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HIS NAME WAS JOHN
ISBN: 978-0-9986291-8-6
Publisher: Primrose Books
Release date: May 2018
Pages: 228
Ebook price: $3.99


Synopsis

Dara Starling sets out to write a human interest story for the newspaper she works for. Yet, after hearing the heartbreaking tale of a lost love, she struggles with her own emotions as the story unfolds.


Rainie Shepherd has lived a long life. Now eighty-five years old, she has lived what most perceive as a lonely and wasted life. But not to her. She mets John, a navy pilot at the onset of WWII who ships out to join the fight after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. A few years later, they meet again in which begins a love so strong that when tragedy does strike, nothing can break the bonds of their hearts.


Rainie, trying to move on with her life after World War II, never forgets the man she fell in love with and had to say goodbye to as an aircraft carrier took him away to fight for his country. John Shepherd never forgets the young girl who captures his heart as he sails out to sea.


So begins the story a love so strong, it carries you on a journey of the heart through war, tragedy and life's challenges. With the final journey of her life, Rainie Shepherd tells Dara her story of a life bound by a lasting love that does not diminish with time and hardship. This love story holds true with the strength of one woman's heart.