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Evelyn ran from Sunshine Valley as soon as she got her first acceptance letter from a college. Looking for life? Running from an overbearing parent. Looking for adventure?

Dillon stayed behind. Sunshine Valley was his home. The world outside the valley held little appeal to him. The valley turned him into a man. Strong. Honest. But he has lost all his faith. Faith that was strong in his youth.

Life brought Evelyn back to Sunshine Valley. Back to her childhood home. Will she and Dillon pick up where they left off as teenagers? Can she help him get back his faith? Will they help each other?

Sunshine Valley is a work of fiction. I’ve classified it as Christian Romance. The path Christians walk is not an easy one. Not only do we need The Bible to guide us. But we need strong, loving Christians to help us when we stumble. Dry our tears when we cry. And help us with struggles when they occur.

Forward by Violet Lentz

When Jolene Rice asked me to write the forward to this, her latest book; Sunshine Valley, I was immediately humbled, as outside of this work, I knew so little about her as a person. However, through question and answer and a thorough inspection of her previous works I was introduced to one of the most gentle, forthright individuals I have had the pleasure to come to know.

Jolene is a Kentucky girl, a true and proud Appalachian, and comes across in her writing as authentic to her characters. She tells stories of real life. Creates situations that we as readers can identify with, and very probably have experienced similar events in our own lives. The characters often speak in the vernacular of the region, and the way Jolene writes this dialect
makes it so simple to read and hear the words in the way she knows they would be spoken.

Her characters in Sunshine Valley come fully equipped with not only great strengths, but fears and flaws that we can all relate to. Where I found Jolene’s true genius was in the way she deals with conflict resolution. She does so with patience and compassion. She works within the parameters of her Christian faith, but does so in such a way that neither she nor her characters
come off as self righteous or preachy, and to me as a reader of the Non-Christian persuasion, this was truly both inviting and refreshing.

If you are looking for an author that writes with genuine flavor, and the honesty it takes to make the characters completely relatable, then I would say, in the works of Jolene Rice, you have found yourself a home.

Violet’s blog:
https://violetslentz.home.blog/

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