Season of Hope with Carol James

Pelican Book Group, July 19, 2020
ISBN 9781522302858
310 pp
Contemporary Inspirational Romance
Ebook $5.99
Print $16.99

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About the Book:

Hope Stockton’s life is dead, frozen in a winter of guilt, deceit, and fear. When handsome young pastor, Josh Lewis, comes to serve in her church, she wonders if she can trust him with her past. Will he be able to help her answer the questions that have been buried in her heart for years? Or will his own secrets drive them apart and prevent him from helping Hope find her spring of forgiveness?

Set in small town Texas in the years during and following the Vietnam war, Season of Hope is a story of forgiveness and restoration.

About the Author

Carol James is an author of redemptive romance. Her debut novel, Rescuing Faith, was an Amazon number one best-seller. She lives in a small town outside of Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, Jim, and a perky Jack Russell "Terrorist," Zoe.

Having always loved intriguing stories with happy endings, she was moved to begin writing to encourage others as she'd been encouraged by the works of other authors of inspirational fiction.

Carol enjoys spending time with her husband, children, and grandchildren, traveling with friends. She volunteers at a nearby school and serves in the production department at her church. She’s a Frappuccino and soccer aficionado.

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A Brief Interview with Carol:

What do you love about your new book: I love the truth illustrated in Hope’s life - that even when we feel unworthy to be a child of God, the Father is always pushing us with His perfect love.

What do you hope readers will tell others after they’ve finished the story? I hope readers will tell others that they laughed with Hope and Josh, cried with them, and mourned with them. I hope they will take away and share the truth illustrated in Hope’s life - that absolutely nothing we can do, no matter how bad we believe it is, will ever separate us from the love of God in Jesus.

Tell us about the most difficult part of the book to write.

Without giving away too much information (because it’s a crucial plot point), the scene in Season of Hope I struggled with the most and rewrote many, many times is the one in which our hero, Josh, returns from a fishing trip. He enters the guesthouse only to discover Hope sitting on his bed, and he realizes she has gone through his things. I won’t say what happens at this point, but I had to make certain that their reactions were true to the situation and their personalities.

What are you reading now? I’m just beginning News of the World by Paulette Giles, a historical fiction book a friend loaned me. It’s set in post Civil War Texas, and deals with the return of a young girl kidnapped by the Kiowa tribe. My friend recommended it because she knew my husband and I were originally from Texas, and that all my novels are set there.

What’s next for you? I just completed a Christmas novella entitled Redeeming Christmas that will release in December of this year, and I am currently editing a novel based on a trip I took to Longfellow’s Wayside Inn in Sudbury, MA where I discovered the Secret Drawer Society. My husband and I spent hours reading the hidden letters. (If you’ve never heard of this group, look it up online. It’s fascinating.) I knew then I wanted to include this concept in one of my novels. The working title for this piece is A Time for Singing. And the hero and heroine write anonymous letters back and forth and hide them in a secret drawer in a local inn.