A Promise from the Heart: novel

Share a young woman’s life as she seeks A Promise From the Heart. The real life drama takes you on Joanna Styles’s journey to find love after an accident takes her family from her. She leaves her university professorship to pursue her career as a neonatal nurse in the Intensive Care Unit saving baby’s lives. While the women nurses and friends around her become engaged and pregnant, Joanna, the only survivor of her family, dates, hikes and volunteers at the botanical gardens. Hoping for more, she struggles against modern day realities to create what many of us have taken for granted, a family of her own. Brad Walters, is a young businessman has traveled abroad learning international business skills and he rises in his company. Joanna sees him as the sincere, ideal man, and he becomes the companion she leans on since her parent’s death. Brad’s commitment to work cannot be confused with commitment to love. Sara, a neighbor and best friend to Joanna is a soccer mom and PTA member with three children, a husband, sisters, nieces and nephews. In their friendship, Joanna and Sara share the womanly pursuit of happiness in the suburbs, but while Joanna seeks to fill her life with family, Sara is a bit overwhelmed wishing only for a few moments to herself. Moving from her familiar home on Troon Mountain to another state Joanna creates a new life at the beach. She meets new friends, learns to sail, and the surprise of a lifetime awaits her here. Will Brad follow thru on his promise? Will faith make her dream reality? The novel, A Promise From the Heart, touches your heart. It captures the thrill and heart break of life, love and romance and have you laughing and crying with her.