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Chasing A Dream
A family…a career…a dream…can a woman really have it all?
Florence Kinkaid is content as a small town clothing designer and seamstress. Married to her high school sweetheart and the mother of two sets of twins, she’s certain her life is complete. But deep in her heart a forgotten dream waits. A dream she tries to ignore. When a noted fashion mogul undertakes a nationwide contest to discover America’s next fashion designer, Flo wonders…what if?
Flo secretly enters the contest and is thrilled when she is named one of the top five finalists. When she tells her husband William, she’s shocked to find opposition in her own home. William wants things to stay as they are and does his best to discourage her from leaving. He calls her opportunity a pipe dream. Hurt, but determined to get a second chance at her dream, Flo decides to prove her husband wrong and follow her heart. But in doing so, will it cost her more than she’s willing to pay?
Florence Kinkaid is content as a small town clothing designer and seamstress. Married to her high school sweetheart and the mother of two sets of twins, she’s certain her life is complete. But deep in her heart a forgotten dream waits. A dream she tries to ignore. When a noted fashion mogul undertakes a nationwide contest to discover America’s next fashion designer, Flo wonders…what if?
Flo secretly enters the contest and is thrilled when she is named one of the top five finalists. When she tells her husband William, she’s shocked to find opposition in her own home. William wants things to stay as they are and does his best to discourage her from leaving. He calls her opportunity a pipe dream. Hurt, but determined to get a second chance at her dream, Flo decides to prove her husband wrong and follow her heart. But in doing so, will it cost her more than she’s willing to pay?
162 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 1, 2019
About the author
Sheila L. Jackson
9 books33 followersSheila L. Jackson, bestselling author of The Enemy Within (non-fiction) and Where Was God-Contemporary Christian Romance/Suspense novel, grew up reading different genres and styles of writing. When she's not writing or working as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist. Sheila loves to travel and wants to see more of the beautiful world that God created.
Her passion is to write stories that will glorify God, in such a way that readers will see that we are all in need of His saving grace. Sheila's fictional stories tackle real life issues that will always lead her characters in search of a sovereign God.
Sheila has penned many articles, such as: Only the Strong Survive, Count it all Joy, Suffering in Silence, and The World of Sports-When the Glitz and Glamour Ends, which all appeared in Dream Magazine. Sheila also wrote: Voting Booths -Speak now or forever hold your peace (during the 2008 presidential election) for the Shreveport Times.
Mrs. Jackson has appeared on KTBS-TV, Comcast Cable Station, and KOKA with Barbara Norton (State Representative) & Curtis Wright, 1340 Super-Talk, KMJJ, and From Bondage to Freedom radio/studio broadcasts. Along with her media and radio appearances/interviews, she has also appeared in The Forum, SB Magazine, Dream Magazine, Urban Faith Magazine and The Shreveport Times.
Author encourages readers to please leave a review.
Her passion is to write stories that will glorify God, in such a way that readers will see that we are all in need of His saving grace. Sheila's fictional stories tackle real life issues that will always lead her characters in search of a sovereign God.
Sheila has penned many articles, such as: Only the Strong Survive, Count it all Joy, Suffering in Silence, and The World of Sports-When the Glitz and Glamour Ends, which all appeared in Dream Magazine. Sheila also wrote: Voting Booths -Speak now or forever hold your peace (during the 2008 presidential election) for the Shreveport Times.
Mrs. Jackson has appeared on KTBS-TV, Comcast Cable Station, and KOKA with Barbara Norton (State Representative) & Curtis Wright, 1340 Super-Talk, KMJJ, and From Bondage to Freedom radio/studio broadcasts. Along with her media and radio appearances/interviews, she has also appeared in The Forum, SB Magazine, Dream Magazine, Urban Faith Magazine and The Shreveport Times.
Author encourages readers to please leave a review.
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March 14, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. I am ready to embrace the world.
April 7, 2019
Love Conquers All
Five stars for a novel that encourages you to follow your dreams and let God have His way.Well done Shelia!
Five stars for a novel that encourages you to follow your dreams and let God have His way.Well done Shelia!
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