The Secrets of Westingdale

The Secrets of Westingdale
Author: Karen Ayers
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2012-07-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1622125401

When Maria Taylor purchases Westingdale, a huge mansion overlooking the sea, she hopes to turn the beautiful old house into an historic bed and breakfast.She also hopes that it will bring her closer to her sixteen-year-old daughter, Janie, as the two have drifted apart following the death of Maria’s husband and Janie’s father the year before. But the long-vacant home has problems of its own. Little do they know that Westingdale is haunted.Many unanswered questions are waiting to be discovered in their new home. With the help of a very unusual guest, the mysteries become clearer. Join along with a mother and daughter seeking a new life. You will laugh and cry as their story unfolds, and also be left with the knowledge that it is okay to find love again. What are The Secrets of Westingdale? For some, it can be as simple as finding forgiveness.

The Fragrance of Spring . . . Connie's Story

The Fragrance of Spring . . . Connie's Story
Author: Karen Ayers
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 333
Release: 2013-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1625168977

Connie Garrett is the baby of the Garrett family. Staying busy working on the ranch and going to school to be a Christian counselor has left her no time for love. In fact, she believes she'll never find the kind of love her three brothers were blessed with. One rainy night, Connie's entire world changes when she has an accident. Until that moment, she thought she knew the road God had her on, but now she's not so sure. Life as she knew it becomes a standstill for weeks, as she awaits the fate of young Ian Richardson. In this last book of The Seasons of Change Series, readers learn that our plans are not always God's plans. Sometimes, He takes the worst circumstance and shapes it to make something beautiful. The Fragrance of Spring ... Connie's Story will take you through many emotions as this last book wraps up the other three, and you again meet the characters you have fallen in love with. Life is about ups and downs, and The Seasons of Change Series will lead you through many of them, some you may have already experienced yourself.

Sweet Summer Rain . . . Noah's Story

Sweet Summer Rain . . . Noah's Story
Author: Karen Ayers
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2012-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1625161190

Noah Garrett is a doctor who puts God above everything. Raised by Christian parents and taught the ways pleasing to God, he has prayed for years to meet that special woman he can grow old with.Brendy Blake has lived an abusive life. She never knew her father and was raised by an alcoholic mother who used her as a punching bag. All her life, she felt God was never there for her, so she stopped believing in Him altogether.In the touching novel Sweet Summer Rain ... Noah’s Story, see what happens when God puts these two people together. Do opposites really attract, and will Brendy be able to find the peace she has always hungered for?Hiding dark secrets and being blackmailed by one of Noah’s friends, Brendy believes the love she feels for Noah can never be acknowledged. In her heart, she knows she is not the woman he makes her out to be.The first in a four-part series, Sweet Summer Rain is a story of love and hope, but above all, forgiveness. Brendy finds the hardest part of forgiveness is learning to forgive yourself.Each book in the series covers the life of a different Garrett family member in the town of Summersville, West Virginia. After Sweet Summer Rain, watch what happens in the other seasons of the year!

Traded for One Hundred Acres

Traded for One Hundred Acres
Author: Karen Ayers
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2019-07-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1950015866

Traded for One Hundred Acres is a real love story based on events that happened in the early 1800s. Savannah Bowen, a beautiful sixteen-year-old, learns that her father has traded her hand in marriage to thirty-year-old Jonah Bell, for one hundred acres of land. She is to travel with Jonah from Georgia to Arkansas by covered wagon, tending his three-week-old infant daughter, whose mother Clara, has just passed away in childbirth. What Jonah doesn’t know is that Savannah has always watched him from afar and dreamed of what it would be like to be in Clara’s place. From the very beginning, Jonah makes it clear to Savannah that she could never own his heart, because it would always belong to Clara. Savannah’s faith in God is strong, but Jonah has lost all faith with the death of his beloved wife. In this life-affirming story, Savannah’s loving heart and faith will be tested sorely. But sometimes God works in mysterious ways to bring people back to Him.

Bountiful Blessings

Bountiful Blessings
Author: Karen Ayers
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2021-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1682353532

It has been ten years since Savannah Bowen’s father offered her hand in marriage to Jonah Bell for one hundred acres of land. Times are hard in 1842 in the Arkansas valley where Savannah and Jonah live, but they are now deeply in love after a decade of marriage, and find life a blessing. With new neighbors moving into the valley and raising their three children, Savannah has never been happier. The only thing that would make her life complete is to be once again reunited with her mother and two siblings, whom she has not seen since she wed Jonah and traveled west. Readers will fall in love with the Bells, as they live their life on a farm ten miles from the nearest town. And even though life can be hard when blizzards hit and death occurs, the love they share and the faith they have in God above help them get through the toughest storms.

Cold Winter's Chill ... Brad's Story

Cold Winter's Chill ... Brad's Story
Author: Karen Ayers
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2013-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1625166206

Long-haired Bradley Garrett is a rodeo champion. Known as a sexy cowboy, he has never had a problem getting women. In fact he has known many, but not usually for more than one night. Growing up with two older brothers and one younger sister, Brad always knew he was the black sheep of the family. Working the ranch, breaking and boarding horses has left him tired and lonely. His older brothers have already found love, but Brad knows love is not in the cards for him. If he can't have Sarah, he doesn't want anyone, and he knows in his heart that he's not good enough for her. Brad has a secret. He is an alcoholic that drinks to forget his loneliness, and until the night he accidently overdoses with pain pills and alcohol, his family has no idea just how bad his problem is. Brad was raised a Christian, but has long since tucked his faith away. Will the faith and love in God he once had be enough to bring him back before it's too late? No sin is too great for God, for He is always waiting for you to call on Him.

Amazing Grace . . . The Ultimate Forgiveness

Amazing Grace . . . The Ultimate Forgiveness
Author: Karen Ayers
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2014-04-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1631350986

Hannah Wilkerson, a sixteen-year-old who has been raised by a Baptist minister, is a beautiful only child and is gifted with the voice of an angel. But Hannah has another gift; she can speak with God and has visions. Her father believes that she is even closer to God than he is. Eighteen-year-old Nate Webber has led an entirely different life. Hidden away and abused by his parents, he finally snaps and loses control, leaving behind a path of destruction that harms anyone in his way. It's easy to talk of faith when life is good, but what happens when everything you know and love is suddenly turned upside down? For Hannah's parents, their faith has always been something they treasured. Then their daughter Hannah fails to come home. When life as they know it spirals out of control, will they be able to stand firm in their beliefs? Amazing Grace ... The Ultimate Forgiveness will take you on a journey from beginning to end that will make you stop and think what you would do if faced with the same horror.