When newlyweds Margaret and Stewart Andersen travel fromEngland to America to start their life together at the plantationgiven to them by a wealthy relative, they weren't expecting to adopt anorphaned 15-year-old maid.But life doesn't always proceed according to plan, and sometimes life'ssurprises turn out to be just the things that make life worth living.As the young maid Maria struggles to adapt to her new life, theroad is fi lled with more obstacles than anyone could have predicted.However, Maria is guided by a big heart that might just be strongenough to bring her family together and teach everyone about the truemeaning of love.Author Rhonda M. Landis is a life long resident of Pennsylvaniacurrently residing in Red Lion. Not Expecting is her fi rst novel.The characters of Not Expecting will continue their story in hersecond novel, What Happened, which is currently in production.