It Was You All Along

Written by Ada Stone

Narrated by Marie Jenkins

Jack is a skilled CNA who works as a private home caregiver. He loves his job, but when his current client moves away, he has trouble finding more work suited to his skills. People just don’t seem to view men as the nurturing caregivers they can be. And as a trans man, Jack faces even harsher prejudices in his field of work then the average cis male.

All these factors lead Jack to make the heartbreaking decision to stop his hormone therapy and begin going by his birthname — Hannah. He feels that detransitioning and presenting as female is the only way to continue his career path. And society seems to agree, as he quickly finds a great job with a new client in Portland and moves there.

His new client is a quirky woman who Jack connects with immediately, and all seems to be falling into place… until his client’s daughter Elyssa comes into the picture, that is.

Elyssa is immediately suspicious of this new “Hannah” person and swears she knows her from somewhere, but she can’t quite place it… Hannah almost looks like this guy she used to date, but that can’t be it… can it?

Will Jack have the courage to be honest with Elyssa about his true identity? Will Elyssa be able to forgive the deceit?

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Shorts
• Release date: Dec 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781094427607

Ada Stone

Ada Stone is a queer and trans book-obsessed human from the Pacific Northwest, where they live now. They love spending quiet time among trees and mountains, listening to their favorite albums on repeat, and receiving “your holds are ready for pickup” alerts from the library.

Reviews for It Was You All Along

[Cool Chick · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

The story writing was very muddied, overly wordy in areas irrelevant to the story of the romance… the grand reveal disappointing. Wordy, and battering me to death.