This is a work of fiction, derived entirely from my own brain. I intend this as a love story between two consenting adults, and thus there are situations which contain explicit sexual references and descriptions. In addition, there is a scene of underage rape is described, which is meant to convey the status of the heroine's state of mind regarding sex and men throughout the first several chapters of the novel. I have had a lifelong love of reading. One day I sat down at my computer and started to type. I don't really know where the words originated. They seemed to flow from my fingers like magic. Before I knew it, a story began to develop. Characters sprang forth from the screen as if they were real. I fell in love with them, felt for them when they experienced problems, and rejoiced with them in their love. I hope that you, too, will take my cherished friends Christina and Cliff into your heart. Marchela Wells