Once in a Lifetime by A.G. Vang is the story of Ben Carter, a young engineering student quietly surviving the aftermath of losing his mother, whose carefully ordered world is shattered the moment he steps between a stranger and danger in a campus parking lot. That stranger is Mary Reeves - guarded, resilient, and hiding a secret illness behind a relationship that has been slowly destroying her. What begins as a single impulsive act becomes something neither of them can explain or walk away from: a connection built in hospital rooms and late-night phone calls and the kind of ordinary evenings that turn out to matter most.
Ben will face violence, devastating loss, and the slow, patient work of learning to trust again. Mary will face a body that is failing her and a past she cannot seem to leave behind. Together they will survive things that should have ended them - and discover that love, in its truest form, asks more than either of them was prepared to give. But just when it seems like they have finally found solid ground, one of them will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice - a sacrifice so profound, so unconditional, that it will change both of their lives forever.
