She goes off to Ray Singleton's remote farm knowing nothing about him except that he is lonely, utterly inexperienced around women and touchingly devoted to her.
Livvy Dunne is a thoughtful 24-year-old with yearnings toward archeology, who in a rash moment in WWII Colorado becomes pregnant by a dashing officer and is forced into a marriage of convenience by her sternly puritanical minister father. When Olivia unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a crime and is faced with betrayal, she finally confronts her own yearnings and comes to understand what she truly believes about the nature of trust and love.From Publishers WeeklyThis is the first adult novel by an author who has written two well-received YA books. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding muchneeded friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp. But when an exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, she finds herself in a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of becoming an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. The powerful story of one woman's passion in a world at war. She currently lives in Paris, Kentucky.įor book clubs, Ann will visit you via Skype. In her new novel, MERCY ROAD, a Kentucky horsewoman who has lost everything joins an all-female team of doctors and nurses as an ambulance driver on the front lines during WW I in France.īesides writing, Ann's other interests include old houses, new yoga routines, red wine, and all things cat. In her novels, strong female characters face unforeseen obstacles and then have to make life-changing decisions.
Contact her through her website: Ann Howard Creel writes guaranteed heart-wrenching historical fiction. For book clubs, Ann will visit you via Skype. Besides writing, Ann's other interests include old houses, new yoga routines, red wine, and all things cat. In her new novel, MERCY ROAD, a Kentucky horsewoman who has lost everything joins an all-female team of doctors and nurses as an ambulance driver on the front lines during WW I in France.
Ann Howard Creel writes guaranteed heart-wrenching historical fiction.
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