I have an amazing, romantic and inspiring novel to share with you all this week. Sarah Sundin’s debut novel, ADistant Melody, is the best historical WWII novel I have ever read. It’s a story of love, faith, loss and triumph that is told through the eyes of two people, Lt. Walter Novak and Allie Miller. It’s the story of a hidden and unspoken attraction that grows ever stronger through a series of letters between Walter, who is flying a bomber plane in England and over Europe, and Allie, who is discovering the woman God has created her to be back home in Calofornia while stepping out alone apart from her wealthy parents and betrothed fiancé and business man, Baxter Hicks.
If your one to enjoy stories of love that take take you back to the trying times of WWII you must pick up a copy of A Distant Melody. This is bound to keep you up late into the night lost in the lives of Allie and Walter, hoping, praying and willing them to speak their hearts and love each other as only you, the reader, knows they truly do.
Sarah Sundin hits a homerun with her debut novel and I’m eagerly awaiting her next book and hopefully many thereafter. It’s rare to find such an amazing author who keeps you on the edge of your seat, and doesn’t tell a story in an expected way. Sarah Sundin’s storytelling is an exciting breath of fresh air for a “book whore” like me (as my husband so lovingly named me).
From the Book:
Will a chance meeting in a time of war change her life forever?
Never pretty enough to please her gorgeous mother, Allie will do anything to gain her approval – even marry a man she doesn’t love. While Allir had nearly resigned herself to that fate, Lt. Walter Novak – fearless in the cockpit but hopeless with women – takes his last furlough at home in California before being shipped overseas.
Walt and Allie meet and begin a correspondence that will change their lives. As letters fly between Walt’s muddy bomber base in Enand and Allie’s mansion in an orage grove, their friendship bindds them together. But can they untangle the secrets, commitments, and expectations that keep them apart?
Book I in the Wings of Glory series, A Distant Melody is an exciting and tender story of love, courage, and sacrifice during World War II.
This book has been provided for
Review by Waterbrook Multnomah Publishing.
Posted by Sarah Sundin on April 24, 2010 at 2:43 am
Maura – thank you so much for the lovely review! I’m thrilled that you liked Walt & Allie’s story so much.