#132 Guest Author Jane Coletti Perry

TAKE A TRIP WITH LILA AND MARCELLO!  Hosts Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell sit down with author JANE COLETTI PERRY for an in-depth look at her two novels, LILA'S JOURNEY and MARCELLO'S PROMISE.   We chat about the inspiration behind each book, story line, and her engaging characters. About MARCELLO'S PROMISE:  In 1915, Marcello Corsi risks everything and leaves Italy to forge a new life for his family in America. Marcello, Luisa, and their young son settle in Cumberland, Wyoming, in an immigrant coal-mining town run by Union Pacific Coal Company. Full of determination they face the harsh life in the frontier town―blizzards, labor disputes, brawling cowboys, ethnic tension and the dangers of coalmining set in the era of Prohibition.

Inspired by true events, "Marcello's Promise" is the heartfelt journey of a loving husband's promise to his wife for the American Dream and the lengths he will go to make that dream a reality.  About LILA'S JOURNEY It’s 1866 on the Santa Fe Trail. Sixteen-year-old Lila Bonner is forced to make a life-changing decision that leaves her frightened and alone. With help from a kindhearted stranger, Lila reaches Council Grove, Kansas, where she hopes to build a new life. Fortified with determination, and tapping into a strength she didn't know she had, Lila deals with basic survival, Indian unrest, and an epidemic. As she develops into a wise, capable young woman, an unspeakably evil plot threatens her life as well as a blossoming romance. Her fate hangs in the balance between the person who betrayed her, the man she loves, and the woman she's become.  Hosts - Jim and Bobbi Jean Bell  Opening and Closing Music - Hot Texas courtesy of Alex Dormont and the Hot Texas Swing Band  Sponsored by Blue Cottage Agency  Clicks By Madison  and OutWest Shop  Shop ALL Rendezvous With A Writer book titles HERE  Aired April 24, 2025