“An Authentic Love Story Anchored in the God Who Never Gave Up on Either of Them”
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Xulon Press
Oct. 19, 2026
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 19, 2026 /Standard Newswire/ — In his foreword to Kenneth Allard’s just-released book, GOD KEPT HIS PROMISES!: A Tale of Redemption, U.S. Ambassador to Israel and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee invites readers to remember how they felt when Forrest Gump was finally reunited with his beloved Jenny. “While all of us love great fiction,” he writes, “you are about to read an authentic love story anchored in the God who never gave up on either of them.”
This autobiographical love story presents Betsy and Ken Allard — two people in their 50s, each with a history of failed marriages, who meet in a San Antonio church singles class. Only days after their first date, Ken has a stroke. Undaunted, Betsy drives two hours to find him, calling ten different hospitals until she tracks him down. Within a week, he proposes!
GOD KEPT HIS PROMISES! (Xulon Press/$22.49) celebrates the unrecognized perseverance of Christian families — but particularly the grit and good sense of Christian women. A single parent, Betsy put her only son through college. After graduating with honors as a forty-something co-ed, she taught remedial studies to poverty students and GED subjects to prison inmates. Her secret weapon: the bedrock faith that never let her down, “not even once!”
A former Army draftee, Kenneth Allard is a Harvard valedictorian, former West Point professor, and (for nearly a decade) an NBC News military analyst. He is also a Preacher’s Kid who admits he spent years evading God. But today, candor, humor, and charisma will inspire readers brave enough to start over – especially later in life. Together, Ken and Betsy remind every reader who has ever stood at a crossroads, wondering if God has forgotten them: No He has NOT!
GOD KEPT HIS PROMISES! is available through Xulon Press and Amazon. For review copies or interview requests, please contact:
John G. Ekizian
About the Author:
Colonel Kenneth Allard (U.S. Army, Ret.) is a soldier, scholar, and prolific author. His previous books include Warheads: Cable News and the Fog of War. He and Betsy reside in San Antonio, Texas.
SOURCE Xulon Press