title: It Happened on the Fourth of July
author: Gordish, Aretta
description: It Happened on the Fourth of July is the third book in the Our Life in Snowflake Falls It Happened series. It had been the perfect summer and for Edwin and Julie Engle is was about to get even better. Their son, Major Jake Engle was coming home on leave and would be there for the Fourth of July.As a Green Beret, Jake was used to going on tough missions, and though he was home on leave, which should be a time of rest and relaxation, he felt as if he was on the toughest mission of his life. He had made a promise to a dying soldier. A promise he intended to keep. He wasn't sure how he was going to do it, but he had 30 days to convince Sophia Anderson that he was going to marry her.Sophia's husband, Brandon, had been killed in Afghanistan a year ago. She and her young daughter, Mila, had moved back home to Snowflake Falls where her parents lived. She was still young but believed she would never be able to give her heart to another man, especially one who was in the Army. Jake and Sophia would come to learn that though life was sometimes hard and brought with it heartache and confusion, God was always good and had a plan that was meant for good. It was going to take a great deal of patience and trust before either of them would understand just how good God's plan wold be.