When Love Calls
By Lorna Seilstad
With historic details that bring to
life the exciting first decade of the twentieth century, Lorna Seilstad weaves
a charming tale of camaraderie and companionship that blossoms into love.
Readers will get lost in this sweet romance and will eagerly look forward to championing
the Gregory sisters’ dreams.
Hannah Gregory is good at many
things, but that list doesn't include following rules. So when she is forced to
apply for a job as a telephone switchboard operator to support her two sisters,
she knows it won't be easy. "Hello Girls" must conduct themselves
according to strict, and often bewildering, rules. No talking to the other
girls. No chatting with callers. No blowing your nose without first raising
your hand. And absolutely no consorting with gentlemen while in training.
Meanwhile, young lawyer Lincoln
Cole finds himself in the unfortunate position of having to enforce the bank's
eviction of the three Gregory girls from their parents' home. He tries to
soften the blow by supporting them in small ways as they settle into another
home. But fiery Hannah refuses his overtures and insists on paying back every cent
of his charity.
When one of Hannah's friends finds
himself on the wrong side of a jail cell, Hannah is forced to look to Lincoln
for help. Will it be her chance to return to her dreams of studying law? And
could she be falling in love?
About
Lorna Seilstad:
A
history buff, antique collector, and freelance graphic designer, Lorna Seilstad
is the author of Making Waves, A Great Catch, and The Ride of Her Life. A
former high school English and journalism teacher, she has won several online
writing contests and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. Lorna
lives in Council Bluffs, Iowa, with her husband. Find out more at www.lornaseilstad.com.
Praise for When Love Calls:
"Hannah
Gregory is my kind of gal: smart, feisty, loyal and resilient. When Love Calls is a delightful story
filled with entertaining, endearing characters. Lorna Seilstad's trademark is
to embroider her novels with historical detail while providing a wonderfully
satisfying read."
-
Suzanne
Woods Fisher, bestselling author of the Stoney Ridge Seasons series and host of
weekly radio show Amish Wisdom
"Lorna
Seilstad has a way of dropping her characters into interesting times, and she's
done it again in When Love Calls.”
-
Ann
H. Gabhart, author of Angel Sister and
The Gifted
"Filled
with witty prose and engaging characters, When
Love Calls is a thoroughly charming love story."
-
Maggie
Brendan, author of the Heart of the West series and the Blue Willow Brides
series
Here is my review of this enjoyable novel:
Lorna
Seilstad’s “When Love Calls” is a charming historical romance that transports
the reader to Iowa in the early 1900s.
Hannah Gregory has given up on her dreams of law school and a career in
justice. With the death of her parents,
the responsibility to care for her younger sisters has fallen upon her. So she quit law school and applied to become
a telephone operator. While training to
become a “Hello Girl”, she must refrain from entertaining gentlemen
callers. She didn’t think this would be
a challenge until attorney Lincoln Cole begins to get under Hannah’s skin.Here is my review of this enjoyable novel:
First of all, I would like to extend
a heartfelt “Thank you” to Lorna Seilstad and her publisher for sending me a copy
of "When Love Calls" to review for them. I am truly grateful for this
generosity. I really appreciate the time, effort and expense it takes to make a
reviewer copy available to me.
This
engaging romance has lots of action, suspense and humor. I really enjoyed the well-developed
characters. I used to work in a building
where a plug-in switchboard was operated.
I used to sit in the switchboard and chat with the operators on
breaks. This novel allowed me to
reminisce and educated me a bit on what those ladies from my past were
doing. This was a fun read.
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