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Christy Award winner and Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement nominee James Scott Bell is a best-selling inspirational author whose gripping historical novel follows two small-town friends struggling with lofty parental expectations. Doyle dashes his father's law-school dream by getting caught up in the maelstrom of WWI. Then Zee runs off to chase her dazzling dream of silver-screen stardom-devastating her pastor father. Soon the horrors of war sap Doyle of all hope. And the Hollywood mirage strips Zee of her virtue. But will Zee or Doyle turn to God before it's too late?
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"So good, how Hollywood formed, Christian influences during that time and a great story including early Hollywood stars. Fun and informative read. "
— Mina (5 out of 5 stars)
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“In an exciting tale that spans decades, Bell skillfully makes his case that some desires are better off denied so that we can have what we really need. Doyle and Zee are sympathetic and believable, blemishes and all.”
— RT Book Reviews
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" This book was extremely intersting. I had my doubts about reading this book, but those doubts faded as I started reading. I fell in love with the characters Doug and Zee stuck with me. I actually enjoyed this book immensely. It's a good read. "
— Danica, 7/19/2010 -
" Travel back in time to the Great War, Prohibition, the birth of Hollywood. A young woman chases her dream of becoming a movie star, and a young man with everything going for him walks away from it all to search for something truly important. "
— Reepacheep, 5/18/2009 -
" Not as striking as his other novels. I think I burned out on the descriptions of Hollywood. "
— Melissa, 3/14/2009 -
" The story was ok but I listened to the audio book & I didn't like the reader. "
— Phoebe, 3/24/2008
About James Scott Bell
James Scott Bell is the author of
more than fifteen novels and a Christy Award winner for Final Witness in 2000. His fiction has been reviewed in Publishers
Weekly, Booklist, Library Journal, and the Library
Review. He is the author of Write Great Fiction: Plot &
Structure, Write Great Fiction: Revision & Self-Editing,
and The Art of War for Writers. He writes for Writer’s
Digest magazine, teaches fiction writing courses at Pepperdine
University, and is a regular on the conference circuit. He lives in West Hills,
California.
About Alexandra O’Karma
Alexandra O’Karma has appeared on regional stages, television, film, Broadway, and off-Broadway. You may have seen her with Tommy Lee Jones in the film Yuri Nosenko, KGB, or on episodes of One Life to Live. She was the Reader in the four-time Emmy winner, Festival of Lessons & Carols and appeared on Broadway in Getting Married. In the national tour of Death Trap, she performed with Elliot Gould, and she played opposite George Segal in Toronto in the contemporary play, Double Act.