Kathryn Cushmans Schreiben befasst sich mit tiefgreifenden menschlichen Beziehungen und den Wegen, wie Einzelpersonen die unerwarteten Wendungen des Lebens meistern. Ihre Prosa zeichnet sich durch eine fesselnde Dringlichkeit und eine bemerkenswerte Fähigkeit aus, komplexe Emotionen einzufangen. Die Leser schätzen ihre Authentizität und die immersive Qualität ihres Geschichtenerzählens. Ihre Werke erforschen oft Themen wie Hoffnung, Vergebung und die Widerstandsfähigkeit des menschlichen Geistes angesichts von Widrigkeiten.
Andie Phelps wird in Santa Barbara von vielen beneidet. Als engagierte Mutter mit einem liebenswerten Sohn und einem erfolgreichen Mann geht sie in ihrer Wohltätigkeitsarbeit auf. Melanie Johnson beneidet niemand. Die alleinerziehende Mutter arbeitet Tag und Nacht, um die Rechnungen zu bezahlen. Ihre Kinder sind ihre grösste Freude. Dann verändert ein Unfall alles. Als die Welten von Andie und Melanie kollidieren, drohen Schmerz, Intrigen und Unversöhnlichkeit ihre Gemeinde zu spalten.
Als Alisa eines Morgens einem Kommissar die Tür öffnet, erwartet sie das Schlimmste: Dass ihr Sohn Kurt tot ist, umgebracht von Drogen und einem Leben auf der Straße. Kurt aber wird nur als Zeuge eines Mordes gesucht, mehr noch: Er meldet sich aus dem Entzug und kehrt zu seiner Familie zurück. Alisas Gebete wurden erhört. Doch dann stößt sie auf Beweise, die Kurt mit dem Mord in Verbindung bringen und sie steht vor der schwierigsten Entscheidung ihres Lebens: Soll sie schweigen oder alles für die Wahrheit opfern?
A Personal Drama of Shattered Dreams and Second ChancesA talented runner fully committed to Olympic dreams, Sabrina Rice's future was shattered by a devastating diagnosis. One forfeited scholarship and several years later, she has new goals and dreams that have nothing to do with running--something that's become far too painful to think on.Until the day she sees Brandy Philip running across the community college campus, easily outpacing security. Sabrina immediately recognizes world-class speed, and it's all the more painful that it belongs to a teenage graffiti artist. When a chance encounter brings the two young women together, Sabrina becomes Brandy's best hope for staying out of juvenile hall. Soon, Sabrina begins to feel an uncomfortable nudge that her new life is just about to be toppled...that God may be calling her to minister to this talented but troubled girl.
When fashion intern Lauren Summers sees her future slip away after a red carpet incident, she retreats to a cottage to consider her position, but a reporter soon offers to help with her reputation in exchange for her information about an aging Hollywood star.
Julie Charlton is at the breaking point. She's overwhelmed and burned out, and in today's unrelenting society, her kids are, too. When her sister-in-law Susan, a Martha Stewart-in-training, lands the chance to participate in a reality TV series promoting simple living, and needs another family to join her, it seems like the perfect opportunity. The location is an idyllic farm outside an Amish community in Tennessee. Julie, with her two children, joins Susan and her teenage daughter for a summer adventure. Susan needs to succeed in order to become self-sufficient after an ugly divorce, Julie needs to slow down long enough to remember what her priorities are and regain a sense of purpose and meaning. It becomes clear from the start that "living simple" is no simple matter. With the camera watching every move, Susan's drive for perfection feels a lot like what they left behind, while Julie suddenly finds herself needing to stand up for slowing down. With each new challenge, their season of "going Amish" gets more and more complicated, as each woman learns unexpected lessons about herself and her family.
Alisa Stewart feels like she's lost two sons: her youngest to a terrible tragedy and her eldest, Kurt, to a life ruined by addiction. But now Kurt has checked himself into rehab and found a healing faith that seems real. It's like he's been raised from the dead. Then a detective arrives at Alisa's door asking questions about a murder--the death of a drug dealer before Kurt entered rehab. Alisa fears losing her son again, and when she finds evidence linking him to the killing, she destroys it. Her boy is different now. He's changed and deserves a second chance. But when another man is charged with the crime, Alisa finds herself facing an impossible choice: be silent and keep her son or give up everything for the truth.
Paige Woodward is a woman without choices. Her destitute mother's only hope for a cure isn't covered by insurance. When a dream opportunity arises at a brand-new pharmacy, Paige is willing to keep quiet about her past to make sure she lands the job. For Clarissa Richardson, the dream of running her own pharmacy comes to a screeching halt when her grandfather hires a too-perfect new girl who seems to be hiding something. How far will they go to protect their dreams for tomorrow? What will happen when one woman's last hope means ruining another woman's greatest dream?
Books 1 and 2 of the Christmas at the Winter Palace Novella Collection. Set in the times of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna and Catherine the Great, Alyona Arkadyevna leaves her sheltered life in Kazan for the Imperial Court in St. Petersburg.
What Would You Give for a Second Chance to Make Things Right?When life gets complicated, Grace Graham runs. She's left romantic relationships, friendships, and even her family after the death of her mother. But now her sister, Jana, is giving her once last chance: Come home and help care for their father--whom Grace still blames for her mother's death--or never show her face in Shoal Creek, Tennessee, again.With her son, Dylan, in tow, Grace returns home from California. But is she returning for the right reasons? And when costly decisions from the past suddenly put her son's life and the lives of other children in town at risk, will she have the strength to stand strong and await Another Dawn?