Blue Skies Tomorrow – A Novel: A Novel (Wings of Glory, #3)

by Sarah Sundin

Lt. Raymond Novak prefers the pulpit to the cockpit, but at least his stateside job training B-17 pilots allows him the luxury of a personal life. As he courts Helen Carlisle, a young war widow and mother who conceals her pain under a frenzy of volunteer work, the sparks of their romance set a fire that flings them both into peril. After Ray leaves to fly a combat mission at the peak of the air war over Europe, Helen takes a job in a dangerous munitions yard and confronts an even graver menace in her own home. Will they find the courage to face their challenges? And can their young love survive until blue skies return?

Filled with daring and romance, Blue Skies Tomorrow will capture readers' hearts.

• ISBN10: 0800734238
• ISBN13: 9780800734237
• Publish Date: 1 August 2011
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
• Imprint: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 432
• Language: English

Reviews

[Molly J(Cover To Cover Cafe)]

A fantastic conclusion to a phenomenal World War II series. I hated to this one end. It was like saying goodbye to my best friend. Sarah Sundin has brought back wonderful characters, her powerful messages into this final story.

I truly loved Ray and Helen's story. I loved going back to that special place in time. Both of these amazingly chiseled characters are by far my favorite of the Wings Of Glory family. Their story is, to mean, the most powerful and meaningful of them all.

Helen, a widow, raising her young son Jay Jay, is dealing with the issues of a not so happy marriage, and secrets better left alone. Ray is the eldest Novak brother fighter pilot, and his only true dream is to be a preacher, and is a friend since child hood to Helen.

I loved seeing the plot spread wide open before me. When Ray takes a desk job back home, he sees Helen in a whole new light. He knows that he has a new dream to look forward to, especially when he is sent overseas.

The rollercoaster of emotions that Ms. Sundin sends her readers on is breathtaking. She incorporates intensity, with lightness and brings forth a powerfully strong message from God in faith, love and honor. I highly, highly recommend this as a 5 Book worthy novel and conclusion to the awesome Wings Of Glory series and hope that this isn't the last of these kinds of novels from this talented lady!

[cherryblossommj]

I still hold to the opinion that I think A Distant Melody might be one of my favorite books ever. I also quite loved A Memory Between Us. When I first started Blue Skies Tomorrow I was expecting the same feelings from page one, but they were not quite there. However at about the halfway point when a few things picked up, I was once again enthralled and love the writing from Sarah Sundin!! My reading status at about 195 pages in said:

I loved the first two books in the series and say that the first one might even be one of my favorite books ever. This one not so much, but I think it is because I am having such a hard time digesting the character of Jim. Even if he is dead, he is very much active in the lives of the others. Some reason I keep wanting Ray's mother to fix everything. I don't know why but I feel like she could... Yet then after finishing the book, my first thoughts were: Around halfway thru this novel really kicked up and was the same fiction that I love. I cried and rejoiced. Awesome second half to finish. Definitely want more from Sarah.

This is a historical romance that has all of the elements that one's heart looks for and while at the same time bringing forth events of a war time past that are true and hard to accept. Usually I am not a fan of war time novels, but this one captures my heart. Then with the second and third installment with the Wings of Glory those feelings continue on. War novels are not usually for me, but even with terminology that is a different language to me, the story really comes through and paints and incredible picture. It is a picture that is sometimes gray and sometimes vibrant with blue skies and sometimes a sepia tone with mud, but it's there all the same.

It's amazing how much can be told in such a short amount of pages it seems.

I am delighted to have found Sarah as an author for my permanent shelves of books and I will impatiently wait for the next book and the next!



*Thanks to Revell Books for providing a copy for review.*

Originally posted: http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2011/08/22/blue-skies-tomorrow-by-sarah-sundin/