FEATURED BOOK: When Valleys Bloom Again
AUTHOR: Pat Jeanne Davis
PUBLISHER: Elk Lake Publishing, Inc.
GENRE: Historical Inspirational Romance
SERIES OR STAND ALONE: Stand Alone
TARGET AGE: 18 and older
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME AUTHOR PAT JEANNE DAVIS TO PATTI’S PORCH. PAT SHARES THE PERSONAL MOTIVATION AND RESEARCH BEHIND HER DEBUT HISTORICAL ROMANCE, WHEN VALLEYS BLOOM AGAIN.
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IN TIMES OF WAR
A question I’ve been asked by readers is why a World War II novel and why this protagonist. Members of my family in the US served in Alaska and in the European Theater in WWII. When war was declared by Britain in 1939, my father-in-law was conscripted into the British Eighth Army and served his country until late 1945. He was in North Africa, Dunkirk, Normandy, and throughout Europe. He and his wife were married for only two months when he was called up for service. During a tour of duty that lasted 6 years, my father-in-law came home only three times for very short visits. I had the privilege of reading many of the letters he sent home to Amy, his wife. This enabled me to more fully immerse myself for a time into his world as a homesick soldier longing to be at home with his bride. My husband has a few of the items his father wore then and some that were in his kit brought back from the battlefield.
Over the years, I’ve had a keen interest in this historical period and wanted to write a faith-based novel with an Anglo-American connection, setting a portion of the story in both England as well as in the US.
I found an opening for When Valleys Bloom Again after reading a biography on the life of Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. He and his family were living in London when Britain declared war. Kathleen Kennedy’s story intrigued me. She was forced by her father to return to the US for her safety. Kathleen had made many friends while living in London and was determined to return some day. She eventually did go back, served in the British Red Cross, and married William Cavendish who was in line to become the next Duke of Devonshire. Sadly, he died in battle a few months after their marriage.
While visiting Chatsworth House, the home of the present Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, I found the grave of Kathleen Kennedy in St. Peter’s Churchyard, not far from Chatsworth House. She too died tragically shortly after peace was declared. I learned from a tour guide there that in 1963 President John Kennedy had visited his sister Kathleen’s grave while on his way home from a trip to Ireland, only six months before his assassination. He and his sister had been very close throughout her life. Standing before Kathleen’s grave, I could only imagine the sorrow President Kennedy felt.
I based my protagonist, Abby Stapleton, only loosely on Kathleen Kennedy’s situation at the outbreak of war in 1939. Abby is the American-born daughter of a British diplomat. Her father sends her back to the US to escape impending war. She too vows to return to London.
Research is a large part of any historical novel. Readers want to know how I went about conducting research for When Valleys Bloom Again. In the course of my research, I interviewed veterans of the war in both the UK and US. I read books and saw many films set in that era.
On repeated trips to England over the years with my British husband at my side, we visited an actual air raid shelter still intact where my mother-in-law sought protection during raids. This was a moving experience for us both. I also visited war museums, an aerodrome and the Churchill War Rooms in London. These research excursions were even more emotionally charged for me knowing that my husband had been there as a young lad on visits with his dad—a man who knew first-hand about those dark days of World War II.
Blurb for When Valleys Bloom Again
A Wartime Romance Set On Two Continents
Tagline: After fleeing impending war in England, nineteen-year-old Abby Stapleton works to correct her stammer and to become a teacher in America, only to discover this conflict has no boundaries and that a rejected suitor is intent on destroying her name, fiancé, and fragile faith.
As war approaches in 1939 Abby Stapleton’s safety is under threat. Her father, a British diplomat, insists she go back to America until the danger passes. Abby vows to return to her home in London—but where is home? With her family facing mortal danger so far away and feeling herself isolated, she finds it hard to pray or read the Bible. Did she leave God behind in war-torn London too? Abby becomes friendly with Jim, a gardener on her uncle’s estate.
Jim can’t get Abby out of his mind. Did she have a sweetheart in England? Was it foolish to think she’d consider him? He curses his poverty and the disgrace of his father’s desertion and drunkenness haunts him. Can he learn to believe in love for a lifetime and to hope for a happy marriage?
