Lesbian Fiction: Romance - Howie, Shelby, Carolyn, Naomi, Kara, and Melissa the Six, friends since childhood. But events during their senior year in high school tore them apart, seemingly forever. <P> Thirty years later, Shelby returns to their small hometown of Yancey, SC, for their high school reunion and in hopes of landing a job that would put an end to her nomadic ways. Chance encounters with two people from her past leads her to the realization that forgiveness can reforge friendships thought long dead and love can survive a three decade absence.