Purpose: Life According to God's Plan: 3 (The Merry Hearts Inspirational)

Florenza Lee is an author, publisher, narrative coach, transformational speaker, radio talk show host, Master Storyteller, wife, mother, and advocate for our Nation's Veterans. Her Children's books focus on Social-Emotional Learning. Her dynamic characters immediately capture the readers' attention, and her lessons remain long after closing the book. The tagline for her coaching business is "...like having glasses for your mind." Florenza believes Christ uses simple principles to bring about profound truths. She applies this practical teaching method to guide her audience on a soul-searching journey to discover the power that lies within them. Florenza says her messages, like collard greens and cornbread, will stick with you. She and her husband, CSM (Ret US Army) Trefus Lee, have been married for nearly 40 years and reside in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Their daughters, Jessica and Missy, call Las Vegas, Nevada, and Chagrin Falls, Ohio, home.

J. L. Woodson's writing career started with the critically acclaimed novel, The Things I Could Tell You!, an English assignment written at age fifteen that was published by Macro Publishing Group when he was sixteen followed by becoming a co-author of How to Win the Publishing Game with Avalon Betts-Gaston, Esq. and Dr. Trevy McDonald at sixteen; a contributing author to the NAACP Image Award-winning anthology, Breaking the Cycle at seventeen, and Superwoman's Child: Son of a Single Mother at age nineteen which was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature. He is the recipient of Fisk University's Talented Tenth Award, listed in the Who's Who Among American High School Students, Recipient of Coca-Cola, Clear Channel, State Farm Insurance and McDonald's Youth Leadership Award, Chicago Urban League's 1st Place Winner in Citywide Stock Market Competition, Winner of Chicago Urban League's Young Entrepreneurial Business Plan Competition, OHMC Most Professional Award, OHMC Most Dedicated Student Award, MGCA's Best Young Author Award. He is also a member of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity Inc. He has received several awards as well as many literary distinctions: Best Youth Fiction (Mahogany Book Club - New York), articles in Black Issues Book Review, Columbus Dispatch, Chicago Defender, The Tennessee Tribune and The Hammond Times. His has been a panelist and presented at Fisk University - Talented Tenth Celebration, Borders Books & Cafe [Chicago - Beverly], Borders Books & Cafe [Chicago - Downtown], Borders Books & Music [Chicago - Hyde Park], Barnes & Noble [Columbus, Ohio], Barnes & Noble [Kansas City, Missouri], The RAW Affair / Atlanta 2005 & 2006, Harlem Book Fair / New York 2003 & 2004, Expo For Today's Black Woman / Chicago 2003, 2004, 2005, National Book Club Conference 2003, State of Illinois - Bureau of Unemployment Insurance - February 2004, The How to Win the Publishing Game Seminar in Chicago (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). Additionally, he was 1st Place National Champion-American Karate Association and 1st Place National Champion - Sparring, American Karate Association. J. L. splits his time working on his next novel, Circle Until You Land, and website development. He currently resides in Orangeburg, SC, where he attends South Carolina State University.

Naleighna Kai is the USA TODAY and Essence national bestselling, and award-winning author of several controversial women's fiction, contemporary fiction, Christian fiction, Romance, erotica, and science fiction novels that plumb the depth of unique relationships and women's issues. She is also a contributor to a New York Times bestseller, one of AALBC's 100 Top Authors, a member of CVS Hall of Fame, Mercedes Benz Mentor Award Nominee, and the E. Lynn Harris Author of Distinction. Naleighna was born and raised on the Southeast side of Chicago, the setting for most of her novels and where she is currently working on her next books: Queen of Lahaina and 90 Days of Pleasure.