__What happens when the boy she loved to hate becomes the man she hates to love?__   
The 1920s are drawing to a close, and feisty Katie O'Connor is the epitome of the new woman--smart and sassy with goals for her future that include the perfect husband and a challenging career in law. Her boyfriend Jack fits all of her criteria for a husband--good-looking, well-connected, wealthy, and eating out of her hand. But when she is forced to spend the summer of 1929 with Luke McGee, the bane of her childhood existence, Katie comes face-to-face with a choice. Will she follow her well-laid plans to marry Jack? Or will she fall for the man she swore to despise forever?  
  
"Lessman writes my favorite kind of book: the kind I can't put down--a book that has a heroine with unforgettable spunk, a romance with undeniable sparks, and a family that will remain in your heart long after you turn the last page."--Siri Mitchell,author of She Walks in Beauty   
"A Hope Undaunted will leave you breathless with anticipation. Julie Lessman has written a novel that resonates throughout with constant reminders of God's unconditional love."--Maggie Brendan, author of Heart of the West series  
  
"Julie Lessman's passionate prose grabs your heart and doesn't let go! With deft plotting and sparkling, true-to-life characters, A Hope Undaunted delivers an emotionally intense, spiritually satisfying read that you will not forget. Truly a book destined for your keeper shelf!"--Laura Frantz, author of The Frontiersman's Daughter and Courting Morrow Little   
"Julie Lessman has crafted yet another passionate romance with characters that touch every emotion. If you're looking for an awesome writer and a story charged with romance, you don't want to miss A Hope Undaunted."--Judith Miller, author of Somewhere to Belong, Daughters of Amana series   
  
__Julie Lessman__ is an award-winning author with an intense passion for both God and romance. Winner of the 2009 ACFW Debut Author of the Year and Holt Medallion Awards of Merit for Best First Book and Long Inspirational, Julie is also the recipient of thirteen Romance Writers of America awards. She resides in Missouri and is the author of The Daughters of Boston series, which includes A Passion Most Pure, A Passion Redeemed, and A Passion Denied. You can contact Julie through her website at www.julielessman.com.

Julie Lessman is the author of A Passion Most Pure, A Passion Redeemed, and A Passion Denied. Lessman has garnered several writing awards, including ten Romance Writers of America awards. She lives in Missouri.

The 1920s are drawing to a close, and feisty Katie O'Connor is the epitome of the new woman--smart and sassy with goals for her future that include the perfect husband and a challenging career in law. Her boyfriend Jack fits all of her criteria for a husband--good-looking, well-connected, wealthy, and head-over-heels in love with her. But when she is forced to spend the summer of 1929 with Cluny McGee, the bane of her childhood existence, Katie comes face to face with a choice. Will she follow her well-laid plans to marry Jack? Or will she fall for the man she swore to despise forever?  
  
A Hope Undaunted is the engrossing first book in the WINDS OF CHANGE series from popular author Julie Lessman. Readers will thrill at the highly charged romance in this passionate story.

In this new series, an award-winning author delivers another highly charged romance set in Boston in the summer of 1929.

A Hope Undaunted is an eBook set in the 1920s, featuring Katie O'Connor's journey as she navigates love and career choices. Ideal for fans of historical romance and strong female leads.

\["For readers who love historical romance and strong heroines", "A Hope Undaunted challenges your views on love and choice", "You will be drawn into a world of passion and self-discovery"\]

Experience a captivating romance as Katie O'Connor confronts her past and future in this thrilling eBook.

Lessman, Julie

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23 Acknoledgments

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The 1920s are drawing to a close, and feisty Katie O'Connor is the epitome of the new woman--smart and sassy with goals for her future that include the perfect husband and a challenging career in law. Her boyfriend Jack fits all of her criteria for a husband--good-looking, well-connected, wealthy, and head-over-heels in love with her. But when she is forced to spend the summer of 1929 with Cluny McGee, the bane of her childhood existence, Katie comes face to face with a choice. Will she follow her well-laid plans to marry Jack? Or will she fall for the man she swore to despise forever?  
  
A Hope Undauntedis the engrossing first book in the WINDS OF CHANGE series from popular author Julie Lessman. Readers will thrill at the highly charged romance in this passionate story.

