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Coming August 11, 2017 ~ THE DEEPEST SIGH ~ WWI Historical Fiction

His passion is unquenched.

Her love is unrequited.

Their marriage is desperate, and the world is at war.

Can such hungry hearts find their true homes?

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The Background:

This new book has traveled quite a journey to get to you, friends. I wrote this novel faster than any I’ve ever written, and it’s also the longest of all my books. How crazy is that? It turned into so much more than I first imagined, and I am thrilled. The Deepest Sigh first came to me as an idea spun off the Genesis 29 story of Rachel, Jacob, and Leah. If you don’t remember that one, go back and refresh yourself. The Deepest Sigh isn’t a retelling of that story, but there are certainly similar elements. Set during WWI in the area around Spooner and Shell Lake in northwest Wisconsin, you’ll meet farmer’s daughters Marilla and Delia Eckert, and their father’s hired hand, Langdon Prescott. I think it’s fair to say that most women who’ve read the Genesis story have thought to themselves, How in the world did Leah bear it?  So, suffice it to say, The Deepest Sigh is a different sort of romantic story.  Keep reading below to find out more. 

About the Story:

Seventeen year old Marilla Eckert is in love with Langdon “Lang” Prescott, her family’s hired farm hand, unaware of his passionate feelings toward her older sister Delia. When Delia weds a longtime beau, Lang settles for Marilla instead, despite his continued longing and intent to someday win Delia away from her husband. Marilla soon realizes where Lang’s devotion truly lies, yet she presses on, giving everything she has to offer, convinced she can still gain his love.

Then America steps into the Great War. The men are sent a world away to fight, and Marilla’s cares, coupled with the lack of her husband’s favor, finally wear her thin. When heartache and disaster strikes on every front, and Marilla’s hour of need leads her elsewhere for comfort, will each of them wind up too broken to ever find their hearts’ true homes?

The Deepest Sigh releases August 11, 2017. I hope you added it to your book list, and look ahead to the sequel, The Softest Breath, coming next May.