Image by Felipe Kroll.
All Ireland Final between Cork and Kilkenny – photos from the Irish Press, Monday, 4th September, 1939.
The all Ireland Final on Sunday 3rd September, 1939, between Cork and Kilkenny was played on the day Britain declared war on Germany, during a terrific thunderstorm and was called the ‘thunder and lightening final’. The following is a line of dialogue from pg. 1 of Love Will Have Its Way on that same day as Violet’s Mother, Dolly, listens to De Valera’s speech on Radio Eireann, declaring Eire to be in a state of Emergency.
‘Thank God they have the all-Ireland Final on the wireless this afternoon. It must be a good omen.’
The images that nearly made the book cover for Love Will Have Its Way.
As today is publication day for my debut WW2 historical fiction ebook, Love Will Have Its Way, I thought it might be fun to share some of the illustrations that Felipe Kroll worked on, while I was trying to find that one image I just knew had to be the cover. A funny coincidence is some of these images exactly match various scenes in the book, so I’ve added a few lines from the book to go with them. The first one is from a scene where Violet’s love interest, Paddy Fitzgerald, is flying a Spitfire for the very first time and the incredible effect this experience has on him.
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It’s publication day for Love Will Have Its Way!
It’s finally here. The day my little ebook wings it’s way out into the world. So please give it a lot of love and share (not endorsement). It’s a historical fiction ebook set during the Second World War in Waterford, Ireland, Kent and Cornwall. The shy and socially awkward Violet falls in love with Irish fighter pilot, Paddy Fitzgerald during the Battle of Britain and becomes pregnant. When Paddy goes missing in action she is sent to a mother and baby home in Cork. A chance siting of a Spitfire in the sky is a vivid reminder of Paddy, her lost love, giving her hope for the future. The link to buy my book is here on my website.
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My new novel, Love Will Have Its Way, has been published on Amazon Kindle …
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Love Will Have Its Way – Book Cover
The very talented Felipe Kroll designed the book cover for Love Will Have Its Way. I had an image in my mind for a long time of a young woman, standing on a beach in Cornwall at sunrise, with a Spitfire flying overhead, bringing with it a powerful feeling of hope. I never would have believed at the time, that it would be the basis for a historical fiction novel.
Joyce Butler 