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Ava
After World War I, follow Ava the daughter of an Irish immigrant family in America at the height of the Roaring Twenties, looking for love. Quickly, Ava has her first romantic encounter with a suave, handsome sailor. She becomes pregnant with his child just before his ship departs. Their love was never meant to last, and Ava is now an unwed mother struggling to survive.
Following abuse and a series of bad decisions, Ava comes to learn the power of her own sexuality. She uses her beauty and body as tools to get what she needs, but this dangerous lifestyle cannot last. She returns home to her family only to fall prey to yet another ill-advised affair that takes her to Italy but leads to more heartbreak.
Alone, Ava fights the stigmas of society. She battles to maintain a delicate balance between motherhood and independence in an antiquated world that loves to shun. Life offers many forks in the road, and we must choose our path. Although Ava’s path is twisted and rife with despair, she finds the strength to stand on her own.
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Ava Again
A sequel to the Eric Hoffer Award winning novel of Ava, the beautiful daughter of an Irish immigrant who becomes pregnant during a short-term flirtatious encounter with a WWI sailor. She struggles to survive in a biased society who frowns upon unwed mothers. Later a love affair with a married man results in another pregnancy. Ava learns life’s difficult lessons the hard way in a realistic setting of early twentieth century in Boston, Massachusetts. Her alcoholic father intervenes to make her ‘respectable” by arranging for her to marry an older Englishman in need of immigrant paperwork to stay in America. Little does anyone know but he has left a wife and children behind.
Ava Again continues the struggles she encounters and endures. This fast paced novel carries you on and on into its pages and plots as it examines interpersonal relationships with emotional past in an obscure labyrinth. Although Ava’s path is twisted and rife with despair, she finds the strength to stand on her own! A true love story of youthful mistakes with their resulting consequences.
A tale of forgiveness with reconciliation to love and self-esteem depicting two soul mates that destiny divided but fate reunited!
Ava’s Connection: A Tumultuous Heart
Ava’s Connection: A Tumultuous Heart is the gripping third installment in the award-winning “Ava Romance Drama Series.” Set against the backdrop of World War II, this historical novel weaves steamy love, heart-wrenching grief, and a powerful tale of commitment, redemption, and the enduring strength of truth.
As war rages, Ava finds herself caught between duty, the fractures of her family, and the ghosts of her past. Her estranged daughter, Mary, uncovers the truth about her wealthy, late father and takes Ava to court to claim her inheritance. Complicating matters further, Ava’s former landlord, a sinister man who exploited her vulnerability in her youth, resurfaces as a Japanese spy. Now blackmailing Ava for critical abort mechanisms for rockets, he kidnaps her young daughter, Mila, as leverage.
Torn between her country and the safety of her children, Ava must navigate a treacherous path. Her son, Trevor, a gunner’s mate at D-Day, goes missing in action, further testing her resolve. Meanwhile, her best friend Caroline’s mafia-connected husband entangles her in an even more dangerous ruse.
Ava’s journey of resilience, courage, and sacrifice continues as she faces impossible choices to protect the secrets that could save countless soldiers or risk her life and future. Battling overwhelming odds, she confronts her past and fights for survival in a war-torn world.
Inspired by true events, Ava’s Connection: A Tumultuous Heart is a poignant tale of love, loyalty, and perseverance. Fans of the series will recognize Ava’s remarkable resilience, first introduced in Ava, where she faced poverty, stigma, and an affair with a wealthy, married man. This was followed by Ava Again, as she reunited with Alistar, her first love, after the fierce effects of World War I.