When You Least Expect It

Sadie Collins Jameson is twenty-two, emotionally burnt out, quietly battling OCD, and completely over being told she's "still young" and has "plenty of time." She wants a life that feels full: a job she loves, a home of her own, and someone who loves her so completely, it silences the voices in her head telling her she's too much.

Instead, she's stuck in a small town hospital doing registration with a coworker who never stops talking, fielding half-hearted dates, unsolicited advice, and trying not to spiral while she waits to hear back from LPN programs.

Her sister Jaycee means well. So do Cole, Loretta, and Birdie - her quirky circle of older friends and unexpected lifelines. But Collins can't outrun the aching feeling that she's falling behind, or the truth about a past relationship and the heartbreak she's never spoken out loud.

Then one year, one rejection, one gut-wrenching daydream at a time... she begins to change. Slowly, painfully, and then all at once.

And just when she says she's done looking-
when she rants, swears off dating for good, and admits she's ready to focus on herself-
a stranger walks through the door.

And tells her he likes her shirt.