Sexe: female
Lieux de résidence: Orlando, Florida, USA
Études: Valencia Community College (Associate of Arts)
University of Central Florida (Creative Writing)
Rollins College (Master of Liberal Studies)
Professions: television marketing
television public service
English professor
writer
Courte biographie: Louise M. Gouge has been married to David Gouge for over 50 years. They have four grown children and eight grandchildren. Louise attended the University of Central Florida in Orlando, earning a BA in English/Creative Writing, and Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, earning a Master of Liberal Studies degree. Louise's novel, Ahab's Bride, Book One of Ahab's Legacy, (RiverOak Publishing, 2004) was her master's thesis at Rollins College. Hannah Rose, Book Two of Ahab's Legacy, was released in 2005, and was the honored with the Inspirational Readers Choice Award. Son of Perdition, Book Three of Ahab's Legacy, was released in February 2006.

Louise now writes for Harlequin's Love Inspired Historical Line, with seven books published and more coming. Although she has written about the American Revolution and Regency England, her current time period is America's Old West era. Her twenty years of living in Colorado serve as an inspiration for many cowboy stories.

For sixteen and a half years, Louise taught as an adjunct professor of English and Humanities at Valencia Community College in Kissimmee, Florida. Having received her advanced education in middle age, she tried to inspire her younger students to complete their own education early. For her older students, Louise hoped her experiences proved that it is never too late for them to work toward their dreams. (Her first novel was published after she turned fifty!) In the classroom, she attempted to live out her Christian faith both in words and in action.

Now that she has retired from teaching, Louise spends her time writing Christian fiction, her primary occupation and labor of love.

Louise's favorite Bible verse is 'He shall choose our inheritance for us' (Psalm 47:4), a testimony to her belief that God has chosen a path for each believer. To seek that path and to trust His wisdom is to find the greatest happiness in life. [from Amazon.com Author Page, October 25, 2017]

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A Proper Companion (Ladies in Waiting) par Louise M. Gouge

Too much Pollyanna, relentlessly upbeat attitude is enough to weary my soul. Lots of Christian references, characters are fine, except for female protagonist who is annoying. Happy ending.

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Bookjoy144 | Mar 2, 2022 |

Then Came Love: Then Came Series Book 3 (Volume 3) par Louise M Gouge

The following description was taken from the Amazon description of this book: "Louisa Maria Downs has waited three long years for her soldier-sweetheart’s homecoming. But when he returns, John Jacobs stands aloof, his deep blue eyes revealing his longing for her, but his lips strangely silent. Convinced it is God’s will for them to marry, Louisa defies decorum and pursues the man who has owned her heart since she was twelve years old.

John Jacobs has spent three years fighting to keep the Union intact. Now back home, he longs to marry the young woman he has admired since boyhood. But shattering memories of what he did during the war magnify the bloodstains on his hands. He awakens each day more certain than ever that he is not worthy of the love of a decent woman, much less the love of God."

Although that it is a good description of the book, it doesn't tell you of the other young couple in this story and their struggles when the war is over. It was just as interesting as John and Louisa's story. So the book is really about two different couples and how they dealt with their love for each other and the forgiveness needed to make things right.

All three books in this series can be read as stand alone stories, but all three do take place right after the Civil War has ended. The author does a great job of setting the scene and putting you there when the soldiers were coming home from the war and the difficult times that followed as people tried to put this country back together again.… (plus d'informations)

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judyg54 | Dec 10, 2018 |

Then Came Hope (Then Came Series Book 2) par Louise M. Gouge

This story takes place right after the Civil War has ended and soldiers are on their way home. It is about Delia, a 17 year old girl, born a slave who has been physically and emotionally battered for most of her life. She finally runs away, travels on her own, until she finds and makes friends with a little band of former slaves. They will eventually meet up with Ezra Johns, a black soldier trying to make it back home to Boston, and decide to go with him.

This band of people will begin a long and very eventful journey, and will survive a violent flood, bitter southerners, hunger, exhaustion, and even a murder charge. But two different farmers will end up helping them and giving them work so they can at last earn their train and boat fare to Boston.

Back in his home city, Ezra will soon discover that despite his service to his country, black men still must struggle for respect and a place in American society. And throughout this story the attraction Delia and Ezra have for each other will finally turn into a love that can withstand the tests of time.

I enjoyed this second book in this series and like the first, it just kept me interested and I found myself finishing the story rather quickly. Although both stories are written in the exact same time period, it is about two very different sets of folks. It can easily be read as a stand alone book. I am looking forward to reading book 3 next, "Then Came Love".… (plus d'informations)

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judyg54 | Dec 7, 2018 |

Then Came Faith par Lousie Gouge

This was a big book (373 pages) and I thought it would take me awhile to read, but once I got started, it didn't take me long at all to finish. It kept my interest and made me want to keep reading. The author does such a good job of making you see both sides of the North and South views after the Civil War had ended. I didn't agree with the one side, but I could at least understand where they were coming from. As the back cover states, this is "a gritty novel . . . . addressing the greater healing that begins in life, when we are courageous enough to lay aside our preconceived notions and personal prejudices".

The Civil War is over and Juliana is headed South to help heal the hurts and teach those who were once slaves, how to read and write. When she first arrives she receives help from a southern gentleman named Andre. Juliana and Andre keep crossing paths and both of them hold very different views on this war that is over. But both are also very drawn to one another. Both of them show "courage and resilience in the face of fierce opposition and the triumphant dignity of the human spirit". I look forward to reading the other two books in this series, "Then Came Hope" and "Then Came Love".… (plus d'informations)

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judyg54 | 1 autre critique | Dec 4, 2018 |

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