About the BookBorn and raised in New York, Debbie Lyon Meads is sixteen years old when two drug dealers begin to have their way with her. In order to protect her, brother, Leon kills the dealers and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Desperate to escape, Debbie marries an older friend, Allan, and flees the city. Eight years later, upon Allan's death, Debbie learns that he had a sister, Josephine, who never him. She decides to introduce herself to her sister-in-law and soon finds herself becoming friends with Josephine's husband, Samuel Palts. With his and Josephine's marriage on the rocks, Samuel sees in Debbie a second chance at true love. In this novel, a woman seeking her husband's family after his death must face a series of trials and tribulations in her attempt to find love and happiness.About the Author I was born in April in 1965, in New Jersey. I attended school up until the tenth grade, quit, and went to work. Then, I went to Rome, Italy.I lived there for 15 years where I met my husband and had a son. Back in the United States, I was diagnosed with cancer. Beating the cancer, I was later diagnosed with MS, and soon after, we adopted a baby girl.With the MS limiting my mobility to do many things, I found my true talent in writing, which is something I love that gives me great satisfaction.
