December Angel

With the blink of an eye, Mariella, a professional writer who once felt she was on top of the world,watches as her life crumbles right before her eyes. The love of her life and her strength, herhusband Daniel, a powerful business attorney, was diagnosed with leukemia. After hearing thathe collapsed while in his law fi rms offi ce, Mariella rushes to be at Daniels side. As a writer, Mariella wouldwrite month after month in her own Journaland during times when she was facing situations as a personthat she is trying to become. Mariella and her two young girls watch while Daniel becomes weaker andsicker, struggling each day with a disease that the doctors were unable to cure. All they could do was standthere and watch and make whatever time left to be memorable. As Mariella was trying to keep strong forher husband and two young girls, Cassidy and Ryder, she found herself building a wall to block out her ownemotionsa wall Mariella had put up for strength while dealing with Daniels sickness. Faced with the challenges of moving on without him at her side, she tried to keep life normal in NewEngland. After losing Dan, she found that the changes she was making in her life were not enough. It isnot that she didnt want to lose memories of Dan, however, she wanted to wipe off those bad memories, theones of him becoming weak and sick. Mariella and her two young girls would soon fi nd their new home ina town outside of Nashville, Tennessee, called Golden Oaks. Moving to the South and leaving her northernlife behind her, she began running a local bed and breakfast while still writing. Here, she met Brenda, awoman who she became good friends with and who introduced her to Jordan, a man who she would soonconsider the new love of her life. Soon fi nding love again with a professional hockey player and also a coach for her daughters hockey team,she began to regain the part of her that was missing from her lifelove. Mariella started to fi nd happiness,strength, and hopeall of which she had needed after meeting Jordan.