27 January 2021

The Hope Series | Excerpt + Giveaway


ABOUT THE BOOKS


Twenty-one-year-old Neka is a bit of an introvert, she also happens to be stunningly beautiful.

When she discovers her friend James is about to be dumped, she sees the perfect opportunity to escape from her quiet life. Can she summon the courage to leave it all behind?

James Copley comes from a ruthless family. It’s rubbed off.

Years ago, he disengaged from his brother’s smear campaign, but now his father has offered him an ultimatum, “Get married or lose your seat at the table.”

Plotting to stamp his design on the family business, he proposes to a woman, even though he doesn’t love her.

But his carefully laid plans start to unravel when she leaves him on the day she’s due to meet his family.

Could years of planning his comeback vanish with her departure?

A possible solution comes in an unexpected form: Neka. She’s not only a friend, but the daughter of his benefactor. And she’s right there, offering to support him.

But will her support stretch to marriage?

He attempts to win her over to his plan but collides with her powerful father who wants to leverage the situation for his own gain.

In their fight for survival and love, they are forced to face some uncomfortable truths.

Can they overcome thwarted dreams and missed chances to find true love, or does forcing destiny’s hand only lead to misery?

Release Date: May 20, 2015



It was a match made in heaven. Or so everyone thought. Sadie Mae Cummings is all set to marry her childhood sweetheart, Kyle, when she is assigned to tutor Lincoln, the new college football running back. This sophomore phenomenon has all the girls on campus knocking on his door. But Sadie isn't interested in his advances.

Lincoln’s overblown ego doesn't take well to being shunned, and he resolves to make Sadie his own. He pursues her relentlessly, until finally Kyle finds himself shut out of Sadie's life, with their shared future crumbling around him.

After two years, Sadie’s relationship with Lincoln ends, and she is left having to put the pieces of her life back together. She desires nothing more than to recapture her relationship with Kyle. He has stayed true to the dreams they had planned together, living the vision even without Sadie by his side.

When she moves back to her hometown, she labors to rekindle their love. But things have changed, and Kyle has moved on. Sadie quickly discovers how hard it is to rebuild burned bridges.

Follow Sadie’s story as she fights for a chance to restore broken dreams. Will love endure?

Release Date: July 31, 2016



Love at first sight. It’s every girl’s dream. But Tara Simpkins is finding out it’s not as easy as it seems. Is this truly the man God sent to be her husband, or is she just desperate to escape her loneliness? The recent loss of both parents has left her reeling, and close friends don’t think she’s in any position to make major life decisions. She and her new-found love are convinced they can live happily ever after in the home of their dreams. His family thinks he’s moving way too fast and might disappoint the kind-hearted woman he’s fallen head over heels for. And then there’s Leah. Leah is supposed to be part of his past, but what if she decides she’s his future? Tara’s match made in Heaven may be over before it truly begins.

Release Date: December 5, 2018



Is there hope for this love between friends?

Pamela Hayes is a smart, successful business owner with a supportive family and a thriving bakery. She should be the happiest girl in the world. But she can’t shake the melancholy that accompanies every conversation she has with her best friend, Mark. Pamela doesn’t know how much longer she can hide her true feelings.

Why can’t Mark see how perfect they would be together? She would make a much better girlfriend than the one he currently has. Pamela prays he’ll come to his senses soon and realize he’s with the wrong girl. But when her dream comes true, it isn’t the fantasy she had envisioned.

There is trouble in paradise from the start, and all the red flags she’s been ignoring are starting to threaten her confidence…and her relationship with Mark. She’ll have to rely on family and her faith in God to help her secure the hope she so desperately needs.

Release Date: September 28, 2020


EXCERPT FROM A LIVING HOPE

The ringing phone brought him back to the present. Time never stood still. His father was buried. And now he felt the full force of his parents’ wish for him to pastor the church. On the flight home, he’d underplayed the tug their desire would exert on his conscience. But wisdom demanded that he seek God before making a final decision. Especially since his mother refused to leave her home and expected him relocate to Shiatown. Last June, he’d begun a promising relationship and preferred not to test the waters long distance. Kyle took another glance around the bedroom before gently closing the door.

Sadie popped into his mind again as he headed downstairs. Before lying down, Sarah had placed the white calla lily Sadie had sent on top of the mantel in the living room. The florist had left the bloom on the porch of their house. Sadie’s simple message had touched his mother’s heart.

Please accept my regrets. I miss being there today. So sorry …

Sadie Mae Cummings.

As always, when he thought of her, a replay of their last meeting filled his memory. That agonizing confrontation had grown him up in a hurry. Kyle had gone to bed that night with a different mindset than the one he’d awakened with that morning.

Truth be told, a change in his life had come quickly after that meeting with her and Lincoln. Undeniable blessings had lessened the shock of losing his fiancĂ©e to another man. In fact, many past nemeses fled in the aftermath of his fighting for her. He’d tried hard to save Sadie from herself in spite of Lincoln laughing in his face.

Every aspect of the day filled his mind.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
 
E. C. Jackson began her writing career with the full-length play Pajama Party. Thirty-one years later, she adapted the play into Pajama Party: The Story, a companion book to the second book in the five-book standalone Hope series.

Jackson’s favorite pastime is reading fiction. She enjoys taking the journey along with the characters in the books. That also led to her unorthodox approach to story writing. Her vision for each book she writes is to immerse readers into the storyline so they become connected with each character.

“The Write Way: A Real Slice of Life” is the slogan on her website and Facebook author page. She feels that if every person reading her books feels connected to the characters, her job is done.


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1 comment:

  1. Hi Hallie. Thank you for sharing the Hope Series and an excerpt from A Living Hope with your viewers.

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