She also made a promise to complete the work should anything happen to prevent McConnell from doing so. Jones participation as co-author began when McConnell bequeathed her the research material and the partial manuscript. Or perhaps it began when she made that promise. Both McConnell (BSN, MSN, Ph.D.) and Jones (BSN, MSN, Ph.D.) have numerous publications in nursing and health care. This is their first work of biographical fiction.