Halls of Forever (ePub)

During his last moments on Earth, Danny made a promise to keep. "Dearest Jill, I feel I have always known you and will love you through the hall of forever. Although we can no longer be together in this life, I promise that somehow, someday we'll find each other again."

Laurel Matthews discovers a photo of Jill Sullivan in an old family album. She's convinced she has seen Jill somewhere before, but her father assures her Jill died in 1949, long before Laurel was born. The picture rekindles childhood dreams of a girl like Jill playing with a boy in a wheat field, which is now a long established subdivision of homes.

Laurel's curiosity leads her to one of the town's oldest citizens, Sara, the widow of Doc Edwards. Over several visits Sara weaves tales around the town of Crown Point, her son, Danny, and his love for Jill Sullivan. In the end, their dreams of sharing a life together were shattered by World War II.

Enchanted by their tragic love story, Laurel wishes she could find someone like the boy who died a lifetime ago. Her marriage of five years is ending, and her widowed father is leaving Indiana to buy Antonellis's Garden Center in California from his late wife's' relatives.

Two months later, Laurel's father calls to ask her to take over as his office manager for a few weeks. Laurel jumps at the chance to leave the bleak Indiana winter weather. In California Laurel meets two new friends, Jeff Kavanaugh, and her shirttail relative, Cassandra Antonelli. When Laurel discovers the job will last longer, she moves in with Cassie. Cassie is a devotee of the metaphysical. Laurel on the other hand is practical and has a no-nonsense, scientific worldview. Laurel tells Cassie about her visits with Sara and the ill-fated love of Danny and Jill. Soon after Cassie sees Laurel and Jeff together, and her sixth sense tells her they are the modern day counterparts of Danny and Jill. Laurel dismisses the whole idea and reminds Cassie about the blonde "goddess" Jeff is dating. It's a hopeless situation.

As Cassie resorts to every matchmaking trick in the book, Laurel grows more and more attracted to Jeff, against her better judgment. She is caught in a tangle of emotions-mourning love lost, reliving a love that only exist in dreams, and longing for a relationship with Jeff, the man who will never see her as anything but a friend. She begins to question the very foundation of her beliefs. Is shes Jill Sullivan reborn and destined to find Danny in this life? If so, will they share a lifetime together? Or, will fate tear them apart again?