Velva Jean novels
Author
Author
Series
Velva Jean novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
One Sunday when she is ten years old, Velva Jean Hart is saved. But being saved is not anything like she expected; her loving mother dies and her father leaves her for one of his "adventures." But before she dies, Velva Jean's mother urges her to "live out there in the great wide world," and Velva Jean intends to do just that. She dreams of becoming a big-time singer in Nashville until she falls in love with Harley Bright, a handsome juvenile delinquent...
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Series
Velva Jean novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
After Pearl Harbor and the start of World War II, fiercely independent heroine Velva Jean enlists, gets her wings, risks her life, and her heart in this bold and inspiring novel from the author of the New York Times bestseller All the Bright Places—soon to be a Netflix film starring Elle Fanning.
Bristling at the limitations faced by a woman in rural Appalachia and fueled by the memory...
Bristling at the limitations faced by a woman in rural Appalachia and fueled by the memory...
Author
Series
Velva Jean novels volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Summer 1944, Paris, a secret mission, a dangerous passion—a spellbinding story you will never forget
After delivering a B-17 Flying Fortress to Britain, an American volunteers to copilot a plane carrying special agents to their drop spot over Normandy. Her personal mission: to find her brother, who is missing in action. Their plane is shot down, and only she and five agents survive. Now they are on the run for their lives.
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Series
Velva Jean novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
369 pages : illustration ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1945, Velva Jean Hart is a bona fide war heroine. After a newsreel films her triumphant return to America, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer promises to make her a star. They give her a new life story and a brand new name. As 'Kit Rogers,' she navigates the movie sets, recording sessions, parties, staged romances, and occasional backstabbing that accompany her newfound fame. She also navigates real-life romance, finding herself caught between a charismatic...