In This Life or Another

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alternate lives
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family secrets
father son relationship
forthcoming
found family
grief and loss
life purpose
mechanic protagonist
midlife crisis
near death experience
ordinary
redemption arc
second chances
small town Colorado
unrequited love
unsung hero

Product details

  • ISBN 9781662535512
  • Publication Date: 08 Sep 2026
  • Publisher: Amazon Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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On the brink of death, a man comes to terms with the life he lived versus the one he never pursued in an emotionally rich novel of parallel lives, redemption, and finding purpose.

On the eve of his sixtieth birthday, mechanic Rusty Wilson takes a bullet to save the patrons of a small-town Colorado diner—and awakens to a strange realm between life and death.

However, he finds that this limbo is not the end. There are still choices to be made and a lifetime to review. Paths open for a man who believes the life he did live was one of disappointments, grief, and devastating family estrangements. Given a chance to experience an alternate reality, Rusty is visited by figures from his past and present, sees what could have been if he had pursued a woman he loved from afar, and confronts a family secret that shaped everything. Now it’s Rusty’s choice: accept the imperfect existence he knew, or the what-if that could still be his.

At the heart of this poignant exploration of mortality, memory, and second chances is the profoundly simple question: What makes a life truly meaningful?

Melissa Payne is the bestselling author of seven novels, including In the Beautiful Dark, The Wild Ride Home, A Light in the Forest, and The Night of Many Endings. After an early career raising money for nonprofit organizations, Melissa began dreaming about becoming a published author and wrote her first novel. Her stories feature small mountain towns with characters searching for redemption, love, and second chances. She is a three-time Colorado Book Award finalist and a three-time Colorado Authors League winner for mainstream fiction. Melissa lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with her husband and three children, a friendly mutt, a very loud cat, and the occasional bear. For more information, visit www.melissapayneauthor.com.

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