That Was Then

That Was Then Book Cover

Dr. Grace Montoya won a battle with cancer five years earlier, but now she is sick again and fears this time she may not survive. While Grace thinks it’s time to pass down lessons to her daughters before it’s too late, those who love her refuse to let her give up.

Her mother has made a deal with God to be perfect in every way if he saves Grace’s life. Her 17-year-old daughter, Jessica devises the most unexpected medicine of all: bringing back an Grace’s old love – the father Jessica has never met. After all, if love can heal anything, maybe it can heal her mother.

Daniel Subia, left his small town and high school sweetheart to follow his dreams. But getting a call from a daughter he didn’t know he had, brings him home to find everything changed. The small-town charm and acres of orange groves he grew up with have been swallowed by developers and abandoned by younger generations.

Yes, everything has changed but the love he once had for Grace—that’s still burning as hot as ever. In a town where nothing is as it used to be, is it possible to go back to a time when life was simple and everything was possible?