Savannah to Sweetwater - Softcover

When Doris English left college to marry the man of her dreams, little did she realize that the happiness and fulfillment she found in this union would inspire her to share that joy with others in her writing. A romantic at heart with an avid interest in history, Doris has always loved a good love story. When intrigue and history combine with well-defined characters and a complex plot, she finds a story irresistible. The introduction of the inspirational genre to the fiction market presented a perfect opportunity to tell the wholesome stories of love, intrigue and adventure bubbling inside her. Convinced that somewhere within the heart of every woman is a deep longing for that special someone in whom she can safely invest her dreams, Doris creates stories incorporating love and romance as God intended it to be. After forty years of marriage and more in love than ever, Doris recognizes that love is not a goal, but rather a journey with obstacles and temptations all along the way. From her heart she creates characters that live and breathe who face and overcome barriers that would destroy their happiness. Her multi faceted characters experience the joy of achievement, the pain of disappointment and the thrill of connecting against a backdrop of a fast moving tales consisting of intrigue and adventure, many times in historical settings. Her favorite time period is the mid 1800 s set in our great nation. Realizing that serenity nurtures creativity, Doris and her husband Bob, along with their three daughters moved to a small farm just outside metro Atlanta. In this serene setting her delight is relaxing on the front porch of her modified French country home and watching the deer graze in the pasture in front of her house while visions of heroes and heroines dance through her head. Adding to these moments of inspiration is the extensive travel Doris and Bob have enjoyed where new settings and adventures set her mind ablaze. The have traveled from the Middle East to Europe, the British Isles, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii and visited the Caribbean many times but their favorite place is their own romantic cabin nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains on a bluff overlooking the Toccoa River where Doris spends her most productive hours writing. Although her marriage and the subsequent arrival of three daughters delayed her education, putting her dreams of writing on hold, she continued her education when he children entered school. Committed to the role of wife and mother as her first priority, she arranged her schedule to meet the needs of her family. Finally one year before her youngest daughter graduated from college, Doris graduated from West Georgia University with a 4.0 average and a B.A. in history and a minor in journalism. When she looks at the three mature, productive young women who are her daughters and experiences the encouragement of a loving husband to pursue her dream, she encounters no regrets. As a matter of fact she has learned that a dream delayed and nurtured is all the sweeter when realized.