It’s 1995 and an adventure of improbable events begins with movie royalty and a classified weapon arriving in Cable Glen on the same day -- Two worlds such as these were never meant to collide.

She captivates the public simply by being herself. Avonlea Stone is the sweetheart of film and television, living a fairy tale in the eyes of her fans, the public, and the media. Her life was an open book until she was attacked by a stalker, which shattered her faith in the world and sent her into hiding. Over a year later, she never expected her new boyfriend, Connor Jones, would be the key to finding the very thing she did not know she was missing. He asks her to go home to meet his parents who reside in a small mining town called Cable Glen in northwest Montana. Today’s the day Connor and Avonlea arrive to meet Connor’s mother Jan and her husband, Tom Ridley.

Cable Glen is a complicated small town with its truth hidden in plain sight and it takes a lot to keep it that way. The town’s patriarch is Judge Thomas Ridley but being a judge is just optics. Tom is a general in a very classified military unit that makes its home in Cable Glen. Today the deadliest soldier in the world is arriving to Cable Glen and Tom is hopeful. Known as 249, this soldier has long been designated as a weapon, not a human, and is the only surviving soul of the feared unit known as Oscar Company. 249 holds answers in his mind, solutions to the massacre of his Company, as well as specialized training that died with the very people who created him. 249 also has a rare terminal disease and time is ticking. Tom knows that the loss of 249 will be a devastating personal blow to him as he knows 249 by another name – Brian, Tom’s middle son. Wracked with guilt, Tom is bringing 249 to Cable Glen so he can oversee whatever time his son has left.

And today Tom has forgotten that he is meeting his stepson Connor and Connor’s new girlfriend at the airport.

Today a series of unlikely events is about to occur. 

This is just the beginning of a six-book adventure that entangles the reader in life, love, and honor.

I've seen what these characters look like in my mind for 35 years so with the AI Text to Image feature, I decided to see what AI thinks they look like. Many readers say that AI got it pretty close to how they see them. Except, my faithful readers are quick to point out that this 'version' of Brian is not from the first two books, when he is recovering. They seem to point out that this version is likely him in The Ghost of Oscar, which is book 3 of the series. And that is a very valid point .

When we meet Brian Ridley, he tends to wish to blend in. He is a good looking man, with gray eyes and dark brown hair that tends to have red highlights. If Brian's older brother looks like their father, and his older sister looks like their mother, then Brian is the blend of the two.  Women do notice him, flirt with him, and attempt to get his attention, but he doesn't notice. He knows the truth behind himself -- he is a classified weapon who is not meant to walk among the world, have relationships, and carry on a normal life. He also carries a terminal label from a rare disease that has no cure. He has focused his entire being on being able to do his job -- In fact his whole focus is completing the one mission he failed and he knows has limited time left. He's had a hard life, one that would break anyone, and yet he still stands, with limited days ahead.

Avonlea Stone. She's a celebrity, an actress, but as we meet. her, we learn that she's not what we expect fame to be. She's been in the spotlight the majority of her life. Her hair color does change, mostly leaning toward the lighter side with blonde highlights, but her natural color is light brown. She is beautiful, there's no doubting, with green eyes. When she first meets Brian, she is dressed very casually, but not exactly "movie star casual" as you would imagine from today's stars. She keeps herself looking as a normal person would dress, without the obvious 'look at me I'm famous' accessories that come stars often bear, even when casual. It seems to me that she does consider herself a 'normal human being' and has a good heart, expecting nothing in return.

So, nothing about these two screams "Meant to Be!!!" does it? How does a down-to-Earth yet popular celebrity fall for a classified weapon with no charm and no people skills? 

Find out by sharing their unlikely adventure. Click on the link below.