"As a person who fell in love with books before she could read and created stories before she could write, Marie Hobbs is an avid reader. As a hopeful romantic, she read numerous romance novels. As a Christian, she sought out stories with the same values as her own. As she grew older (and hopefully wiser), it became increasingly difficult to find characters she could relate to and books that she could enjoy from cover to cover. She wanted to see herself, her friends, and her family reflected in the books she was reading. Main characters who were people of color thriving in their careers, growing in God, and approaching life with humor and grace. Since she couldn't find enough of the books she wanted to read, she started writing them. Blending real-life experiences, storylines conceived over the years, and creative license, the Unexpected Love Series was born-later-in-life inspirational romances with people of color as the main characters."