Love Never Again
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…drawn to the water, he set his course for the bridge in one of those last minute decisions that a man looks back on and wonders how different his life would have been had he taken another path that day. As Bill started across the bridge, a movement from the other side caught his eye. He started to look away until his mind registered what he had seen – a tan coat tossed to the side. He watched in mounting horror as a slender figure stepped up and onto the railing, and then began to climb over. By now Bill was running full out – the entire world condensed in that moment to the sound of his own breath in his ears and that dark figure perched on the rail…
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About the Book
His parents’ tragic deaths consigns an American boy to an orphanage, where his only escape is to join the army. Shipped off to London in 1944, he prevents the suicide of a pregnant young British girl by marrying her on the brink of D-day. Following the horrors of WWII, he returns to his young wife, but she still loves another. Years pass without love or faith, and he is estranged from the boy he raised as his son. The death of his wife and hatred of his son leave him desolate until a mysterious woman changes his life. His lonely existence ends as his faith returns, and love never again becomes love again and again. This is the male version of the novel.
A woman’s version is the second part. A young American soldier marries a pregnant British girl to save her from suicide, then he goes off to war. This story follows each character’s journey through fear, doubt, and the acceptance of their fates through letters to each other while WWII rages in Europe. Reunited after the war ends, these virtual strangers have to discover how to become a family. Through the twists and turns of circumstances, they all discover that faith, love, and forgiveness are the salve that heals broken hearts to make loving again possible.
Love Never Again is really two books in one. The struggles of finding love and keeping one’s faith in God despite the horrors of war and personal loss make this story real, and each version finds resolution in its own way.
About the Author
College professor Wallace Draper has traveled the world, teaching in exotic places, and carried this story in his head for years. His old friend Debra Carpenter is the creative side of the team. They occasionally disagree, and that is how this two-version novel was born.