Cathryn Perdue

The story of the Scotts, a young couple whose first child is born dangerously early, weighing less than a pound and a half. As they endure the anguish and struggle to help keep their baby alive, they discover what real love, courage and triumph are in the face of tragedy.

A teenage bride becomes a war widow when her Marine Corps husband is killed in Vietnam, until into her life comes a civilian recreation director who works at Camp Pendleton.

A sociopathic socialite plots her father's murder.