Annette Marie Stephenson

The Shoe Box Annette Marie Stephenson

Sadie Healey was a literature professor just like her parents Mark and Eleanor. During her childhood, they preferred to spend time into their careers and taught her how to be successful. To Sadie, her parents' relationship was routine and uninteresting. Were they taking their love for granted or was there something to uncover?

It was time to find a place of her own for herself and Mo, her cat. Finding love had never been important to her. She was too much like her parents. What else could she need? What was missing? Sadie discovered a forgotten shoe box in a cabinet upon moving in. She was intrigued to explore the nuances concealed inside the box full of love letters. Who did the box belong to? As Sadie opened them one by one, her life evolved a little more every day.

On a visit to the library, she happened upon Zack Monroe. Immediately she misjudged him. Later she realized they had a special connection, more in common than expected. How would her exploration of long ago loves affect her view of Zack? Would she unlock the mystery of the writers in the letters? He life would change and so would her theory on love.

Read along with Sadie and find love that would stand the test of loss, separation, and time.