Marie J. Ziegler was born in June of 1963 and grew up in the small town of Hudson, Florida. Marie is a full-time working mother of three and grandmother to one and a member of the Florida Writers Association. Unwavering Hearts (Always and Forever) is the first novel in a series of four. (Unwavering Hearts: The second Generation part one Harsh Lessons, Unwavering Hearts: The Second Generations part two Growing pains and the Unwavering Hearts: The Legacy Continued.) Writing has always been Marie's passion and her escape ever though she is the first to admit she is the world's worst speller. She