When four-year-old Amanda gets off the train, looking for a more suitable restroom, the train leaves with her sister on it. She reports to the town sheriff and complicates the man's bachelor life. All the young ladies in town would be willing to help him take charge of the stranded miss, but he chooses the one woman who has never tried to cast a net over him. She never has because she is flustered every time they cross paths. Now why would that be so?

Donita Kathleen Paul retired from teaching and started writing. It soon became apparent that she was not retired. She continued to teach and write. She now lives in Indiana in a seniors' apartment where she finds friends and characters to enrich her life and her books.