bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about

a Craigslist “missed connection” post that gives two people a second chance at

love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City.

To the Green-eyed Lovebird:

We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my

stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House.

You called us fast friends. I like to think it was more.

We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves

through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn’t

stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all

the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year

than any other.

Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer

after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic.

When I came back, you were gone. A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too

hard after the wedding…

I didn’t see you again until a month ago. It was a

Wednesday. You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow

line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn’t

know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again. You said

my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I

could say hello.

After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories

came flooding back to me, and now I’ve spent the better part of a month

wondering what your life is like. I might be totally out of my mind, but would

you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half?

romantic women's novels. She lives in Southern California with her husband, two

sons, and their sweet dog June. When she’s not at the beach with her boys or

working on her next project, she likes to spend her time reading, going to

concerts, and eating dark chocolate.

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