While first love flowers seldom end up coming into full bloom, the memory of those pink buds of bright hope and dark despair are seldom forgotten. With this premise, Ann DeFee has crafted a wonderful story of love that starts with teenage angst and continues on in the decades to come.

A fresh out of high school graduate, seventeen Jasmine Boudreaux, has a lot of tough things on her plate. With a dad who was a Chief of Police in a small Texas town, she intuitively knew there are limits to her "rebellions", she is still a virgin and the hunky guy she had a longtime crush on is dating her best friend, Bunny. With that in mind, there was noting left to do, but go out drinking with her friends.

While that helped with the immediate situation of "having fun", it didn't help with smothering the burning desire she felt for Charlie Morrison. Yet, every time, they got close, fate would intervene again and they would be spun off in the arms of another person.

But, faced with a marriage that was only leading to a further hardening of the heart and still felling the pangs of not getting closer to Charlie at her 20 year high school reunion, Jasmine decides to take her daughter back to her childhood roots and to let what happens happen. As she is pulled into the circle of her old high school friends, how will things spin out this time? Will she find the love she seeks or will she want to return to the faster orbit of her jetsetter lifestyle as a highflying architect?

Building on her own teenage memories, Ann DeFee has crafted a captivating story of love through the decades with a solid plotline and very unique, but believable characters. This book is a winner that anyone will enjoy, but it will be an absolute hoot for anyone over forty. Not only will every page pull you along to find out what is happening, but the realistic rendering of essence of the times will also evoke your own memories! A tasty treat to enjoy!