Dear Reader,
In ninth grade, I received an A on a short story that I enjoyed
writing. The crowning point was the comment my English teacher wrote
under the grade: “I doubt the originality of this story.” It made my day
when my best friend received an A and the teacher had added the same
comment on her paper. My friend had copied the story from a book she
liked. But my story began and ended with me.
After dreaming about writing books from that day forward, I self-published my first book, A Gateway to Hope,
forty-three years later. The title came to me while reading the words
“a gateway to hope” during my Bible study. I decided to search for the
word “hope” throughout the Bible, and while doing that, I decided upon
the titles for the next four books. A Living Hope, The Certain Hope, The Confident Hope, and Overflow With Hope all became a reality over the next eight years.
The slogan on my Facebook author page is “The Write Way: A Real Slice of Life.” That is what each book, along with Pajama Party: The Story, a YA companion book to A Living Hope, represent.
In A Gateway to Hope, Neka and James must decide if joining their lives together reflects a business arrangement or true love.
In A Living Hope, Sadie must contend with her fragile
self-esteem, plus seek forgiveness from Kyle. Kyle must decide just how
far his forgiveness will go.
In The Certain Hope, Tara has three choices: Choose a quickie
marriage to a man she just met, request a delay to his suggested
ceremony date, or simply walk away from the relationship. Luke must
determine how to ensure she decides on a quick marriage ceremony and
doesn’t leave him altogether.
In The Confident Hope, Pam can either dissolve her marriage or
endeavor to make it work throughout ongoing provocations. Mark must
figure out how much he is willing to compromise to keep his marriage.
In Overflow With Hope, Tempia must chart the proper course for her life as Cory selects the best option for his future.
Thank you for taking the journey with each character and me through the hope series.
Love and blessings,
E.C. Jackson
E.C.
Jackson began her writing career with the full-length play Pajama
Party. Thirty-one years later, she adapted the play into Pajama Party:
The Story, a companion book to the second book in the five-book
standalone Hope series.
Jackson’s
favorite pastime is reading fiction. She enjoys taking the journey
along with the characters in the books. That also led to her unorthodox
approach to story writing. Her vision for each book she writes is to
immerse readers into the storyline so they become connected with each
character.
“The
Write Way: A Real Slice of Life” is the slogan on her Facebook author
page. She feels that if every person reading her books feels connected
to the characters, her job is done.
Author Links
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Twenty-one-year-old
Neka is a bit of an introvert, she also happens to be stunningly
beautiful. When she discovers her friend James is about to be dumped,
she sees the perfect opportunity to escape from her quiet life. Can she
summon the courage to leave it all behind?
James
Copley comes from a ruthless family. It’s rubbed off. Years ago, he
disengaged from his brother’s smear campaign, but now his father has
offered him an ultimatum, “Get married or lose your seat at the table.”
Plotting to stamp his design on the family business, he proposes to a
woman, even though he doesn’t love her. But his carefully laid plans
start to unravel when she leaves him on the day she’s due to meet his
family. Could years of planning his comeback vanish with her departure?
A
possible solution comes in an unexpected form: Neka. She’s not only a
friend, but the daughter of his benefactor. And she’s right there,
offering to support him. But will her support stretch to marriage? He
attempts to win her over to his plan but collides with her powerful
father who wants to leverage the situation for his own gain.
In
their fight for survival and love, they are forced to face some
uncomfortable truths. Can they overcome thwarted dreams and missed
chances to find true love, or does forcing destiny’s hand only lead to
misery?
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It
was a match made in heaven. Or so everyone thought. Sadie Mae Cummings
is all set to marry her childhood sweetheart, Kyle, when she is assigned
to tutor Lincoln, the new college football running back. This sophomore
phenomenon has all the girls on campus knocking on his door. But Sadie
isn’t interested in his advances.
Lincoln’s
overblown ego doesn’t take well to being shunned, and he resolves to
make Sadie his own. He pursues her relentlessly, until finally Kyle
finds himself shut out of Sadie’s life, with their shared future
crumbling around him.
After
two years, Sadie’s relationship with Lincoln ends, and she is left
having to put the pieces of her life back together. She desires nothing
more than to recapture her relationship with Kyle. He has stayed true to
the dreams they had planned together, living the vision even without
Sadie by his side.
When
she moves back to her hometown, she labors to rekindle their love. But
things have changed, and Kyle has moved on. Sadie quickly discovers how
hard it is to rebuild burned bridges.
Follow Sadie’s story as she fights for a chance to restore broken dreams. Will love endure?
This inspirational romance by E. C. Jackson is book two of the Hope series and is a standalone book.
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Love at first
sight. It’s every girl’s dream. But Tara Simpkins is finding out it’s
not as easy as it seems. Is this truly the man God sent to be her
husband, or is she just desperate to escape her loneliness? The recent
loss of both parents has left her reeling, and close friends don’t think
she’s in any position to make major life decisions. She and her
new-found love are convinced they can live happily ever after in the
home of their dreams. His family thinks he’s moving way too fast and
might disappoint the kind-hearted woman he’s fallen head over heels for.
And then there’s Leah. Leah is supposed to be part of his past, but
what if she decides she’s his future? Tara’s match made in Heaven may be
over before it truly begins.
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Is there hope for this love between friends?
Pamela
Hayes is a smart, successful business owner with a supportive family
and a thriving bakery. She should be the happiest girl in the world. But
she can’t shake the melancholy that accompanies every conversation she
has with her best friend, Mark. Pamela doesn’t know how much longer she
can hide her true feelings.
Why
can’t Mark see how perfect they would be together? She would make a
much better girlfriend than the one he currently has. Pamela prays he’ll
come to his senses soon and realize he’s with the wrong girl. But when
her dream comes true, it isn’t the fantasy she had envisioned.
There
is trouble in paradise from the start, and all the red flags she’s been
ignoring are starting to threaten her confidence…and her relationship
with Mark. She’ll have to rely on family and her faith in God to help
her secure the hope she so desperately needs.
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Two men. Wrong choice.
Her life jumped the guard rails.
One
fateful night, Tempia Wade believed a stranger’s lie, rather than the
assurance of a trusted friend. Even though she had been blind sighted,
the lapse in judgement extracted an exorbitant price.
Two
years later, the twenty-three-year-old prayed for a second chance with
the man she fell for at first sight. The loss of a promising
relationship, long term friendships, and shattered dreams, now
highlighted the memories of a bankrupt life.
Would
Cory Sanders overlook her accepting a next day date and liaison with
the other man she had met at the party they all attended? Or was
permanent separation stamped across their unforeseen breach?
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