Böcker av Starr Ayers

This time, she'll cling tighter, pray harder, and fight longer for the man she loves.When Caroline Myers and her sister Kate find a wilted red rose on their mother's headstone, the door to Emma Rose Walsh's past swings open.AS THE DARK CLOUDS OF WAR escalate in Europe, Emma leaves her North Carolina home and the soldier whose heart has never stopped longing for hers. However, when Andrew Brown, the charming Scotsman who'd won her affection, fails to meet her train in Chicago, Emma questions her hasty decision. Hundreds of miles now separate her from all that's familiar and the people she loves.Has she misread Drew? Did her rush to heal her past prompt her to dismiss warning bells and ignore common sense?Perhaps her sister is right-happy endings are only found in fairy tales.

"I dreams of Noah last night. He was going to ask me to marry him ..."A rose-covered grave, seventy-nine letters, and a scribbled note unearth buried emotions and the timeless beauty of first love.When Caroline Myers discovers a box of letters in her deceased mother's trunk, she's captivated by the romance that unfolds between her mother, Emma Rose Walsh, a nineteen-year-old waitress, and Noah Anderson, a handsome young soldier.Determined to read between the lines, Caroline and her sister, Kate, set out on a search that leads them to the North Carolina foothills and the padlocked gate of the Anderson family cemetery. Will the one who holds the key keep them from unearthing long-buried secrets and fulfilling a request their mother tucked inside the box sixty-four years earlier? Will they find closure-or encounter a surprising revelation that plunges them deeper into the past?Based on a true story from the author's family.