Callie Larson, a fifty-year old dedicated mother of three college and adult children, lives the storybook life of affluence and access married to a prominent, Washington, D.C. political consultant. Up until now, her life fulfillment came mostly through her children to the point that she barely missed her husband when he traveled extensively to campaign. But now, with their final child in college, her life has a new, unfamiliar emptiness. Her large, luxurious home has become too quiet. And her husband is not showing any signs of wanting to reduce his travel to be with her. When a mutual friend shows Callie a Facebook post by Jason Cartwright, Callie's first love and former fiancée, that invites his friends to visit his new oceanfront cottage where he is living by himself, divorced, and retired, they joke briefly that the cottage is just a few hours' drive from her mother’s home in Williamsburg, Virginia. When Callie's husband callously abandons her over a holiday weekend for his annual boy’s golf weekend, she takes his usual suggestion to go visit her mom. His blow off, and suggestion, gives her the needed combined anger and curiosity to make a secret daytrip to the beach. Her intention was to blow off steam by only checking Jason and his new home out from afar. But, an accidental run-in at a local gas station brings them together. And, for the first time in twenty-seven years, gives them the opportunity to finish the conversations they left open, make several unexpected confessions, and deal with all the re-emerging feelings that both can not ignore - all while dodging family interjections and judgement from both sides and from Jason’s new beach friends. Rich with raw emotion, honesty and insight, TWO ONCE REMOVED is a character rich story that analyzes the conflicts, pain, and forces of lost love and regret as they affect the pursuit of happiness in midlife. Re-mastered in 2021 for Kindle, paperback, and Audiobook production. Two Once Removed, and its two sequel stories, share a wonderful journey of rediscovery, struggle, love, and hope not to be missed.