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Stephanie McConnell's childhood life is ideal, with her father, mother, and two siblings. When her brother and sister contract a deadly disease while the family is in Africa, her life is thrown into turmoil. Her parents send her to Canada to stay with her uncle and aunt while they take care of the twins, and upon returning years later, the home life she once knew and loved is gone forever. Her mother is deathly ill, and the twins have seemingly permanent damage to their health. Determined to both make her dreams come true and support her family, Stephanie begins working, continues studying, and finds time to fall in love through a wild and tumultuous life. Balancing careers as a model, a photographer, and a future lawyer, her future is filled with joyous highs and dangerous peril.
This fictional biography follows the character through each stage of her life, from childhood to old age. Characters come and go much the way friends and family do in real life, and despite the dramatic nature of the story, the situations and people are all very believable. While the story seems like an innocent slice of life for much of the first three acts, quickly action and suspense begin to find their way into the story, balancing the romance and happy moments with the potential for danger at any moment. Because it's told with a first-person perspective, readers get a chance to understand Stephanie through and through, watching her grow through the journey of her life. Fans of powerful female leads and stories about overcoming adversity will fall in love with Stephanie and cheer for her through chapter after chapter.