The loss of their baby to SIDS and their broken marriage
are agonies of grief that Beth and Jack barely survive. Separated the past three
years, will a journey to the village of miracles draw them closer to the
Resurrected Love of the world that He might heal their broken spirits?
Jack and Beth Dunne travel separately to Valselo on a good-will pilgrimage to support a local orphanage. Jack uses philanthropy as an excuse to see Beth again after bitterness and grief separated them following the funeral of their five month old son three years ago. Forever soulmates, despite the seemingly impenetrable barriers they have erected between them, will they find the courage to forgive and fix their marriage? Or will they selflessly love enough to let each other go?
About K.M.
Daughters...K.M. Daughters is the writing team of sisters, Pat Casiello and Kathie Clare. Their penname is dedicated to the memory of their parents: Kay and Mickey Lynch - “K” and “M” Daughters. The Daughters are wives, mothers and grandmothers. K.M. Daughters writes romantic suspense, inspirational romance, and contemporary romance.
I had the priviledge to interview Pat and Kathie.
The inspiration for our Gospa Journeys novellas and two
full-length novels, all set in the fictional Adriatic village, Valselo, stems
from meditating in a Eucharistic chapel in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. We
joined a tour group for a pilgrimage to this remote site of contemporary Marian
apparitions after having visited other historic Marian sites, Fatima and
Lourdes. While praying in the chapel, Kathie received the compelling direction
to write fictional inspirational novels based on our “real-world” experiences
there. And our “Gospa Journeys” began.
Our Lady of the Roses intrigues us the most. Gloriously
present in all our spiritual journeys, as writers and women, but invisible
except to our three fictional visionaries, and in this installment our
mysterious orphan child, She speaks for the Most High. In characterizing Our
Lady in our stories, we researched Her Medjugorje messages, rather than presume
to put words in Her mouth. It stunned us that out of thousands of documented
messages, those fitting our stories’ spiritual conflicts emerged when we needed
them.
Foremost we hope our readers enjoy the people who populate
our story and remain so real to us – to entertain, inform, touch them
emotionally and deepen their faith. The burdens of devastating grief weigh
heavily on our main characters – destructive, unbearable, paralyzing. Only God
can guide through the darkness of losing a child. Faith and love can overcome
any obstacle.
What would you say the main theme is?
The theme of all our novels/novellas is, love heals.
Is there anything else you’d like to add?
The miraculous nature of events depicted in our Gospa
Journeys series derives from similar occurrences associated with Marian
apparitions throughout time, around the world. Maybe our stories might invite
readers to explore these phenomena on their own. That would make us happy Gospa
“disciples”.
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