In this new series, an award winning author delivers another highly charged romance set in Boston in the spring of 1929. Winds of Change book 1.

The 1920s are drawing to a close, and feisty Katie O'Connor is the epitome of the new woman--smart and sassy with goals for her future that include the perfect husband and a challenging career in law. Her boyfriend Jake fits all of her criteria for a husband--good-looking, well-connected, wealthy, and head-over-heels in love with her. But when she is forced to spend the summer of 1929 with Luke McGee, the bane of her childhood existence, Katie comes face to face with a choice. Will she follow her well-laid plans to marry Jake? Or will she fall for the man she swore to despise forever? A Hope Undaunted is the engrossing first book in the WINDS OF CHANGE series from popular author Julie Lessman. Readers will thrill at the highly charged romance in this passionate story.

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Katie O'Connor is a spunky young woman with high standards for herself and the man she will marry. But when she breaks her father's curfew with Jack one too many times, she finds herself punished for the summer. Her punishment? Spend the summer volunteering at the Boston Children's Aid Society, which she finds makes her childhood nemesis, Luke McGee, her boss. I LOVED reading A Hope Undaunted! Katie, being the baby of the O'Connor family, was always a minor character and seeing her all grown up now was unbelievable. A Hope Undaunted was a wonderful book and I highly recommend it. I would strongly suggest that you read the Daughters of Boston Series before you read this book - as this story is a continuation of a family saga. Julie Lessman's books are my all-time favorites, ones I can read again and again!

Wonderful!

This novel is a whopping 505 pages and I loved every page. This historical work of fiction the first in the Winds of Change series, is set in the age of the Charleston in Boston and women are just beginning to fight for their rights and 18 year old headstrong Katie O?Connor has her whole life planned, that is until her wayward behaviour forces her father to take radical action to tame his daughter before its too late. With her whole summer banned from going out she is forced to volunteer at a local adoption agency where her boss Luke McGee is the boy from her childhood that she loved to hate, that is until he becomes the man she hates to love. Essentially this is a love story about Katie and Luke, but I really like the way that Lessman opens the story out to the whole O?Conner family and you are able to follow a mini story about each of her 3 sisters and 2 brothers and her parents. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and could barely put it down, not the best book to read in bed before you go to sleep and have to get up for work at 5am, I had to force myself to put it down so I could get some sleep. I can?t wait to read more of Lessman?s novels especially if they are as good as this one.

A Hope Undaunted

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This novel is a whopping 505 pages and I loved every page. This historical work of fiction the first in the Winds of Change series, is set in the age of the Charleston in Boston and women are just beginning to fight for their rights and 18 year old headstrong Katie O’Connor has her whole life planned, that is until her wayward behaviour forces her father to take radical action to tame his daughter before its too late.  
With her whole summer banned from going out she is forced to volunteer at a local adoption agency where her boss Luke McGee is the boy from her childhood that she loved to hate, that is until he becomes the man she hates to love.  
Essentially this is a love story about Katie and Luke, but I really like the way that Lessman opens the story out to the whole O’Conner family and you are able to follow a mini story about each of her 3 sisters and 2 brothers and her parents.  
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and could barely put it down, not the best book to read in bed before you go to sleep and have to get up for work at 5am, I had to force myself to put it down so I could get some sleep. I can’t wait to read more of Lessman’s novels especially if they are as good as this one.

It?s the summer of 1929, and Katie O?Connor knows exactly what she wants: marriage to rich, rakish, albeit spoiled Jack Worthington, and a law career. When Jack and others in her circle of self-centered, privileged friends deliberately humiliate a soda jerk, Katie is embarrassed. Then she breaks curfew too many times, and her father sentences her to work as a summer volunteer at the Boston Children?s Aid Society. Raised on the wrong side of the tracks, Luke McGee has worked his way through law school, and even though he?s now an attorney, he fills in at the soda counter for a friend, only to become the brunt of Jack and the gang?s cruelty. When Luke becomes assistant director of the Boston Children?s Aid Society, his life becomes intertwined with Katie?s, perhaps forever. A rich girl and a poor boy find that love can be the great equalizer in Lessman?s engrossing tale, which has more awareness and sizzle between the hero and heroine than your average inspirational romance. This is the first book in the Winds of Change series.

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