of it, having a very special connection to one another that Ed laughingly referred to as "spooky." It was only after decades had passed that their family would be asked to put that connection to good use, reuniting their beloved friend with his long lost love―the woman for whom all his songs were truly written.But was such a thing even possible?...

For decades, Ed Meehan was the most popular singer/songwriter on the planet. Every woman thought his songs were written for them alone. But it wasn't just women who were drawn to his music. His words reached everyone in one way or another. There was something special about him that people picked up on and no one knew what it was. With one exception: Chase Martin, of the Band 4. More like a brother than a friend, Chase alone knew that when Ed was just a young man, he had fallen in love with an older woman, who survived a terminal illness just long enough for them to find each other, fall in love, and be married.Chase Martin and his bandmates, as well as their wives and children, had adopted Ed as one of their own. With them, he knew the joys and comforts of family, but his heart would always belong to his late wife. With her on the other side―waiting for him―Ed and Chase were the only ones who knew about the pact the couple had made, to meet again in their next lives.His adopted family knew love. They were practically the embodiment of it, having a very special connection to one another that Ed laughingly referred to as "spooky." It was only after decades had passed that their family would be asked to put that connection to good use, reuniting their beloved friend with his long lost love―the woman for whom all his songs were truly written.But was such a thing even possible?...