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Coming Soon!
Lila Hopkins' latest novel.
This is the story of the frustrations, munderstandings and conflict
between fathers and sons and the story of redemtion. It is the story of forgiveness and love and of the women who sustained
their men. It is the novel of a man who has a life-threatening situation who has a chance for life if he is man enough to
accept it.
It is a book that is well researched. The author has gone to great lengths to learn about the medical aspects she presents
in the story and the crafts that she writes about.
Lila Hopkins is a mother of three sons and one daughter. "I delighted in the relationships that my husband had, and continues
to share, with his children. I taught some children who were not so fortunate and observed what it does to a child who
is not sure of his father's love."
After retiring, Richard and Lila moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains and lived there until health problems made a move
to a continuing care community necessary. They live in Wake County, West of Raleigh.
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When Freddie Gouge moved to Phoenix, she never expected to see the Appalachian Mountains again. But a disturbing call from
Pax, her first, lost love about the illness of her beloved grandmother has brought her home. Weaving has always been vital
to Gram's life, the way she expressed the song in her soul, and she has become a respected artist in her later years. At one
point, gallery owner, Pax, had tried to have a collection of patterns published, but the book proposal and the patterns have
mysteriously disappeared.
Did Freddie take them for a competitor with whom she's romantically involved, proving once again that impulse rules her
life? Or did Pax hide them in anticipation of Gram's death and a greater profit? Will love triumph, or are the obstacles just
too great?
Strike a Golden Chord
Romance, mystery and intrigue are the last things Joanna Jerome expects to encounter on a rainy autumn morning in Galax
Falls, North Carolina.
Joanna has given up a promising career as a concert organist when her father, a charming and independent old lawyer, was
diagnosed with ALS. Galax Falls seems dreary and boring after the concert stage and the shop Joanna opened to pass the time
and re-connect with her home town doesn't fulfill her dreams until one rainy morning when life offers the promise of change
with an interesting visit to her shop by the newly-hired English teacher, Russell Benenson.
Inescapable family responsibilities complicate the scene for both, and a kidnapping threatens the life Ben has constructed
to save his kid sister and her child from an abusive relationship. The discovery of a priceless manuscript, which then becomes
the apparent target in a series of thefts, throw Joanna and Ben into intrigue as they develop a plot to catch the culprit.
Guiding the group through treacherous waters, wise old Nicolas Jerome teaches all of them what really counts.
Lila Hopkins grew up in New Mexico, but for the past 11 years has lived in the beautiful mountains
of Western North Carolina. Her novels grow out of her love for the mountains and her admiration of the people she has met
in Avery County.
Hopkins grew up in the home of a Baptist pastor and married a Baptist minister while she was still a college student at
Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. After graduation, she taught school in northern California while her husband
continued his theological studies in Berkley, California.
The Hopkins moved to North Carolina in 1960 for Rev. Hopkins to intern at the Department of Pastoral Care at Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem. In 1961, he became chaplain at McCain Hospital, where he served for 29 years.
Lila taught school in Moore County for 13 years and this experience was the basis of her two award winning juvenile books,
Eating Crow and Talking Turkey(1988 and 1990) Weave Me A Song was her first adult novel,
followed by Strike A Golden Chord, also set in the North Carolina Mountains. Mrs. Hopkins, a watercolorist,
whose paintings are featured in the Graylight Gallery in Newland, painted the dust jacket designs and illustrated both novels.
The Hopkins have three sons and one daughter and seven grandchildren.
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Weave Me a Song, by Lila Hopkins
hardcover: illustrated with B&W images of authors original artwork
ISBN:0971304572,232pp, $19.95
Buy it now from Amazon.com
Strike a Golden Chord, by Lila Hopkins
hardcover: illustrated with B&W images of authors original artwork
ISBN:0971304572,234pp, $23.95
Buy it now from Amazon.com
Buy it now from the publisher with a 25% discount and free shipping
Early Reviews for Strike a Golden Chord:
Lila Hopkins has written a seamless melodious story about uncovering the hidden treasure of love. Strike a Golden
Chord is a book that will cause your heart to sing!"
-- Lynne Hinton, author of Friendship Cake
Strike a Golden Chord continues Lila Hopkins's tradition of rattling-good stories: as harmonious and sweet as a
Bach fugue, set in North Carolina's spectacular Appalachians. She pairs her delightful characters in unexpected combinations,
and sets them into absorbing predicaments. Her sure touch brings readers to a sweet and satisfying end.
-- schuyler kaufman, Carolina Mountain Living
Contemporary issues of greed, abuse, and violence meld into vivid scenes of family, companionship and forgiveness, allowing
the characters in Strike a Golden Chord to find the greatest gift of all. Hopkins' delicate balance of moral
and ethical considerations within the framework of today's lifestyles allows her once more to affirm the power of good over
evil, in a fast-paced, lovely novel that will leave the reader with a sense of wonder, and a smile.
-- Carolyn Howser, co-author of Simple Pleasures
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