Connie Lacy schreibt rasant erzählte Romane, in denen junge Frauen oft vor ernsthaften Herausforderungen stehen. Ihr Hintergrund als Radioreporterin und Nachrichtensprecherin prägt ihren dynamischen Erzählstil. Lacy verbindet gekonnt Genres wie Zeitreisen, magischen Realismus, speculative fiction und historische Settings, alles mit einer Prise Romantik. Ihre Werke setzen sich mit schwierigen Themen auseinander und bieten den Lesern ein fesselndes und zum Nachdenken anregendes Leseerlebnis.
What if you could save your mother's life by calling her in the past on a time telephone? That's what Megan McConnell hopes to do after her mom is killed in a bomb blast covering the war in Afghanistan. This unusual time travel story is about a search for love, family and friendship that can be complicated by naïve expectations.
"Magic happens all the time. You just have to look for it." That's what Livvy Sloan's Grandma used to tell her. But as the Great Depression settles over rural Georgia in 1930, her family is in danger of losing the farm. So Livvy searches for happiness creating forest sculptures in her secret woodland.The woodland is even more inviting when an Englishman on horseback begins to visit, admiring her artwork. She's drawn to Gordon Collins even though she knows a redheaded country bumpkin like her doesn't stand a chance with someone like him.Meantime, tension rises at home as the men in her family break the law to earn a living while Livvy and her sister accept a loan from the handsome Coy Whitaker to make their store more profitable. Coy has money to spare and wants Livvy to be his girl.As her family is hammered by one disaster after another, Livvy struggles to keep hope alive and - just maybe - find a little of her Grandma's magic.