13 Ergebnisse.

Sunshine and friendship help chase away the shadows. Packing is the last thing Kit Robinson needs to cross off the to-do list before her long-anticipated girls' trip. She can't wait to enjoy an icy cocktail under a hot Hawaiian sun with old friends, where they'll toast the keeping of a thirty-year promise. But when a terrifying tornado sends Kit racing through a dark night, her time in the sun is in jeopardy. Surprises await her back home....

Can these forever friends recapture their zest for life together? Annie Pierce knows the best part of turning fifty will be raising a glass in a toast with her oldest friends. As long as there is water, wine, and warmth, plus time to reminisce and reconnect, everyone should be happy. Fun with friends is a great way to escape life for a while. And Annie needs the escape. Will a week in Arizona be enough to quell her growing trepidation? She...

Can these forever friends recapture their zest for life together? Annie Pierce knows the best part of turning fifty will be raising a glass in a toast with her oldest friends. As long as there is water, wine, and warmth, plus time to reminisce and reconnect, everyone should be happy. Fun with friends is a great way to escape life for a while. And Annie needs the escape. Will a week in Arizona be enough to quell her growing trepidation? She...

Life is hard, but friends make it better. Jackie Turner has never felt so invisible. As a top performer, the forty-eight-year-old is shocked when she's passed over for a promotion at work. Has she become irrelevant? It's a bitter pill, but she vows to keep her disappointment to herself as she travels back home to Minnesota for her thirty-year high school reunion. She deserves this unspoiled time to reconnect with her oldest and dearest frien...

Sunshine and friendship help chase away the shadows. Packing is the last thing Kit Robinson needs to cross off the to-do list before her long-anticipated girls' trip. She can't wait to enjoy an icy cocktail under a hot Hawaiian sun with old friends, where they'll toast the keeping of a thirty-year promise. But when a terrifying tornado sends Kit racing through a dark night, her time in the sun is in jeopardy. Surprises await her back home....

Life is hard, but friends make it better. Jackie Turner has never felt so invisible. As a top performer, the forty-eight-year-old is shocked when she's passed over for a promotion at work. Has she become irrelevant? It's a bitter pill, but she vows to keep her disappointment to herself as she travels back home to Minnesota for her thirty-year high school reunion. She deserves this unspoiled time to reconnect with her oldest and dearest frien...

She only has one chance to leave the legacy her family deserves. Celia sacrificed too much for her dream career, but retirement means freedom. She plans to relax and have fun at Whispering Pines . . . unless haunting memories threaten that dream, too. Old friends make the best friends, and when Eleanor suggests it's time to walk away from Whispering Pines, Celia is afraid she might be right. She used to fantasize about seeing the world. S...

Fierce friendships, a fragile family, and a young woman's only sanctuary.Intent on escaping the far-off echoes of war, plus the heat and humidity of a Minnesota summer, Celia tags along with college friends to a tranquil lake resort. She quickly realizes that one glorious month at Whispering Pines-filled with sun-splashed days and crackling bonfires under starry night skies-will never be enough. Something about the resort pulls at Celia. Heart...

In the stillness of a warm summer evening, she'll choose to change her life.Val loves being a wife and mother, but something is missing. She understands romance takes a hit when there are kids to raise and money is tight. One careless act magnifies their problems, but they'll figure it out. They always do. Until the shrill ringing of a telephone in the dead of night splits their world into before and after. As her husband drifts away, torn by ...

Can old dreams find new life amongst sparkling tinsel and twinkling lights? Virginia defied the odds to make nearly all of her girlhood wishes come true. Except for one. She's spent decades doing work she's loved alongside a supportive husband. Now health struggles and languishing sales at her beloved bookstore threaten more than her livelihood. Walking away would be the practical thing to do, but Virginia isn't a practical woman.Nathan needs ...

A story of one man's struggle to rethink his vision of the perfect family, true friendship, and what home really means.When Ethan's wife walks out in search of something more, his first priority is to protect his three teenagers from further heartache. He should have been a better husband. Now it's time to be a better dad. Ethan grew up in a loving, supporting family, and his kids deserve the same. Besides, he doesn't have to go it alone. Rex,...

Jess Rand is ready for a fresh start. Her marriage of twenty-five years is over and all she wants to do is retreat to Whispering Pines, a place of peace and solitude given to her family by their beloved Aunt Celia. She's watched her sister Renee make the most of second chances, and if Renee can survive the death of a spouse and the loss of her career, Jess can bounce back from divorce.But then her husband shows up late at night, broken and bed...

Summers at Whispering Pines defined Renee Clement's childhood. Days meant swimming and sun, nights meant ghost stories and campfires. Best of all, Whispering Pines meant time with Celia, her favorite aunt. Through the years, Celia would remain Renee's most steadfast confidant, but trips to Whispering Pines would fade to memories. Raising kids alone and a demanding career consumed Renee's life.Now Celia is gone and Renee suddenly finds her twen...