The paperback version of As Doves Fly in the Wind is available on Amazon, Westbow, Barnes & Noble. It's available in paperback and Kindle versions, and today my first paperback copy came in the mail.
It is a story about a retired school teacher (a university music professor), who was married to a jerk. He died in a bar fight when they were young.
It's about a woman trying to start a new life in a new town, where people shun her, where no one seems to notice she needs help taking care of her developmentally challenged little sister. Loneliness is palpable.
It's about a haunted house, a hurricane, a flood, and a tornado.
Jessica's life has humor, heartbreak, victory, achievement. Will she give up or will she keep trying to succeed in a new chapter of her life?
Jessica Boudreaux Hays, a retired music professor, has recently moved to Rousseauville to open a bed and breakfast in her grandparents’ house. An attractive and talented fifty-five-year-old widow, Jessica loves to cook, entertain, and play the piano. Her life is filled with problems. Emmie, her younger sister who lives with her, cannot be left alone. The sisters recently lost their parents in an automobile accident. The residents of the village are charitable but superstitious. For some mysterious reason, they refuse to go near her or the bed and breakfast. Another frustration in Jessica’s life is her cyber romance with a mysterious stranger.
As Doves Fly in the Wind begins with manslaughter of Dale Bonnier's family. And then he goes to prison.
Dale Bonnier, a fifty-five-year-old widower, pastors two small churches in rural south Louisiana. He inspires the people in Rousseauville with his compelling sermons. He is considerate and approachable but at times disorganized and impetuous. His parishioners, especially Jessica, find his preaching inspiring.
Dale has a recurring problem with his past. In the 1980s, when he was an intense young man, he destroyed his home and family as he sought to satisfy his cravings for illicit drugs. Thirty years have passed. God has forgiven him, but the past has left indelible scars. Can Dale forgive himself? He cannot turn his past around, but he hopes it will be used to influence and inspire others.
Jessica tries to start over in Rousseauville, but she encounters unpredicted stormy times. Can she find acceptance? Will she ever find a man she can love and trust?
These problems are only the beginning. It would seem that Jessica and Dale, who find each other attractive, could fall in love...not so fast though. She's in love with someone else, and he has issues.
Reading what happens to the characters in this book will bless and inspire you.
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