The Promises Series by Judythe Morgan

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THE PROMISES SERIES

Fate unites three people at Eighth Army Headquarters, South Korea during the turbulent Vietnam War years and their lives are irreversibly linked. Promises they make to themselves and each other bind them forever.

Book 1, Love in the Morning Calm

Book 2, The Pendant’s Promise

Book 3, Until He Returns

Book 4, Promises to Keep

What was the spark for the series idea?

People often ask if my books are autobiographical. They are and they aren’t. All writers draw from their life experiences. Mine are woven into all my books.

The story idea for the PROMISES series came from my time as a Department of Army Civilian (DAC) at Eighth Army Headquarters, Yongsan, South Korea.

My fifteen-month-old daughter and I had followed my First Lieutenant husband on his unaccompanied tour to South Korea during the Vietnam War.

Part of my duties included secretarial work for President Lyndon Johnson’s top-secret visit to South Korea during his 1966 Southeast Asia tour. That became the writer’s tool I used to bring Lily and Major Ace Cabot together in the first two books.

Places and events from my time in South Korea also appear in Love in the Morning Calm, Book. We live where Lily lived high above the Han River in Han Nam Dong’s U.N. Village, Chungpyung Reservoir, and the Presidential Reception held at Walker Hill like the one in the story are scenes from my time there. And three was a gold dress like the one Lily wears to the event.

In The Pendant’s Promise, Book 2 of the series, Lily lives in Tennessee and has a job at the Atomic Energy Commission. That’s semi-autobiographical. We lived in Virginia, Alex’s home state.

The last two books, chronicle David and Shirley’s story, Until He Returns and Promises to Keep. Alex and Lily play a major role in both stories.

I hope you enjoy reading The Promises Series. The series blends history and happily ever after. You can read one or all. Each book is a standalone story. Including parts of my life in the stories made writing all the Promises Series books fun. I got to relive some treasured memories.

BOOK BLURBS:

Book 1 Love in the Morning Calm, Prequel to The Pendant’s Promise

          In 1966, while on temporary assignment to South Korea, Green Beret Major Alex Cabot meets Lily Reed at Eighth Army Headquarters. He’s a high-potential career officer, who should resist the temptation of any woman, but he can’t ignore her.

She is a firm supporter of the budding Women’s Liberation movement determined to escape her small hometown’s love-marriage-baby-carriage syndrome for a life of adventure in a civilian job for the Army. Her plans leave no room for any man. No matter how captivating his smile.

In an uncertain time, in a temporary safe zone, yielding to temptation changes both their lives forever.

Book 2 The Pendant’s Promise

When Green Beret Major Alex Cabot is classified MIA, presumed dead, Lily finds herself pregnant and alone. She fabricates a marriage and widowhood to protect her child from social stigma and begins a life of lies.

Her safe world shatters twenty years later when her daughter’s fiancé turns out to be Alex Cabot’s godson.

When they meet face-to-face again, the years melt away, the passion returns. But he believes Lily betrayed her promise to wait for him. She’s convinced revealing the truth could cost her the only man she’s ever loved and the daughter she’s lied to her live.

Can the lies be forgiven and the pendant’s promise fulfilled, or is it too late?

BUY LINKS:

LOVE IN THE MORNING CALM

Amazon (US) Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Morning-Prequel-Pendants-Promise-ebook/dp/B00DQ1AEPQ/

Amazon paperback: http://www.amazon.com/Love-In-The-Morning-Calm/dp/0989403629/

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18247127-love-in-the-morning-calm

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/love-in-the-morning-calm-promises-book-1-by-judythe-morgan

THE PENDANT’S PROMISE

Amazon (US) Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Pendants-Promise-PROMISES-Book-ebook/dp/B007ZU71N2

Amazon paperback: http://www.amazon.com/The-Pendants-Promise-judythe-morgan/dp/0615645917/

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15773407-the-pendant-s-promise

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-pendant-s-promise-promises-book-2-by-judythe-morgan

AUTHOR BIO:

I’m a native Texan whose roots called me home after years of roaming as an Air Force daughter and then Army wife.

Three children, eleven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren along with a large, Velcro-Old English sheepdog are constantly filling my writer’s well with ideas. I find plenty of twists and turns for characters in my experiences as a Department of Army Civilian (DAC), schoolteacher, an antique dealer, a former mayor’s wife, and sometimes church pianist.

My award-winning stories are written from a Christian worldview and filled with strong characters tackling real-life situations. You can sign up for my free newsletter at https://judythemorgan.com/ to keep up with my latest release news.

Besides fiction, I blog weekly at www.judythewriter.com

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