Something Neither Expected

Herman wakes up in a hospital bed with no name, no memory, and no one looking for him. What no one can explain is why a man with no past seems to know exactly how to pick a lock, disarm a threat, or read a room like his life depends on it.
Ruth Kessler isn't looking for anything either. She buried a husband years ago and made peace with a quieter life. But something about the stranger the hospital calls John keeps drawing her back, until a spare room in her house becomes the last place either of them expected to call home.
Neither of them is looking for love. That's exactly why they find it.
Somewhere else, a woman is staring at a photograph she never should have seen, and a clock neither Herman nor Ruth knows is running has already started to tick.
Something Neither Expected is a story about the parts of ourselves we don't choose, the people who find us anyway, and what it costs to finally stop running and start reaching for the one thing worth staying for.