A Surprise Awaits Back Home

About the Book

Following high school graduation, Chad Hunter wanted to leave his small home town so went to college out of State. His met his wife, found a great job and settled for an unfamiliar life with a controlling mother-in-law. After losing his wife in a car accident, his parents asked if he would consider coming home to fill the position of a retiring employee in the family lumber business. After losing the nanny, he and his two little ones returned to his small home town and the little ones are happier than they'd ever been. He then finds a girl right in the office who, after 12 years, was still waiting to fulfill a love that she'd had for him since high school although it takes some time to convince her that he was truly in love with her. He becomes very involved in helping the town grow, meeting new friends and is so happy to be home again.

About the Author

When her first husband passed away at an early age, Sally had two teenage boys to try to guide through that difficult time. She had also gone back to a very responsible job, which frequently required extra hours, so she quickly learned the struggles of a single parent. After several years, she remarried and retired, and then decided to start writing at age 75. She had read quite a few romance novels and one day while she was reading a very disappointing one, she thought she could write as well as several of the books she'd read recently. She sat down at a hand-me-down computer and started typing. That's about all she knew how to do on the unfamiliar machine. She had always been a Royal manual typewriter user, but she had conquered the big Burroughs's business computer at work so she vowed to conquer this little know-it-all machine that kept telling her it wasn't given the right information. With quite a bit of help from her family and a wonderful technician, she finally learned enough to get one novel in correct form to be published. The following ones didn't give her as much trouble, but something was always popping up that made her temper rise and thoughts of throwing it out the window come to mind. Sally can look back now and feel satisfied that she, at least, gave her sons a Christian base to help them in life. She offers a prayer to all those who face the huge task of raising children alone. "May God bless you with strength and wisdom."