Abby couldn’t know the war would last a long time, nor that she would fall in love with Jim—soon to be drafted by the U.S. Army—or that she’d have to confront Henri, a rejected suitor, determined by his lies to ruin her reputation and destroy her faith in God’s providence. Will she discover the true meaning of home and find happiness with Jim?
Patti’s review of When Valleys Bloom Again
This is a riveting World War II story that takes the reader back in time to a historic and horrific era. Abby Stapleton leaves her home in London to reside in the United States at the insistence of her father, who sees the dangers of impending war in Europe. She falls in love with Jim, an employee on her aunt and uncle’s estate, who is drafted into the U.S. Army and is sent to the battlefront. While Jim faces the peril of possible death, Abby is threatened with the loss of everything dear to her by a scheming suitor she rejects.
This novel delves deep into the hearts of those who endured World War II, both the horrors of battle and the interminable waiting of those at home who longed for word from their loved ones. The story is authenticated by the author’s research, which enabled her to reconstruct the fears, doubts, homesickness, and faith of a soldier in combat.
Pat Jeanne Davis portrays well the restrictions imposed on civilians during this war-time era. Her use of descriptive detail revealed some facts about this period in history that were new to me and brought to light the destructive aftermath of an enemy attack. Her strong characterization provided a basis for tension and a triumph of good over evil achieved through faith, courage, loyalty, and love.
I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a well-researched story set during World War II with the elements of intrigue, romance, tension, and strong characterization. Some lapses in time jolted me out of the story a bit, but not enough to distract me from the overall flow of the novel.
I received a complimentary copy of When Valleys Bloom Again and have provided an honest review based on my reading experience, which I thoroughly enjoyed.
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PAT JEANNE DAVIS lives in Philadelphia, Pa with her British-born husband, John. They have two grown sons. She enjoys flower gardening, genealogy research and traveling with her husband. Pat has published essays, short stories and articles online and in print. She has a keen interest in twentieth-century American and British history, particularly the period of World War II. Pat’s father-in-law served in the British Eighth Army during the war. When Valleys Bloom Again is her debut historical romance set in that era. She is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers and the Historical Novel Society. Pat loves to hear from her readers. Subscribe to her newsletter at her website.
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WELCOME AUTHOR PATRICIA BRADLEY
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WELCOME AUTHOR JOI COPELAND
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WELCOME AUTHOR TERRI WELDON
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WELCOME AUTHOR LEEANN BETTS
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WELCOME AUTHOR RENEE BLARE
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WELCOME AUTHOR JO HUDDLESTON
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WELCOME AUTHOR CLEO LAMPOS
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WELCOME AUTHOR KELLY KLEPFER
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WELCOME AUTHOR ANGELA D. MEYER
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WELCOME AUTHOR DONNA SCHLACHTER
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WHEN GOD SAYS "NO!"
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WELCOME AUTHOR GAIL PALLOTTA
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WELCOME AUTHOR JAMES CALLAN
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WELCOME AUTHOR CAROLE BROWN
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WELCOME AUTHOR CHRISTINE LINDSAY
6/3/2016 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR LEANN BETTS
5/20/2016 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Manners Are Golden ~ What the Bible Says by Nike Chillemi
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WELCOME AUTHOR DIANE KALAS
4/16/2016 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR TANYA EAVENSON
4/1/2016 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR JENNIFER SLATTERY
3/18/2016 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR JODIE WOLFE
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WELCOME AUTHOR KARIN BEERY
2/24/2016 11:00:18 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR ANGELA RUTH STRONG
2/6/2016 12:49:04 AM by: Patti Shene
REVIEW OF SNOW OUT OF SEASON BY CHRISTY BRUNKE
1/29/2016 11:52:52 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR ELAINE STOCK
1/16/2016 12:57:46 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR GAIL PALLOTTA
1/2/2016 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
IS CHRISTMAS REALLY OVER?
