*****Voted one of the 50 Self-published books worth reading, 2015!***** A young girl meets the love of her life at sunrise on the Sea of Cortez. Love lifts you up “about a foot above the ground," she says. It fills you with joy, courage, and hope, even when faced with great challenges. A coming of age story of love, loss, and inspiration, Bernadette will need all the good things that love has to offer. This story is set in the 1960s, told to Jessica Huntington in the 1980s, and shared with us today. A prequel of sorts, the book provides backstory for two central characters in the Jessica Huntington Desert Cities Mystery Series.