Guest Post with Victoria Cornwall
Victoria, welcome. Your new book looks and sounds wonderful. I can't wait to hear about the inspiration for the story so it's over to you!
Thank you. Sometimes historical facts can be all the inspiration you need for a story. It leads to questions like what must it have been like to be there at the time? What would I have felt and done in the same situation?
Suddenly a
truck full of American soldiers arrives and park-ups in the village square,
turning the quiet village into a hive of activity and excitement. Their accents
and white, broad smiles remind you of handsome movie stars and for a moment it
feels as if Hollywood glamour has arrived in your provincial life. Unlike your
own British soldiers, who wear cheap serge wool, these foreign soldiers wear
expensive and combatively stylish uniforms. These young men have a surprisingly
laid-back attitude and you watch, intrigued, as they climb down from their
trucks with cigarettes casually held between their lips. No standing to
attention for them, instead they chew gum as they wait to be told what to do.
You soon
discover these men are very different to any male family member or neighbour
you have met before. These men are extrovertly confident, with money in their
pockets and unique chat-up lines. Even the music and language they use are very
different to what you have ever known before. It's all very alluring to you, a
war-weary young woman starved of fun.
You don’t
yet know that despite their outward confidence, these men have never known the
terror of war and shot a gun in combat before. They don’t even know why they have
arrived in your village. But you soon learn that they want to have fun in their
time off and so do you. There is almost a tangible air of excitement around you
as you soak in the organised chaos with your eyes.
A lone soldier’s
gaze meets yours across the crowd. The connection sends a pleasant shiver
through your body, a feeling you have never felt before. If he asks you on a
date, could you resist him?
As I
researched the arrival of American troops in Cornwall preparing for D Day, I
had to ask myself the same question. Inspired by numerous relationships between
British women and American soldiers during the preparations for D Day, this novel
is about Joe and Anne’s blossoming love story, the hurdles they face and the
inevitable goodbye they would one day have to say. Find out if Anne can resist
Joe in Waiting For Our Rainbow as he prepared for the greatest
amphibious assault in military history – an operation that would become the
turning point in the war that killed and maimed so many.
Waiting For Our Rainbow was released as an Ebook on 31st January, 2023. A paperback and audio version will follow shortly afterwards.
Social media links
Website: www.victoriacornwall.com
Twitter: @VickieCornwall
Facebook: www.facebook.com/victoriacornwall.author
Instagram: www.instagram.com/victoria_cornwallx
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3hTR1yuAwJUbFyj0k9P4eQ
Pinterest: uk.pinterest.com/vickiecornwall/
About the book
Waiting For Our Rainbow is a WW2 romance between an American
soldier and a young Cornish woman during the preparations for D Day.
It should have been a time of romance and excitement for Anne – but it’s 1941 and the war is raging. So instead, she spends her days repairing spitfire wings and reminding herself that the real sacrifice is going on far away from her Cornish village.
When the news breaks that America
has entered the war, it brings cautious hope to Anne and her family. And
eventually, as the Jeeps filled with GIs roll in, it seems their little
community is to play a pivotal role in the next stage of the fight.
But the Americans don’t just bring Hollywood glamour and optimism, they also bring something more tantalising – so when Anne meets handsome Joe Mallory, she has to remind herself of exactly why he’s there; that any relationship between them could only end in goodbye.
But is the inevitability of ‘goodbye’ powerful enough to stop what has already begun to blossom?
Buying Links
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BPDC858B?th=1&psc=1&geniuslink=true
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BPDC858B/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/waiting-for-our-rainbow
Nook:
iBook:
https://books.apple.com/gb/book/waiting-for-our-rainbow/id6445001570
Google Play:
Bio
Victoria grew up on a farm in Cornwall and is married with
two grown up children and three grandchildren. She likes to read and write
historical romance with a strong background story, but at its heart is the
unmistakable emotion, even pain, of loving someone.
Her books have subsequently reached the finals of the NEW
TALENT AWARD at the Festival of Romantic Fiction, the RNA's JOAN HESSAYON
AWARD, the 2021 RNA's Goldsboro Books HISTORICAL ROMANTIC NOVEL AWARD. Her
books have also been twice nominated for the RONE Best Indie or Small Published
Book Award by InD'tale magazine.
She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Thank you for reading. As a writer, has a historical event inspired you in your writing? As a reader, what history-inspired novel would you be drawn to? I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thank you.
You may also follow me on Twitter: @JanBaynham and on my Jan Baynham Writer Facebook page.
For more about me and my writing, please visit my AMAZON page.
Thank you for having me on your blog, Jan. :)
ReplyDeleteIt’s a pleasure, Victoria. I can’t wait to read Joe and Anne’s love story.
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