I found her search for her birth family also to be quite intriguing. Her strength becomes more apparent as she is pushed into even more hard times. She is strong, determined, and courageous. Leah is a heroine I would love to have known, to have as a friend. But, I really enjoyed seeing their characters grow, both in their relationship and in their personal lives. I hesitate to say too much more, because I don’t want to give any spoilers. Then, she faces a very bad happening, and Clayton becomes her knight in shining armor. In search of a job, she finds one at a library, which is right down her alley.

The other important person in this book is Leah, an orphan who finds herself at Camp Forrest, a military base in Tennessee, in the middle of soldiers who are there taking basic training. He believes he knows what exactly the rest of his life will be about, and what his ultimate destiny will be. He’s got a dream in his mind that gives him purpose. His life dream had been to be a doctor, but then because of those tragic circumstances he faced at home, he leaves and is determined to join the Rangers. All of these…this is where we find Clayton at the beginning of the story.

He is the half-brother who believes he is not wanted….and more. This book gives us Clay’s story.Ĭlayton is the youngest son, the one wronged by both his brothers. It is the continuing story of the three Paxton brothers, Wyatt, Adler, and Clayton. The Land Beneath Us is the third book in Sarah Sundin’s Sunrise at Normandy series. But can a love strong enough to overcome death grow between them before Clay's recurring dream comes true? When he ships out to train in England for D-day, their letters bind them together over the distance. Leah Jones works as a librarian at Camp Forrest, longing to rise above her orphanage upbringing and belong to the community, even as she uses her spare time to search for her real family-the baby sisters she was separated from so long ago.Īfter Clay saves Leah's life from a brutal attack, he saves her virtue with a marriage of convenience. With his future stolen by his brothers' betrayal, Clay has only one thing to live for-fulfilling the recurring dream of his death.

In 1943, Private Clay Paxton trains hard with the US Army Rangers at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, determined to do his best in the upcoming Allied invasion of France. Genres: Fiction, Christian, Historical, Romance Also by this author: When Twilight Breaks

The Land Beneath Us by Sarah Sundin