Heidi Sprouse

Hope's Rise from Ashes Heidi Sprouse

Billy "Jonesy" Jones, is an American soldier who is 20 going on 91. Chalk it up to losing his cousin, more like a brother, Jimmy, to the war in Afghanistan. Add a tour of his own. Throw in a horrendous hurricane that wreaks havoc with flooding on his hometown and the backbreaking, heartbreaking clean-up efforts afterward. He's said goodbye to his youth. Picking himself up each day might get a little harder, but he didn't sign up to be a quitter. Stumbling into love while working on a Habitat for Humanity home with the National Guard doesn't hurt any either. Billy has someone who makes him want to wake up every morning and someone to dream about each night. Jayna Riley has a reason to give tribute to those who serve with greater devotion than most college students. When her father paid the ultimate sacrifice as a National Guard member on Septermber 11th, she had to grow up fast forward. She's determined and faces each day with one purpose: to live a life that would honor her father. While doing volunteer work to put the Northeast back together after Hurricane Judah, her world is turned upside down by a soldier boy. She and Billy Jones fall for each other hard from the start. A tornado, another tour overseas, and one surprise after another threaten to tear them apart. They have one safety net-each other. Will they be able to see that their love is hope's rise from ashes or will the shadow of 9/11 be too much of a burden for the young couple to bear?