Before the Dawn

Looking for a fast uplifting read that makes you feel fortunate about your lot in life? It's about Leah, an unlikely Relief Society President in the early 30s during the heart of the Depression. I love Leah because I identify with her character so much! I love Dean Hughes. He writes with exact historical accuracy and is an amazing writer. I love the way he thinks! This book I will read again.

Saboteur

I loved this novel, the only thing missing is a Volume Number 2. Not that it needs it, but because Hughes makes you fall in love with the story wishing it would never end. I am a sucker for Historical Fiction. I was going to minor in History, but found myself a little bored with the dry way it comes across in a classroom. Hughes spends a lot of time and effort to get things Historically correct. It's like you are listening to your Grandfather (if he was an amazing storyteller like mine was) tell the stories of his youth. Seeing World War Two through the characters eyes as if they actually lived it. Military Strategy, Battles, Home life all described as accurately as possible through an amazing story that will thrill you, make you cry, fall in love, and learn the history of our Country in a unique, interesting, and fun way.