I Have A Story by Colleen L. Donnelly

Heroes aren’t heroes because they are clever or brave, but because they love someone or something deeply.

 About the Book: Jim Turner writes crime but doesn’t live it. He respects his grandfather’s tales of heroes but doesn’t believe them. When his failing grandfather sends him to a remote peninsula to write the end of his own heroic love story, Jim adds an interview with a war criminal to his agenda to maintain his edge.

          Chastity Higgins, the daughter of a local pastor, is an anomaly, a misfit in pre-WWII culture as well as in Jim’s life. Her spritely charm and endearing features turn his world upside down, especially after she reveals his grandfather’s peninsula will be the site of her upcoming wedding.

          Do good journalists flee when their war criminal-interviewee is murdered? Do heroes write fiancés out of another’s story in order to fit themselves in? “The End” become the hardest words for Jim to write.

 Our Review: I Have a Story is more than a novel of intrigue involving spies and traitors from the pre-WWII era. It is also a love story—between a man and a woman, but also the love of a man for his grandfather, surprising for its intensity as well as endurance. Following the words of his beloved grandfather “…the most daring conquests involve the heart. There is no battle, no story, until there is heart…”, the protagonist Jim learns valuable lessons about life, death and the world order. This is an intriguing, compelling read, written by a talented, inventive author.

Based on a scale of 1-5, I Have a Story merits a 7.

Kat Henry Doran, Wild Women Reviews