Her sometimes lover, who is not the father, wants to marry her, but he's a "ramblin' man" not a good marriage prospect even if she wanted one. One marriage was plenty! But, when she suffers a serious accident, Joanna discovers her family can pull together, love each other, care for her, and that her mother's advice—"when you find a good man, hang onto him"—is worth listening to, and that a ramblin' man can settle down when the time is right.

To her great joy, she now does her "camping" aboard a 30' boat, and has a laptop computer for when the bug bites, which seems to be daily.

Currently making a slow cruise through BC's Gulf Islands, and WA's San Juans, she's finishing up a longer book, and finding bookstores where she can sign copies of WHISPERS ON THE WIND, a futuristic romance just out from Leisure Lovespell.