12/26/2015 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR ANE MULLIGAN
12/13/2015 4:00:04 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR ANE MULLIGAN
12/13/2015 3:51:47 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR BROOKE COX
11/29/2015 4:17:05 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR H L WEGLEY
11/6/2015 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
PERSPECTIVE
11/1/2015 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR JO HUDDLESTON
10/23/2015 11:28:03 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR SALLY CHAMBERS
10/16/2015 10:21:11 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR TERESA POLLARD
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WELCOME AUTHOR GAIL KITTLESON
10/3/2015 5:04:45 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR PAULA MOWERY
9/11/2015 10:39:52 PM by: Patti Shene
LIFE AFTER LIFE BY JUNE FOSTER
8/22/2015 10:18:01 AM by: Patti Shene
INTRODUCING A NEW BLOGGING COMMUNITY
8/9/2015 11:24:30 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR SUSAN ANNE MASON
7/24/2015 11:37:04 PM by: Patti Shene
WHY WE WAIT
7/11/2015 10:51:21 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR MISTY BELLER
6/27/2015 10:51:06 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR ELIZABETH MADDREY
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WELCOME AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLAS
5/22/2015 10:51:09 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR JO HUDDLESTON
5/9/2015 7:57:00 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR LEE CARVER
4/10/2015 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR VALERIE COMER
3/27/2015 11:19:26 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR MARIAN MERRITT
3/14/2015 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR AMBER STOCKTON
2/27/2015 11:00:12 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR CONNIE ALMONY
2/14/2015 8:01:40 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR JAMES CALLAN
1/24/2015 1:41:32 PM by: Patti Shene
A MODERN DAY MIRACLE
1/16/2015 10:59:08 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR CONNIE PEASE
1/10/2015 7:44:16 PM by: Patti Shene
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - PART SEVEN
12/27/2014 11:17:48 AM by: Patti Shene
AUTHOR GINA WELBORN RETURNS
12/20/2014 11:08:16 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR SUSAN ANNE MASON
12/18/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WHAT DOES ADVENT MEAN TO YOU?
12/14/2014 3:45:38 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR PEG PHIFER
12/8/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR JANET K. BROWN
12/6/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
AUTHOR H. L. WEGLEY WRAPS UP PURE GENIUS SERIES
11/29/2014 12:36:32 PM by: Patti Shene
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - PART SIX
11/22/2014 6:55:52 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR BILL GARRISON
11/14/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WHAT DO YOU MISS?
11/8/2014 2:41:19 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR CAMILLE EIDE
11/1/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - PART FIVE
10/25/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
DINOSAURS AND THE BIBLE
10/19/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR GINA WELBORN
10/10/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
POINT TO POINT TO POINT
10/5/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - PART FOUR
9/27/2014 9:25:12 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR ANE MULLIGAN
9/19/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
BY THE NUMBERS
9/15/2014 2:24:11 PM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR ADA BROWNELL
9/5/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR JENNIFER SLATTERY
8/30/2014 10:56:45 PM by: Patti Shene
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - PART THREE
8/23/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR REBECCA DeMARINO
8/16/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
SITTING IDLE
8/10/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
It's Hot Out Here! by CHERI SWALWELL
8/3/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - PART TWO
7/26/2014 11:01:15 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR CAROLE BROWN
7/20/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO?
7/14/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
AUTHOR H. L. WEGLEY RETURNS
7/5/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
PRAYER CHANGES THINGS - PART ONE
6/27/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR AVA PENNINGTON
6/20/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
UNEXPECTED ACTS OF KINDNESS
6/16/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
REVIEW OF THREE NON-FICTION BOOKS
6/7/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR RENEE BLARE
5/30/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
SEVEN WAYS TO STRETCH SPIRITUALLY BY ADA BROWNELL
5/17/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WHEN FINE IS NOT REALLY FINE
4/23/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
MOMMY MEMOIRS BY ANN VAN DE WATER
4/19/2014 5:33:04 PM by: Patti Shene
PLAY BALL!
