The Waiting Heart

Tranquility Hazelwood is anything but tranquil. Independent, determined, opinionated, talkative, and frustrated, yes. Cool and composed, no. And what's been ruffling her feathers lately is that question a certain speaker dared tell a group of single women to ask themselves: "Why am I not married by now?"

That question sticks in her mind like a thorn. Still unmarried, and with her biological clock ticking, her impatience is rising--someone thinks it's her fault she's not married yet?

When she ...