JEM is a down-to-earth country girl. She enjoys her animals and loves the country life. She started out as a cashier years ago and in the early 2000s got into working on farms. Back in 2008, after her father died, she met her soulmate. They were working for the same person and ended up working with firewood together. Now they have a small hobby farm in their backyard called "Doty's Farm." They have calves that they are raising for a farmer, they have chickens, and a pig. That is what inspired the author to write this book. Copper came to her a week old; his momma and siblings didn't make it. She had Copper in the house for a few weeks and her dogs; Prince, Bruiser, and Annie helped out.