When You Were Mine
Two best friends, one gloriously unconventional family, and a blast from the past that could change everything…
When You Were Mine – a story of love, family and the price of fame – was published by Hera on 14th August 2019 under the name Lisa Swift. It was republished indepently in 2026 as Mary Jayne Baker.
Two best friends, one gloriously unconventional family, and a blast from the past that could change everything…
Thirtysomething couples counsellor Maggie has known Ibby, her gay, Indiana-Jones-obsessed best friend, since student days. Following a drunken uni one-night stand, they are also co-parents to thirteen-year-old Amelia.
Dating isn’t easy when you’re raising a teenager with your best mate. Ibby believes he’s jinxed after a string of disastrous dates, while Maggie lives with the irony that she spends her days fixing other people’s sex lives despite having none of her own. Nevertheless, the two friends are proud to have created a stable, loving home for their daughter. But things get messy when a ghost from their past – hard-partying rockstar Jordan Nash – crashes dramatically back into their lives.
As Jordan wrestles his demons and old secrets spill out, can the unlikely family stay united? Or will bringing back the past threaten all that they’ve built in the present?