Showing results for "Heidi 1" in Genre Fiction

On a hot June day in 1965, two six-year-old boys, Gareth and Jack, compete to see who can climb higher up a tree. When Jack falls and loses his eye on a thorn bush, the accident sets off a series of events that will bind the boys together for the rest of their lives. When the best friends meet albino twins Clara and Blanca, a shared fate unfolds. With Gareth and Jack's help, the twins are able to reclaim their lives and leave their nightmarish past behind them.

Faith Fitzgerald thought that if she got an education and became a high-powered attorney in Manhattan, maybe she'd gain the attention and respect of her absentee father. What she dreamed would be glamorous and satisfying turned out to be grueling and thankless. Deciding she is done, Faith packs up and leaves New York and heads home to Colorado. On the drive home, she finds herself in Wynter, a tiny mountain town at the foot of the Rockies. When she tries her luck and buys a raffle ticket at Pop’s, Wynter’s charming café, her prize is far more than meets the eye - or the heart.

Ashamed of being duped by her handsome psychology professor, Josie Martin returns to Maine too proud to admit her foolishness to those closest to her. As the one-year anniversary of her father’s death approaches, she seeks solace in an old friend, Tripp Colton, and a new business venture that will prove to herself and her loved ones that she is still capable of success despite her overwhelming failure. When Josie announces she will not return to school to finish her graduate degree but wishes to remain in Camden, the entire family gets behind her idea to open and run a bed and breakfast.

No matter how dark her night became, she knew God promised joy in the morning. In the heart of 1858 Missouri, Rachel's world is a whirlwind of uncertainty. But amidst the darkness of her circumstances, she clings to the promise of joy that God whispers to her soul. In this powerful Christian historical fiction, award-winning author Heidi Gray McGill weaves an enthralling tale of resilience, redemption, and the enduring power of God's grace.

The summer before her senior year of high school, Laney Jacobs and her best friend jump from a six-story beachside cliff in an attempt to impress their boyfriends. Laney rose from the water. Her friend did not. Six years later, when Laney’s troubled mother’s memoir hits the bestseller list airing the family’s destructive secrets, Laney is forced to relive the trauma, this time in the public eye. To escape the scrutiny, she seeks shelter at her estranged grandmother’s seaside inn.

Okay, I am finally...officially 17. Now, I want to hear all the family secrets. I looked at them. All of my family looked at me like I had hit the nail on the head. Wait, there really is a family secret?

Der Soldat Bengt Löwensköld wird vom König für seine Verdienste im Großen Nordsichen Krieg ausgezeichnet und erhält ein Landgut sowie einen wertvollen Ring. Nach seinem Tod nimmt Löwensköld diesen Ring mit ins Grab. Doch dort bleibt er nicht lange, denn der Bauer Bård Bårdsson stiehlt den Ring aus dem Grab. Von diesem Tag an wird Bård vom Unglück verfolgt. Von seinem eigentlichen Besitzer gestohlen, scheint ein Fluch über dem Ring zu lasten, der all seinen späteren Besitzern nichts als Unglück bringt.