When Pasts Collide
by Rod Summitt

[Romance]

When successful bookstore owner, Shelly Keel, is returning to her home in Boston from a business trip, she recognizes a fellow passenger on her flight as David Street, the man that broke her heart ten years before. Although tempted, she resists confronting him and quickly goes about living her life which is very full except for love. A few weeks later Shelly comes face to face with David at a North Side restaurant. When David indicates to her that he would like to get together with her, she turns him down cold.

David, a private detective, finds out where Shelly works and comes to see her at her store. Reluctantly, Shelly agrees to have lunch with him and hear his explanation of why he walked out of her life ten years before. David wants to reestablish a relationship with Shelly, but she wants no part of it.

When problems at the bookstore, create a need for a detective, Shelly's partner convinces her reluctantly to allow David to enter the scene in his professional capacity. The close proximity and a developing relationship between Shelly's partner and David's associate draw them closer together. A sudden crises forces Shelly and David to confront their feelings for each other and their future.