It’s December, 1941 and Jerilyn Marlene Seifert receives the dreaded telegram she’s prayed she’d never have to read. Her United States Navy husband Ken has perished in the bombing at Pearl Harbor.Devastated, she boards a train for Nashville, to meet her husband’s estranged family, but at a train stop along the way she discovers to her horror her purse has been stolen. Now widowed, four months pregnant, and penniless, Jerilyn finds herself stranded in Franklin, Kentucky − a complete stranger.Terrified for her future, she must learn to trust again. But is that even possible? Jerilyn drifted from the Lord years ago, and she feels unworthy to ask Him for help, until she stumbles upon a mysterious diary that will change her life forever. The compelling secrets at Christmas Hotel unleash emotions Jerilyn thought had died with her husband. BiographySaundra Staats McLemore is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and the Ohio chapter of the ACFW. Saundra is also a member of Landmark Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio. After thirty-three years, Saundra is recently retired as President/CEO of McLemore & Associates, Inc., a nationwide sales and marketing business she built in 1984.  Saundra's passion has always been history, and she enjoys reading historical Christian fiction. Saundra's novel Abraham and Anna was endorsed by two of her favorite authors: Richard Paul Evans (author of The Christmas Box) and Jeanette Oke (author of the Love Comes Softly series). Saundra has two series published: The two-book inspirational eighteenth century Staats Family Chronicles and the six-book inspirational Christmas Hotel series. Saundra is currently writing her ninth novel: For the Love of Ali. Born and raised in the state of Ohio, Saundra is married to Robert, and Anthony is their only child. The other two members of the family are the cat Charley, and the mixed-Treeing Walker Coonhound Sadie.