Daniel is twenty-eight, successful, fit and completely certain of who he is. Then Helen steals his body.

He wakes up trapped in the life of a forty-nine-year-old, chain-smoking housewife with menopausal symptoms, aching joints, a wardrobe full of skirts and heels, and a husband who believes the woman beside him is still his wife.

Helen gives him one year to preserve everything she has left behind: her home, her marriage, her friendships and her reputation. If Daniel exposes the truth or destroys her life, she will keep his body—and he will remain Helen forever.

Forced to learn housework, cooking, makeup and the routines of a body that no longer obeys him, Daniel clings to the belief that he is still the same man inside. But as Helen’s habits, cravings and relationships begin shaping his days, that certainty becomes harder to maintain.

To get his old life back, Daniel must become convincing enough to live as Helen.

The danger is that, by the end of the year, he may no longer know where Daniel ends and Helen begins.

Author’s Note: This story is heavily inspired by Forced Lives by Spellcheck. Full credit goes to Spellcheck for the original premise and many of the core ideas that shaped this version.