Book excerpt: Dr. David Fischer, a well-known psychiatrist, has agreed to see Annie Johnston as a favor to one of his colleagues who is at his wits end with her. Annie is a stubborn, obstinate, yet lovable woman who is harboring something painful that he can't get her to open up about. But, she needs to. She is running out of time. Once in a while a love story will seize our hearts and somehow become real. Time After Yesterday is one of those books. It tells the extraordinary tale of an ageless and timeless, true, but forbidden love between two cousins. This story begins more than fifty years ago when Annie and Reed were growing up, sharing their everyday lives, as the best of friends. This story pulls you in as you begin to feel their laughter, their passion and their pain. An emotionally powerful story of unconditional love - a story that reminds us love is sometimes hidden in the crises that threaten to destroy us.