Sisters Three Press

Today is the day! The story is here! Live for all to read where and however they please! I can’t believe that today is release day for Heart of Keys! That a book I originally wrote as a short story is finally live as a full fledged book! Ack! How exciting is that? And not only is it a book…but it’s my first historical fiction book!!!!!!

To say I’m insanely excited is an understatement! I don’t think I can communicate how excited I am to all of you!

So without further ado, Heart of Keys!

About the Book:

The cries and yells, booms and blasts intertwining with the music gliding from the ivory keys.

David Leyton returned from WWI a broken man, haunted by what he saw and what he did. The war stole his soul and his voice. To cope, he drums out his emotions on the piano, wondering why God allowed him to live while his best friend died.

Imrie Ashton has only ever loved one man, Davie Leyton. Now, he needs her more than ever, even though all he does is push her away. She’s not willing to give up on him because she knows there’s a reason God spared him, and maybe she can be the light that helps pull him from the darkness.

Authors Content Notes:

Language:
N/A

Romance:
Clean, just some hand touching, hugs, and a kiss – this is a second-chance romance, but more in the respects that Davie has pushed Imrie away because he feels unworthy of her and she is reaching out to him to show him that she loves him despite what he has been through. Very sweet.

Violence/Gore:
There are some flashbacks of war, but the descriptions are mainly in words that leave it up to you to decide what exactly it all looked like. I wasn’t going for a shock factor, but rather opening your eyes to the horrors a soldier would have seen.

Other Warnings:
This book does deal with mental health including PTSD (or as it was known in the 1920’s, Shell Shock). Davie is suicidal when the book starts and makes an attempt…again, none of what I wrote was for shock, but to open up to what it’s like to be locked inside with horrible memories. Not everyone is mute, like Davie, but to have PTSD and then not be able to talk about what you’ve seen, or have any way to express yourself verbally can take a huge toll on your mental health.
Davie is not in a great place but that’s the point…because over the course of the story he realizes that nothing that he’s done, nothing that’s happened, it outside of God’s control. For more on the heart behind the story you can check out the author’s note at the end of the book. I honestly didn’t want to write the book the way it is, but God kept gently leading me to the issues discussed in the book and here we are. How can you argue when the Lord’s leading?

If you have any additional questions about the content feel free to reach out! I’m always willing to answer any and all questions regarding the content in my books.

So, are you going to read Heart of Keys? Have you read it already? What do you think? I hope you enjoyed this story of love, healing, and ultimately, hope!

Writing to Awaken Hope!
Kayti