Dominica Moore lives in a war zone both at home and at her new school in that she endures cruelty by the hands of her father and also by the hands of her peers at school. She doesn't meet what they consider to be the standard norms of society-their codes of ethics. Instead, Dominica Moore goes against the standard norms of society. Through her endless struggle to be accepted for who and what she is inside, Dominica looks to the Lord for friendship and strength. Warren Moore, Dominica's father, has a beastly personality and runs the household worse than military style. He doesn't allow Dominica or her brothers to have friends over to their home. Dominica loses faith in the Lord as a result of her brother Jake's death. She then finds comfort in realizing her brother Jake has become her guardian angel. It's as if he never left her side.

Hailing from Kalamazoo, Michigan, Joanna Maharis earned a BA in creative writing from Western Michigan University. Throughout the years, she has written extensively. It is her greatest joy. Writing enables her to explore worlds through the written and spoken word.