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Ada Mae Tyndall loves to argue. She doesn t have the best attitude about life and might be just a tad bitter. She s never been married and has convinced herself that she hasn t missed a thing. She surrounds herself with her flowers, her baking and the big, Victorian home she inherited from her parents. When her friend and attorney informs her a deceased town resident requested in his will that she have custody of his granddaughter, she asks herself, what would I do with a child? While seeking the advice of her attorney, she realizes she has feelings for him she never allowed herself to explore, and doesn t understand why God would bring her all this way through life alone, and then change His mind. With the support of her closest friends, she gives the girl a home. A custody battle with the child s biological mother threatens Ada Mae who wonders if opening her heart was right after all. Amidst tension, highly strung emotions and real Southern mayhem, Ada Mae fights for the child s future and discovers that God has destined the second half of her life to be the best!

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Deborah Martin was born in North Carolina and has lived there most of her life. Her undergraduate studies were in Music Education, and later earned a Master of Education degree in teaching. As an educator, she enjoyed a successful career teaching music and is now retired. She writes full time with a special interest in Southern culture in the USA.

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