Welcome...
To Hope-Inspired Stories, for anyone who'd like to discover more about books and stories that uplift and encourage.
Several years ago, while teaching high school art, I discovered I was as thrilled as my students when they won awards or were acknowledged for their accomplishments, and that promoting other people's good works was very gratifying.
So it is my hope you are blessed with a message of grace as I was, through the words of authors featured here. Please join me in welcoming writers of fiction, nonfiction, and devotionals; of romance, mystery, historical and contemporary stories as they share their work.
Authors who write stories about World War II will be hi-lighted through the month of March...in remembrance of my mother's birthday, and for my father, awarded a Purple Heart for his service to his country.
This week it is my pleasure to present"Homefront Heroines"--four historical stories by Johnnie Alexander, Amanda Barratt, Lauralee Bliss, and Rita Gerlach.
Publisher: Barbour Books (January 1, 2020)
Patriotic Service Leads to Victories in Romance
Relive life on the American homefront as four women of the WWII era join the workforce and discover romance in surprising ways.
Moonlight Serenade by Rita Gerlach
1941, Washington D.C.
When Kate St. Claire takes over a sailor’s job at the Naval Yard in Washington, DC, she is thrown into a romance she never expected.
Only Forever by Lauralee Bliss
1943, Springville, New York
Marilyn and Arthur learn the hard way that it’s not the outside that matters, but the inward working of the heart that is precious to God and each other.
Blue Moon by Johnnie Alexander
1943, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
After humiliating each other, a WOOPs officer and an Army Intelligence agent team up to protect a top-secret atomic bomb facility from sabotage.
Dream a Little Dream by Amanda Barratt
1945, Palm Springs, California
When an army nurse and a former film star are reunited at a wartime hospital, can they move beyond their past and into a future together?
And for your listening pleasure...the Glenn Miller Orchestra ~ "Moonlight Serenade"
Reminder: The authors presented here value your insights, so don't forget to leave a comment to be included in a drawing for a signed copy of a book by this week's featured author.
...And if you become a Follower of Hope-Inspired Stories, your name will be added to a prize drawing at the end of this month. The prize: A 25.00 gift card, your choice of one of the books featured this month, and a box of Whitman's Sampler chocolates! (Something a soldier would have given his sweetheart! 💝 )
Hope-Inspired Stories Photo: The beautiful photo of Sodus Bay, N.Y. during a particularly harsh storm on Lake Ontario earlier this year was taken by photographer and sister in Christ, Ginger Strom. Note the courageous lone seagull taking flight in the upper right corner of the photo.
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable — if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things and the God of peace will be with you” (Philippians 4:8).
Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!
