Category: Sneak Peeks

New sneak peek today! (If you missed any of the others, you can find them all here.) All was dark and silent when Lily crept up the stairs and tiptoed back into the bedroom. The rain had slacked off at last, and the thunder was only a distant rumble as she hung her dripping dress …….Read More

New Sneak Peek today! (If you missed any of the others, you can find them all here.) It’s winter of 1944, and Fred is trying to sneak back onto onto base after going AWOL to visit Lily. It’s going to take some doing to get past the MP’s though…. The sky was clear and studded …….Read More

New Sneak Peek today! (If you’ve missed any of the others, you can read them here.) It’s October, 1946, and Fred is back home in Florida. He hasn’t seen Lily in over a year… Late in the evening, after Hubert and George had gone home again and the children were in bed, Fred sat on …….Read More

On this day, 70 years ago, Lily and Fred were married. To honor that anniversary, here is an  excerpt from the chapter about August 30th, 1947. (P.S. Don’t forget to keep reading at the end for a very special announcement!) …The creak of a door handle jerked Lily back to the moment. Ruth was peeking …….Read More

As I sit here in the parking lot, listening to rain pummeling the roof of my car while thunder and lightening compete for attention, I’m reminded of the tragic storm that struck one tiny British town exactly seventy-three years ago today.  The plane crash and disaster that ensued in Freckleton, Lancashire, was one of the …….Read More

Update: This was the original sixth chapter. However, I did some extensive overhauling of the early part of the book during my NaNoWriMo writing marathon. I’m leaving the original sneak peeks up for now, but just be aware what you read here may or may not end up in the final version of the story. …….Read More

Update: This was the original fourth chapter. However, I did some extensive overhauling of the early part of the book during my NaNoWriMo writing marathon. I’m leaving the original sneak peeks up for now, but just be aware what you read here may or may not end up in the final version of the story. …….Read More

Update: This was the original third chapter. However, I did some extensive overhauling of the early part of the book during my NaNoWriMo writing marathon. I’m leaving the original sneak peeks up for now, but just be aware what you read here may or may not end up in the final version of the story. …….Read More

Update: This is the original second chapter. However, during my writing marathon for NaNoWriMo, I extensively overhauled the early part of the book. I’ve left the original sneak peeks up for now, since I’m not ready to replace them with the newer versions yet, but just be aware that some of this will not be …….Read More