Publisher's Synopsis
What if your life changed overnight? For Brian and Becky, the late hours of an early August night saw young love irrevocably transformed into tragedy. In a story that declares the strength and resilience of those on the cusp of adulthood and represents all that young love can be; Accidental Happiness takes its reader on an emotional journey which explores every facet of love and loss. For Brian, on a normal night nothing matters more than the woman curled up next to him in the passenger seat of his truck. But tonight, there are too many secrets to keep track of and his mind can't shut them all out. From the transgressions of the past to the mistakes made just moments early, he can't bring himself to share anything with her. Still her presence, her eyes, the sound of her voice, they save him and he knows as his grip tightens on the wheel that in the end it will all be fine. Mistakes can be fixed, forgiveness is possible. Only he doesn't have a chance to ask for it. There was no way for him to see the SUV flying towards them with its lights off, ignoring the red light that ushered it to stop, even as his green light told him to go. For Becky waking up only brings horror, first the sight of that SUV careening at them, and then some hours later the bright lights of a hospital room alerting her that something has gone terribly wrong. With her parents by her side, the rest of the world comes crashing down at the news that Brian didn't survive. They were each only weeks away from starting soccer careers at their dream schools, while trying to navigate the difficulties of long distance relationships. Now the only thing she wants is to run away as fast as possible, unaware of all that Brian left unsaid that night in the truck. Beaten down over and over again as she attempts to heal the heart broken on that dark night when two young people felt they could take on the world as long as they had each other by their side. Becky now has the ultimate questions to answer. Can anything be forgiven through love? How do you carry on when your foundation is continuously knocking you off your feet? What if it was all a lie?
