The Lifeguard

Writer Robert Earl Stewart states: "R. W. Hogan's The Lifeguard is a love story as much filled with ghosts of the past as it is angels in our present; it plumbs the depths of the afterlife, romance, family, fatherhood and miracles, with a generous voice that can deliver broad laughs, action and intrigue." A grieving Rita Wishwood stands weeping hysterically in her kitchen when a sudden spark intervenes. Twelve o'clock and her life, her world stops in the breach between Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. In those frozen seconds, the miracle arrives, time spins back returning Rita to earlier that day and the tragic circumstances involved. Yet how? And why? The answers lie Rita's recent past. Three weeks before Christmas her ex-husband, Neville's 'accidental' meeting with a strange young man instigates a series inexplicable events. Although the young man appears innocuous, Neville, his family and best friend Dell soon conclude their enigmatic new companion possesses powers beyond their comprehension possibly placing everyone involved in danger. Or have they read the signs wrong? Is he a much-needed agent of change in Neville's life?