4/17/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
JOE THE DREAMER BY AUTHOR A. B. BROWNELL
4/12/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
ON THE PINEAPPLE EXPRESS BY H. L. WEGLEY
4/4/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
THE THIEF BY STEPHANIE LANDSEM
3/29/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
HUMOR AT THE HOSPITAL
3/26/2014 9:45:22 PM by: Patti Shene
HEAR NO EVIL BY MARY HAMILTON
3/22/2014 2:39:47 PM by: Patti Shene
WHEN THE ROAD GETS LONG AND LONELY
3/19/2014 12:56:57 PM by: Patti Shene
INTRODUCING RYAN'S FATHER BY JUNE FOSTER
3/15/2014 4:19:04 PM by: Patti Shene
WHERE ARE YOU THE MOST VULNERABLE?
3/13/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
INTERVIEW WITH WRITER BROOKE COX
3/8/2014 11:44:40 AM by: Patti Shene
Patti's Porch Welcomes Author Rebecca Carey Lyles
3/1/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Flying for Jesus by Lee Carver
2/22/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Putting Out the Fleece by Paula Mowery
2/15/2014 1:02:11 PM by: Patti Shene
What We Can Learn From the Olympics
2/12/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Hush, Little Baby by Deborah M. Piccurelli
2/8/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Baby, It's Cold Outside!
2/5/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
A Matter of Perspective
2/1/2014 12:52:05 AM by: Patti Shene
Introducing The Pure Genius Series by H. L. Wegley
1/25/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Monopoly!
1/21/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
welcome author Cheri Swalwell
1/17/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
What Did You Mean By That?
1/14/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Wildlife Video
1/10/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
My Best Reads of 2013
1/8/2014 1:28:40 AM by: Patti Shene
The Dumbest Kid in School
1/3/2014 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Good-bye to 2013
1/1/2014 1:35:09 AM by: Patti Shene
Focusing on What Christmas Really Means
12/22/2013 7:00:40 PM by: Patti Shene
One Spectacular Christmas Display
12/19/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Where are You Going This Advent Season?
11/29/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Shared Experience
11/24/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Facing the Monster
10/25/2013 12:46:47 AM by: Patti Shene
Review of Reign by Ginger Garrett
9/27/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
I'll Be Happy When...
5/14/2013 11:49:55 PM by: Patti Shene
Sing Praises - Whether You Can Sing or Not
5/5/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
I Can't Do This!
5/2/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
BREAKING THE RULES
4/28/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
WELCOME AUTHOR TINA PINSON
4/21/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Vulnerability to Fear
4/17/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Faith and Fear
4/15/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Those Temporary Interruptions
2/21/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Grand Prize Winner at Int'l Wildlife Film Festival
2/7/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Starsongs Giveaway Contest
2/3/2013 2:04:28 AM by: Patti Shene
Taking Stock
1/30/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Welcome Author Janet K Brown
1/26/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Winter - Bah Humbug!
1/22/2013 10:18:37 PM by: Patti Shene
Welcome Author Tanya Eavenson
1/19/2013 10:35:41 AM by: Patti Shene
Welcome Author Margaret Brownley
1/16/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Travel Writing = Nearly Shooting Peacocks
1/12/2013 4:00:39 PM by: Patti Shene
Water, Water Everywhere - or Maybe Not
1/9/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
The last Day of the Christmas Season
1/5/2013 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Accountability in the Extreme
1/2/2013 12:38:47 AM by: Patti Shene
The day after Christmas
12/26/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
It's Dec 22nd - And We're Still Here!
12/22/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
The Next Big Thing - Blog Hopping
12/19/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Vanquishing the Christmas Blues by Linda Rondeau
12/15/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Christmas Rayne by Joi Copeland
12/12/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
The Christmas Stalking by Lillian Duncan
12/8/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
News From Nashville & Beyond
12/4/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Author Susan Sleeman offers great advice about wor
11/13/2012 2:10:37 PM by: Patti Shene
Welcome Home!
11/13/2012 2:00:24 PM by: Patti Shene
Confessions of a first book editor
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Going Home
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
GPCWC in Restospect
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Vacation in the Adirondacks of New York
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
I am pleased to welcome author Staci Stallings
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Meet Award-Winning Journalist And Author Ada Brownell
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
An Interview with Author Eddie Jones
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
Nano Day 11 - um - day 1?
11/13/2012 12:00:01 AM by: Patti Shene
