Based on a real-life Cinderella story set in 1900, Texas. Writing Emma's story has been a departure from my comfort zone. As a genealogist, my norm is dealing with facts. While I've always loved adding the photographs and stories, the flesh on the bones, the picture was fact-based.
Taking the stories I've heard my entire life and weaving them into a work of fiction has been one of the most exciting things I've done. The character, Emma,...