Time Enough: A Senior Love Romance About Desire, Dignity, and Choosing Again

By Tom Swartz

Thomas Hale is a widowed former trial lawyer and night-school professor who thought the most passionate chapters of his life were already written. Careful, disciplined, and shaped by loss, he has learned how to live well-if quietly. Sue Chellis is strong, brilliant, and done being managed. After years of disappointment, she refuses to let anyone-family, institutions, or jealous men-decide how much joy she's allowed. When their paths cross at a community college on a hill above Watertown, New York, attraction grows slowly and deliberately. But rules, reputations, and hidden agendas threaten to turn something honest into something dangerous. As scrutiny tightens and boundaries are tested, Thomas and Sue must decide whether later love is worth the risk-and whether choosing forward is braver than standing still. Choosing Forward is a tender, sensual, and intelligent romance about second chances, integrity, and the quiet power of love discovered later in life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GDTMBWJP
• ISBN13: 9798242336544
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"