The superficial perfection of Jennifer Adair's life is shattered in the early morning hours of an otherwise ordinary day in San Francisco when she gets a call from her sister in Dallas. A family tragedy forces her back to her hometown, and away from her wife and family, where she must reluctantly reconnect with the woman who put a humiliating end to her first love affair. The story transports the reader back twenty years to trace the exhilarations and challenges of a fledgling lesbian romance between two young lawyers in a Bible Belt city and a male dominated profession. The story unfolds in alternating chapters between present and past, juxtaposing Jen's fragile marriage against her smoldering decades-old passion. When Jen's ex-lover pushes to reignite their relationship even as Jen struggles with the knowledge of her wife's recent infidelity, she stands at a cross roads, unsure of the right way forward. Even as she responds to the attentions of a woman who, in her youth was both a temptress and a tease, she finds herself grappling with her marriage vows and her loyalty to her wife. (Un)finished is a deeply moving portrait of love, loyalty, family, betrayal and trust. It will keep you guessing to the end.
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