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Love and Glory/These Golden Days Innocent Years Books 1 & 2
Love and Glory/These Golden Days Innocent Years Books 1 2 Author:Robert Funderburk Includes 2 books in one from the Innocent Years series. Includes Love and Glory: His memories were haunting. But the homefront threatened to steal what his worst battle could not take. Lane and Catherine Temple had been in love forever. Now that the war with Japan was over, Lane is finally coming home.Sweetwater, Mississippi, is the same simpl... more »e town where folks sit on the porch and greet one another. But Lane soon finds ther... more »e is little hope for his struggling law practice in Sweetwater. Searching for a better future, Lane and Catherine move to the city Baton Rouge, Louisiana.In a land of Cajun food and dirty politics, they are faced with a strange culture and difficult choices. Status and money are everything. Corruption and shady deals rule the halls of power at the state capitol. And the fastest road to the good life is for those who are willing to compromise their integrity.Would they recognize the enemy before it destroyed them? The other book is These Golden Days: A Senseless Tragedy Shook Their Lives and Threatened Their Futures. But the Glitter and Glamor of Hollywood Promised Jessie a Way of Escape.Austin Youngblood, known as a renegade who pushed everything to the limits, had a touch of wildness that both attracted and alarmed Jessie Temple. Then in the still darkness of a foggy Christmas Eve night, t... more »heir world is suddenly torn apart by catastrophe and filled with remorse.As the oldest of Catherine and Lane Temple's children, Jessie's struggle for independence is only accelerated by the accident. When she wins the chance to travel to Hollywood and audition as a singer for a USO tour, memories of family, friends, and the painful past are quickly pushed to the background in the glitter and glamor of the Hollywood liftestyle. Enthralled with the world of movie stars and handsome men, Jessie is unaware of the dangers surrounding her and of the growing emptiness inside.Pride in her daughter Jessie along with concern compounds Catherine Temple's challenge of being a "widow" of war for a second time. Despite his age and family, Lane Temple is called back to active duty in the marines at the start of the Korean War. A veteran leader from WW II, Lane once again puts his life on the line as he gives himself to the men in his command.« less