What inspired my books? I’m often asked what inspires a book? Where do your ideas come from? The truth is they come from many places. Past experiences, dreams, bible verses, music… life. I think from now on I’ll answer with that one word- Life.
I’ve recently joined with Magnolia Blossom Publishing and my first series, “The Women’s Work Exchange,” is about a group of young women who join together to help middle class women support themselves.
“Saving Taylor,” is about a young singer named, Taylor Allen. Trained as a child to use the gift of her voice for the Lord, she is unprepared for the reality of her father’s gambling debts. Taylor’s voice is a magnet that draws in crowds, but not even her talent can save her when Thomas Whitt calls in her father’s debt.
Thomas realizes what he has when the crowds come to hear her sing and he isn’t about to let her go without a fight. After a brutal attack, Taylor runs for her life.
This prequel shows how the Women’s Work Exchange comes to life when Taylor finds help in an unusual place. She learns that the Lord has guided every step of her life and if she trusts in the power of his perfect Love everything will work together for his good.
The Women’s Work Exchange was inspired by the “New York Exchange for Women’s Works.” In 1878, two women decided to help middle-class war widows support their families. Instead of being forced into workhouses or working as soiled doves, they suggested that women could make items at home, and sell them.
“The Exchange sold handmade luxury goods that women could make at home and gave the women a percentage of every item sold. Thus allowing middle class widows to earn a living while still maintaining their reputations.” https://wams.nyhistory.org/a-nation-divided/reconstruction/ny-exchange-for-womens-work/
I was inspired by these women and thought it would make a great story. My characters aren’t war widows, but they are enterprising women who want to care for themselves in spite of their circumstances. They are single mothers, divorced, widowed, and some, like Taylor, are just in a bad situation. Saving Taylor is the beginning of how the Women’s Work Exchange comes to be and the special women who fight for more, and the men who come to love them.
Giveaway!
I love to discover unique facts about history that I learn through my research. Did you know that a man could divorce his wife simply by having a divorce announcement in the newspaper? It didn’t even have to be printed in the state they lived in! You can bet I used that in an upcoming book. Do you have a unique fact to share? Comment and I’ll send a free e-copy of Saving Taylor to one lucky commenter!
Saving Taylor
Can she convince him to trust her?
She is a woman on the run…
Taylor Allen is an eyewitness to a double murder. Raised in the church, she only sang for the Lord until her father sold her to pay off his gambling debts to the local Opera House. Taylor’s voice is a magnet that draws in crowds but not even her talent can save her from a murderer. After a brutal attack she runs for her life.
He’s taken hostage by a desperate young woman…
John Fielding Jr is on the way home from a business trip. How did a beautiful killer end up in his private sleeping car with a gun pointed at him?
Time is running short as they search the train to New York, seeking the woman that robbed and set fire to a saloon. They say she killed the owner and burned down several buildings in the process. John Fielding Jr. is determined to help prove her innocence and claim her heart in the process.
Lynn Landes
BESTSELLING AUTHOR – Illumination Award Winner
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