'Til I Want No More-Hardcover (Feb 2021)

If Maxine could put her finger on the moment when her life went into a tailspin, she would point back twenty years to the day her daddy died. She tells herself he?s the only person who ever really knew and loved her, and if he hadn?t left her behind, her future would?ve taken a different path. No absentee mother, no stepfather, no rebellious ripping and running during her teenage years. And no JD, who gave her wandering young heart a home, at least for a time.But that?s over and done with. All grown-up now, Maxine?s heart and ring finger belong to Theodore Charles, the man she?ll pledge to love, honor, and obey in front of God and everybody. At least that?s what she?s telling anybody who will listen. The only folks buying it are the dog and the readers of her column, however. Her best friend and family aren?t having it?not even Celeste, the double bass?playing thirteen-year-old the community of Mount Laurel, North Carolina, believes is Maxine?s adopted sister. And apparently, neither i