Empowering Antoinette

About the Book

Empowering Antoinette is a story of a woman’s life journey that begins in violence and tragedy, causing her as a young girl to produce an alter personality as her only means of protection. The murder of her father leads her to the orphanage where she sets out on the long road toward recovery. As she matures, her type A personality reveals a young woman who excels in all aspects of her life except intimacy. Ultimately, she must face the truth of the past in order to fall in love with Julian, the man who has fallen madly in love with her. An underlying theme of Empowering Antoinette is that there comes a time when we all must face the path that God has laid before us. A priest’s questions about his faith, within the context of Antoinette’s life circumstances, are brought to the surface, as is the meaning of family. Empowering Antoinette is a modern-day romance based on very real life issues that many women of all generations have encountered—abuse, healing, and the ability to enter into healthy intimate relationships.

About the Author

Maria E. Rodriguez is a survivalist. She portrays this spirit in Empowering Antoinette by turning a woman’s tragic beginnings as a young girl into a triumphant story of healing that gains the main character, Antoinette, an often sought reward: true love. The author comes from a lineage of empowered women, which is why she chose a strong and singular pen name. The author is Cuban and was raised in the Northeast of the United States. She was a member of the US Coast Guard Reserve and has a master’s degree in business administration. Professionally and for leisure, she has traveled extensively throughout Latin America, France, Spain, and the Caribbean. She speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese.