There were many possibilities: was it weird dreams, a strong psychic connection, reincarnation, past lives, parallel lives, some other compelling unknown force or a combination of all of these factors. Once, Again is a fictional romance of two interracial couples, living in different times, who are mysteriously joined in a journey to investigate and understand their strange connections. Using such methods as past life hypnotic regression, dreaming partners and intuition, the story weaves back and forth between the 21st century and the time surrounding the Civil war. Both couples, ( James, a white plantation owner's son and Alaro, a one-time slave, and Thom, an astute business man with strong intuition and Rachael, a practicing intuitive) are fascinated with their shared psychic experiences about their past lives. They are compelled to explore their participation together in the timeless dance of life and death. Answers both couples seek as to why are they're connecting, who they are to each other, and most hauntingly, the messages they are destined to receive from their explorations, is an imaginatively told tale about a pilgrimage leading to healing and forgiveness.